Self-Harm recovery daily check-in: Saturday August 15th, 2020.
Hey everyone and happy Saturday!! I hope everyone has been having a great week so far. This week has definitely been really important to me in a lot of ways. I left a really toxic community (finally), which really hurt but it taught me a lot more things about myself and I'm really grateful for everything I've learned. I've also been able to finally finish an article that I've been writing and submitted it, which opens up time for more free things!
One of the things I've been really interested in has been imperfection. I've made a forum post about this already, but I thought about this as I drew today's little image (it's bad but it's mine and I'm happy with it!). It's a butterfly if you can't tell, and it's a good symbol for self-harm recovery (see the butterfly method) and I'm proud of it!
Check-in questions:
🦋How is everyone's week going and what's new this week? Feel free to update me on anything that you've been feeling or experiencing! I'm here to listen. :)
🦋What's imperfection to you and how do you find beauty in it?
🦋What's your favorite way to spend a summer day?
🦋Feel free to name our butterfly and drop your name suggestion here!
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@TheAtticusFinch
What a lovely check-in, and a super cute butterfly!
How is everyone's week going and what's new this week? This has been a difficult week. It started with a tough therapy session, then it kept going worse and worse. BUT I am doing my best and there were some positive moments as well.
What's imperfection to you and how do you find beauty in it? Imperfection is human nature and has an element of surprise and creativity in it. I see it as the difference between the script that we have in mind for something, and how it actually looks like.
What's your favorite way to spend a summer day? I suppose enjoying the sunshine and the nature, in the company of myself and - but not for the whole day - of someone important too.
Feel free to name our butterfly and drop your name suggestion here! I was thinking of Dottie, as it has some dots :) Then I googled it to make sure it doesn't have a weird meaning in English, and found out it is actually a real name!
@admaiorasemper
I'm sorry about your rough day I hope it gets better and I'm proud of you for trying 💕💕
@admaiorasemper
Hi! <3 Thank you for responding to the post and sorry for the late reply 🥺I'm sorry to hear that it's been a difficult week for you and that therapy was really hard. Hearing that it got worse and worse is really relatable but I know that it'll get better and I hope it has this week 💖I love thinking of imperfection as something that is surprising and not always bad. It's definitely part of being human and I think it's good to think of it that way- it's also really nice that you think there's creativity in imperfection as well and I totally agree and see that! Nature and sunshine in the summer is always beautiful and I definitely agree that I enjoy spending time with people as well instead of being in solitude all the time. Dottie is so cuteeee I love it! 🦋
@TheAtticusFinch
🦋How is everyone's week going and what's new this week? Feel free to update me on anything that you've been feeling or experiencing! I'm here to listen. :)
My week's been good, nothing new really. Still really hot here 😂
The guy I like and I have been trying to meet up, but didn't seem wise to travel big distances with combo of corona and the heat. So we're seeing what next week brings 🙂 I really wanna see him again though
🦋What's imperfection to you and how do you find beauty in it?
To me imperfection is just a part of life, we have to have peace with. Not sure if I'd call it beautiful, but it makes all of us unique
🦋What's your favorite way to spend a summer day?
Just relaxing, drink lots of water, maybe a nap
🦋Feel free to name our butterfly and drop your name suggestion here!
How about Madeleine?
@Madaraismyspiritanimal
Hihi! <3 Thank you for responding and sorry for the slow reply- I live in LA and it's definitely really hot out here as well so I totally get that and I'm glad your week was good! I'm excited for you to hang out with the guy you like again! That's so exciting ahhhh and keep us updated!! I agree that imperfection is something that will always just be there and that we have to accept and be okay with. Awwhhh summer naps are very unique and really hot summer weather makes me sleepy sometimes lol-Madeline is great !<3🦋
Hey there ! Hope you're doing okay, sending hugs your way :) <3
🦋How is everyone's week going and what's new this week? Euuh been through a busy, tiring week (which is the case for a lot of weeks at the moment), I think the tiredness caught up because I've been kinda out of since last night ... Apart from that I haven't got much to say, I'm still doing my yoga !
🦋What's imperfection to you and how do you find beauty in it? Imperfection is normality. I mean that everyone is imperfect and that's the beauty in this world, if everyone was the same, it'd be sooo boring !
🦋What's your favorite way to spend a summer day? You know it'd probably be at the beach, it's been so long since I've been to the beach. Ortherwise if it's at home, I'd try and spend the day just chilling on my balcony, some good music and sunbathing.
🦋Feel free to name our butterfly and drop your name suggestion here! Huum I'm not good with names, lets go for Mira. Don't ask me why I have no idea.
Take care <3
@Slizzy564
Hey Slizzyyy <3 I'm glad you're still doing your yoga and I hope it gives you some energy to get through your tiring week. I relate to you in that I've been feeling pretty tired as well and I've been doing yoga to channel some good energy in the morning and hope it lasts throughout the day! Imperfection is pretty normal, I see that now and not gonna lie I've never really thought of it in that way before 😅😅so I feel a bit not smart but I totally see that now and agree- we'd all be plain old gingerbread people without our unique frosting and gummies!! Ugh I feel you-I miss the beach as well and I miss just going out a lot!! Mira is cool- I've never met a mira in the past :o
@TheAtticusFinch
Hey there :)
Yeah yoga has been my safe place this week ! Though I do mine when I get back from work to get rid of the negative energy :) And it's okay to realize somethings later on in life, nobody expects you to know everything from the start :) And you are smart ! I have to say I love your gingerbread men comparison, but I'm not gonna lie, it kinda makes me want to eat everyone x) Lets go the beach and eat gingerbread then :) Neither have I but I think it's cool too :)
@TheAtticusFinch
🦋How is everyone's week going and what's new this week? Feel free to update me on anything that you've been feeling or experiencing! I'm here to listen. :)
Hey Atticus! I got a bit overwhelmed in the middle of the week from too many late nights and maybe not keeping better boundaries. But it started and ended happily.
🦋What's imperfection to you and how do you find beauty in it?
I mean, I am finding peace with it. I suppose it is beautiful in so far as it serves a balance which brings order to all. But in itself, its frustrating to me, tbh. I'm learning to live with it though.
🦋What's your favorite way to spend a summer day?
Hmm... Exploring.
🦋Feel free to name our butterfly and drop your name suggestion here!
@1morday
Hi 1morday <3thanks for replying- I'm really sorry to hear that you've been feeling really overwhelmed lately and I think that's so understandable considering a lot that has been going on in everyone's lives lately and I hope you're coping with it okay 🥺I'm glad it ended okay though and I'm glad that you're finding peace with imperfection. It's valid for it to be super frustrating and I relate- we just gotta persevere and get through it all! Exploring during the summer is fun- I wish I could do that but the virus is still really bad where I live and it's not safe yet :(( I hope you take care and had a good week this week!
@TheAtticusFinch
Hey, I just want to say i am really proud of you, too.
yay for leaving the very toxic community!
I am sure that was painful and took so much courage, strength and beleif in yourself!
I too ned to leave a toxic community of sorts...still working on it...but i am really thankful you shared that with us.
you rock
@blissedNblessed
Awwww thank you so much 🥺this message was so sweet to hear and you have no idea how much it means to me!! <3 I hope you get to leave the toxic community that you're apart of too 🥺It took a lot of courage and I realized that i would genuinely be happier without that community, which ultimately lead me to leave and I'm more than happy that I did and I wish you the best of luck with what you're dealing with.
