Traumatic Experiences Community Daily Check-In Monday December 18th 2017
Hi guys,
I want all of you to know how much I appreciate you. I appreciate you coming out when you want to or when you need to; when you don't want to or don't need to. I'm so proud of you guys for seeking help and support. I know how hard it can be and I just want you guys to know how courageous you are. You are doing one of the hardest things in this world, being a survivor of trauma, and you're doing it every single day.
This community is wonderful. No one's perfect, everyone shows their flaws at one point or another, but at the end of the day we know we mean well and honestly just want to heal ourselves and help each other. I think what we have here is beautiful and I just wanted to spend today appreciating the trauma subcommunity and all its members. You are all so amazing, thank you for working as hard as you do every single day. Much love!
How is your day going? Is there anything you feel particularly appreciative of today? If not that's ok I'd love to hear from eacha nd every one of you :)
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This reminds me of a book I recently purchased in one of my many amazon sprees...
@BeeLeigh Have you read it? Is it good? Looks like it could be very positive and uplifting :D
@Hoxenos
I just opened its package yesterday, but I skimmed through it and read a few of the entries and it
Good morn
How is everyone today
had an ok weekend, but trying to keep moving past all my issues.
Trying to change stinking thinking
@scarletPear1945 I believe in you, Pear!! You want to get past it, and you will. Breathe in, breathe out, let it go, drain out of you with your breath...
Hope your day goes well :)
@Hoxenos
Thanks for the vote of confidence
@scarletPear1945
Hii! Great to hear your weekend was good and that you're changing thoughts that don't work in your favor. :) Thanks for sharing about Max before, btw, it made me smile. Good luck on your week, hope it stays good.
@PenguinsCrossing
Thanks, Penguins:
Hope you had a good weekend
@Hoxenos
Hugs Hox!
I woke up in a sad sad mood because I had a great dream that can't be a reality....not right now, but maybe someday :) You're right about the community, I always cheer up when I'm around and see everyone motivating eachother, doing their best to durvive, to lift themselves up and to overcome our unfortunate pasts.
Today I appreciate you Hox! and everyone in our not-so-little community.
@PenguinsCrossing Awww thanks ^^ Just so you know, I have a drivers test today in a couple hours so I'll be mia for a few hours practising, then doing the test. I appreciate you too, because doing these posts alone can be very draining! I'm glad we're all so supportive and understanding of things. It's a huge change from "the real world" and a big relief of stress
@Hoxenos
Good luck driving! 💟 Yeah, no worries, I'll be around of course. ^^
Slept most of the day, was just so tired and drained that couldn't stay awake.So I just allowed myself to rest.I'm taking quite some time off overall because I feel like I need it so that's huge for me.Bad thoughts and fears tried to get a hold on me but managed to show them doors.Now feeling a lot more better, went for a walk.Cold evening air fuels me like nothing else.:) I'm just happy to be overall.Even despite all these changes, I'm more at peace then ever.
@Morfo66
Self-care is so important before getting even more tired. May we know what you plan on doing to rest these days?
@PenguinsCrossing
Rest even more!:D :D Will celebrate Christmas, catch up with my best friend but mostly will just be all by myself because need some time alone.
@Morfo66
Awesome morfo ^^
@Morfo66
marvelous that sounds like taking good self-help
@Morfo66 Ahhh "at peace" so incredibly under rated a feeling. Sometimes we forget it's ok to just... BE. Don't need to define every little feeling. This is a lovely post and it's reminded me to be a bit more accepting about myself today, thank you for that.
Hi all. This weekend was awful. It was an emotional experience that I hope I never have to go through again. Surprisingly, I'm handling it better than I thought. Which makes me curious to figure out what has changed in me.
Anyway, happy Monday.
JJi
@JJi
I'm sorry that your weekend was aweful, but glad that you noticed a positive change in how you respond to things. Hopefully the week will get better and you'll be able to get past these bad days soon.
Happy Monday to you too :)
@JJi Wooo for exceeding personal expectations!! That is such awesome news and such a wonderful feeling!! I am also curious as to what changed. It could be anything from self esteem perspective change, causing less random guilt, to being more accepting of circumstances beyond control, to to simply practising coping strategies and processing/identifying emotions better than you ever have before. No matter what it is, it is awesome news that improvement was had! Good work!!!
Refblections: I want to say that I had major issues with my therapist. To the point of giving up and throwing in the towel. Leaving myself to wallow in the same stinking mess and never again to reach out for the thing I needed most. But after doing some mindfulness practice, I realized she too was a trauma survivor. I realized that we were both dealing with some of the same triggers that caused us to bump heads in such a harsh way. But mindfulness made me try one more time and things are on an uphill climb.
Realizing now that sometimes we just have to step back, take a deep deep breath and try again. For we are all humans with flaws no matter the title or the rank. Give me space and give me a place, try not judge me for my mistakes. Those words like little feet pattering in my ear I did hear. So I listen with my heart and not my emotions. I thank everyone just something so small yet so significant has helped me so so much.
@Hoxenos What a lovely, heartfelt and warm daily checkin entry, it was lovely to read, and with the fantastic team and our wonderful community members, this community really does mean a lot to many people, so thank you to everyone for making this community what it's become and will continue to grow into