Traumatic Experiences Community Check-In: March 16th - March 17th, 2020
Good Morning To Our Trauma Community!
Hello everyone! I hope you are having a lovely day so far. Please feel free to answer the following:
1. How are you feeling emotionally today?
2. Is there anything upsetting you or making you feel anxious?
3. What website or App doesn't exist but you really wish it did?
4. What's your favorite type of day (weather, temperature, etc.)?
Stay Beautiful My Friends!
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1. I have been feeling antsy and restless all week, but I feel so happy and calm inside today!
2. I'm just worried about getting a job (I'm waiting to hear back from an interview) in the midst of this virus! I only have enough money to cover myself for all bills and expenses for 2 months! I'm really hoping I get a call back for a job I not only need, but really, really want!
3. This is gonna sound so silly, but I've been on the hunt for the perfect aquarium app! Fish are my favorite animal, and since I can't have one of my own right now, I'm excited by the prospect of collecting little fishies and decorating a tank virtually! I have one I like a lot right now that's kinda like Candy Crush, where you play a matching game to earn points to get fish to add to your tank, but there are things about it I wish it had!
4. I really really love rainy days that aren't frigid cold, but I also love a lazy summer day, where the sunlight pours through the windows and makes the floors all golden and warm on a sleepy afternoon!
@betterchoices Hi :) Have you tried My Reef 3D Aquarium or AquaLife 3D? Both are available on google play or the App store.
@mytwistedsoul
Are you a coder Soul, have ypu done that?
@OldSerendipityBoat Nope - no coding here lol
@mytwistedsoul
So what if not, you are still my fav friend for mentioning them apps🤗😊
@betterchoices Hi there my friend! Oh how wonderful that you feel calm and happy on the inside today! I love that- It's a great feeling to have, especially after feeling antsy and restless. I can understand why you feel worried about getting a job and I hope, too, that you get a call back from them! I think a really good aqauriam app would be a great idea! That is so neat that you get to collect and decorate your own fish tank virtually! I love rainy days too- They are my absolute favorite! You just painted the prettiest picture when you said, "... The sunlight pours through the windows and makes the floors all golden and warm..."! Thank you so much for that and for checking in with me. I hope you have a lovely day.
@PeppermintStar0912
1. How are you feeling emotionally today?
I don't know. I would like to say good, but the global situation is so overwhelming at the moment. So I'd say I'm emotionally out of touch with myself right now, because there's just so much new input and change to our lives here.
2. Is there anything upsetting you or making you feel anxious?
Yes, they just announced that our borders will be closed and that our train system is shutting down in the next few hours. Which means that our grandparents are now on their own in case of a crisis, because they live on the other end of the country and we can't bring them over to our place anymore.
3. What website or App doesn't exist but you really wish it did?
I would love there to be some sort of online game/chat website for language learners. Sort of like club penguin or online version of animal crossing, where you can just hang out in a virtual town but the goal is talk to people in the language they're learning. The game could even have language settings so that you can explore the town on your own and learn a lot vocabulary by interacting with objects. That would be so much fun for a nerd like me.
4. What's your favorite type of day (weather, temperature, etc.)?
A cold winter day where you can stay at home under a soft, warm blanket with a hot cup of cocoa, watching the snow fall outside from out the window. (Though sadly it hasn't really snowed in our country for years.)
@Soe22 Hi there friend. The situation that is going on right now around the world is definitely overwhelming and I can understand why you feel out of touch with yourself right now. I hope we can come to a quick solution soon. It's scary that borders are closing down right now. I'm sorry about your grandparents and I hope they stay safe. Wow- I really like the app you are describing and it would be nice if that could be invented! That sounds like it would be so much fun! Oh I love a cold winter day too! Watching the snow fall would be incredible. Thank you for checking in with me and I hope you have a lovely day.
The pic you have chosen today is absolutely marveliusly beautiful😶
@OldSerendipityBoat I'm so happy you like it! I thought it was marvelous too 
@PeppermintStar0912
You simply naillred it...
@OldSerendipityBoat You are so kind! Thank you
@PeppermintStar0912 you are soo kind too 🤗🤗🤗😊❤❤❤
@OldSerendipityBoat 
1. How are you feeling emotionally today?
Alone...sad...
2. Is there anything upsetting you or making you feel anxious?
No, I am feeling good😶
3. What website or App doesn't exist but you really wish it did?
You can search a song by words (artist, tite or lyric quotes), but you cannot search a song by tune. I have tgis song in my mind which has no lyrics, just a melody and I wish there was an app where you can humm or lala or smth and it wuld identify the song for you...that would be very helpful...
4. What's your favorite type of day (weather, temperature, etc.)?
A calm, pleasant peaceful day...simply enjoyable...
@OldSerendipityBoat Hi there my friend. I'm sorry to hear that you are feeling alone and sad. I know how much I don't like it when I feel like that so I hope you feel better soon. That's really good that nothing is making you anxious though! That would be cool is there was an app that could recognize a song by what you humm! That would be convienant. A pleasant, peaceful day sounds really good, espcially right now. Thank you for checking in with me and I hope you have a lovely day.
@PeppermintStar0912
Thank you for acknoledgeng and responding to our posts, us lost souls🤗😊❤, I hopeit is not a burden for ypu to feel like doing like chore...❤❤❤
@OldSerendipityBoat Oh of course my friend, you are very welcome! I like responding to everyone. Helping others really helps me so it's no burden at all
@PeppermintStar0912 thank you for the most beautiful pic😶....
@PeppermintStar0912
1. How are you feeling emotionally today?
Numb and detached. I know it is a protective mode, I am emotionally exausted
2. Is there anything upsetting you or making you feel anxious?
Not knowing when life is going back to normal... the quarantine is starting to feel difficult.
3. What website or App doesn't exist but you really wish it did?
Does an 'emotional reset app' count?
4. What's your favorite type of day (weather, temperature, etc.)?
A lovely summer day, very warm but without it being too hot. Then suddenly you get a ten minute thunderstorm, followed by a beautiful rainbow. And sun comes out again.
@admaiorasemper Hi there my friend. Numb and detached- I know that mode all too well and it happens when we are emotionally exhausted. With everything that is going on right now, it's hard not to feel that way and I'm sorry that you are going through this too. But I'm hoping things will start to improve soon and the quarantine will be lifted. Oh my gosh, can someone please invent an emotional reset app?! I would buy it right away! Wow- You painted a picture of such a lovely day. Thank you for that and for checking in with me. I hope your day gets better and that you and your family are safe!
1. How are you feeling emotionally today?
Going from depressed to angry to denial like a yoyo replaced my brain functions.... so I'll say not so good....
2. Is there anything upsetting you or making you feel anxious?
My trauma? Lol. I am worried about the coronavirus situation and how unconscious people are. But yeah, mostly my trauma.
3. What website or App doesn't exist but you really wish it did?
Something that teaches respect and love as a main principles for life from a very early age.
4. What's your favorite type of day (weather, temperature, etc.)?
Winter sun in Rome. Full-on blue sky, kind of cold, warming sun. Right now I'd love to be on the terace of my old flat in Rome in the sun waiting for my depression to pass to anger, screaming my anger into sadness and crying my sadness in the sun. Not at all what's happening, as I am stuck at home in another city looking at the grey sky. But one can always dream...
@HenrietteK Hi there friend. I'm really sorry to hear that you're not doing so good. My trauma upsets me as well so I hope you feel better soon. I can understand why you are worried about COVID-19. I am too. I did not imagine that anything like this was going to happen. I like the app that you wished existed- That would be very nice to have! A winter sun in Rome sounds absolutely beautiful and I'm so glad you got to see something like that! Thank you for checking in with me and have a lovely night.
@PeppermintStar0912 Thanks a lot. Yeah life's not be the kindest... Thanks for answering :)
1. How are you feeling emotionally today?
Okay, I guess. A little depressed, but better than a few days ago
2. Is there anything upsetting you or making you feel anxious?
Not too much. I guess coronavirus. I'm not at high risk, thankfully
3. What website or App doesn't exist but you really wish it did?
A virtual reality app where you can go wherever you want to go! What would be even cooler is if you could design your own world to explore virtually
4. What's your favorite type of day (weather, temperature, etc.)?
A day that's warm, but not too hot and allergies are not in season. The sky would be partly cloudy and the temp around 75 degrees F
The virtual reality app would be like a place I could escape to
@AlexFox800
You created the best everlasting virtual space with your last post wins thread...nice to see foxes around🤗😊😁😀
@AlexFox800 Hi there friend! I'm sorry to hear that you are feeling depressed. I was like that too a few days ago and I don't like it when I feel like that so I hope you get better soon. COVID-19 sure is worrying a lot of people, including me. That is really good that you are not at a high risk for getting it. The virtual reality app you are describing soungs like it would be so much fun to use! Your favorite type of day sounds just lovely right now! Thank you for checking in with me. Have a good night!
@PeppermintStar0912 Hey - How are you?
Idk - angry I guess - I'm feeling alittle self destructive at the moment
Uh - just sort of don't like myself today
Something that you put your thoughts in for the Cloud and they actually go there - until you want to deal with them. Like a virtual pensieve like in Harry Potter
Favorite day - Warm - sunny - maybe a light breeze - not a cloud in the sky
Thanks for the checkin
@mytwistedsoul Hi there my friend. I'm really sorry that you are feeling self-destructive right now. That has to be really hard and frustrating for you to have to go through. I know that feeling of not liking yourself. I hope you feel better soon. Oh wow- What a wonderful app you are describing! Sign me up for that one- If only that existed! Your favorite kind of day sounds really nice. Thank you for checking in with me and you are very welcome- I love making these for our community!! Have a lovely night.
1. How are you feeling emotionally today?
Quite good. I almost fear saying it.
2. Is there anything upsetting you or making you feel anxious?
Yeah, a little. We needed to buy some food and my aunt was determined to make me go out to do the shop. Nothing wrong with it, if it wasn't that she's not respecting quarantine rules very much, and she would have gone out to "have a walk". Best thing would have been to have a walk towards the grocery and do the shop while I was home, rules are clear, but nope. She wanted me to be less strict and go outside. AAAAAAAAARGH! So I broke rules that seemed very important to me because my aunt convinced me. I shouldn't have let her convince me
3. What website or App doesn't exist but you really wish it did?
Actually I wish I was able to spend less time on apps and website and find or create my way in the real world to be as I want to be, even if it's so hard, everything seemes to be wrong out there
4. What's your favorite type of day (weather, temperature, etc.)?
I think all days and temperatures are necessary. I don't like how the climate is changing though. A good thing about covid is that we're polluting less. Ha. Take this, society! But eventually all will go back to normal and "good day" or "bad day" will have little meaning. Every day will eat a bit of earth away while we're too concerned trying to survive month after month to look at the greater picture, to enjoy what we have and the beauty that surrounds us and try to make all of that survive too. It's just all wrong.
Too much philosophy?
@GhostlyLilian Hi there my friend! I'm so glad to hear that you are quite good! That is wonderful but I know what you mean on how you "fear saying it". I feel that sometimes when I say, "I'm good", I kind of curse myself and then things start going wrong! But hopefully that doesn't happen to you. Your aunt seemed to have put you in a tricky situation, especially if you broke rules that are important to you. You guys are okay at least right? I love that you want to find a way to be who you want to be in this world and get away from using apps! I don't think there is anything wrong with that at all. I do agree with you- We are eating away at this earth every day and it doesn't seem to be doing us a lot of good. That was a lot of philoshophy but it's okay, I enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing this with me and checking in. Have a lovely night.
@PeppermintStar0912
Yes, we're ok, thanks for asking.
I've been addicted to videogames because the world outside looked all so awful, I thought there was no way I could find a place. But now, every time I miss skyrim world, or the Witcher's world, or the things I used to create in minecraft, or fallout, or anything else, I think "why don't you try to create this things FOR REAL? You CAN. And I start crafting stuff. It's wonderful. I had tried earlier, but I saw no way for it to become real. Sure, I'll never have dragons, such a pity, but I don't really mind about that. I can get close enough to have peace I think
