Traumatic Experiences Community Daily Check In - Monday the 11th of June
Hey lovely Traumatic Experiences Community 
Today its the start of a brand new week! I hope that this week has some beautiful moments planned for you.
Today s check in wont be very long in general since i have lots of things to study for (finals), but i d like to talk with you about something positive.
I totally get that some days can be quite challenging and that life has its up and downs. But in my opinion, perspective is a really big matter and helps us living a more positive life in general.
i d like to ask you, my trauma family, today...
What is one good thing that happened today?
What is one thing you are grateful for today?
What is one thing you love about yourself?
Or just pop in to say Hi and tell us about your day!
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@Hope3729 A good thing that happened today is that i woke up to coffee, I am grateful for my life and something i love about myself is through all my stuggles i still manage to find a way laugh.
@TheLeftTwix hey there i am glad to hear that there are some positive thoughts you are having today, and i think you can definitely be proud of yourself, because managing to laugh through struggles, shows strength. Wishing you a lovely rest of the Monday!
Just checking in and saying hi
@crimsonLime6525 hey Lime! Happy to see you. Anything you d like to share about today?
@Hope3729 Im in a very dark place right now so hi is the best I can give. Im sorry for posting
@crimsonLime6525 you dont need to be sorry for that! We care about you and your emotions Lime, we want to support you i am sorry to hear that you arent feeling good right now, remember if you need to reach out you can always write here or message a listener! I hope you ll still be able to find something good in this day, sending you my support & safe hugs!
What is one good thing that happened today? mmm well, it hasn't happened yet, but i'm going to meet new people today and hopefully make new friends!!
What is one thing you are grateful for today? one thing i'm grateful for is my mom, she's always checking in on my and making sure i'm doing okay. 💕
What is one thing you love about yourself? uhhh this is a hard one since i don't really love, like, anything about myself? if i have to chose something i guess one thing i like about myself is how creative i am? i like to create characters and worlds and write stories about them and i guess that's a good thing??
@Moonberrycat hey there! I am glad to hear that you ll be able to meet some new people today, and wish you lots of fun! Feel free to check in with us how it went, i d totally love to hear and i am really happy for you that you have such a supportive and caring mom.
Being creative is definitely a good thing!! I rarely know people with a creative mindset, so dont be scared to share it with us, because you can absolutely be proud of it! Writing stories and creating characters sound really really cool, i am sure you are amazing at it 
wishing you a lovely rest of the day!
I'm scared to love any part of me cos what if it's wrong and I'm unlovable as they said and still some say
@Sparky1 hey Sparky. i understand that it can be difficult to love ourselves if the only thing we ve ever experienced was not seeing us in a positive light. And loving ourselves is something we can t learn overnight.
But i want you to know, you deserve to love yourself. And if that seems like a too big step for today, you can also just accept yourself. Try to think of one thing that your inner you knows what youre amazing at. It can be literally anything. Maybe some skill you are good at, maybe something you enjoy doing. There s literally so much. Even that you are here today, checking in with us and opening up to us Sparky, sending you lots of love & safe hugs!
@Hope3729
thanks hope i'm not sure whats good in me, but your response helps
What is one good thing that happened today?
My friend forgave me
What is one thing you are grateful for today?
My daughter.
What is one thing you love about yourself?
I write poetry. Hopefully it makes people feel less alone.
@RedHawk6547 amazing answers, happy to read that you and your friend are better now and that you are grateful for your daughter and writing poetry sounds amazing!! Thats so interesting and inspiring
Hi Hope
I moved back to my parents today. I was very stressed earlier, but now I have sat down and rested a bit I feel calmer. In future I'm going to try to do more things in advance, I spent the day running around like a headless chicken!
I am grateful for comfy sofas! It feels so good to relax after 12 hours of being on my feet.
Love and hugs
@FloweringBunny hey there! Sounds like it was a stressful situation for you, but I hope you were able to rest a bit more through the day and thats a great goal for the future indeed! I am sure you ll get to archieve that 
Love and hugs back and wishing you a lovely day! (and by the way, i totally agree with you, comfy sofas save the day!!!)
@Hope3729
Perspective is everything. We cannot control many things but we can control our perspective. I have so much to say on this subject!
Looking for good things can sound trivial, but it really helps in each present moment. I think of looking for good things not as a way to ignore the bad things, but as a way to balance them out, or at worst as a weapon against the bad things, much like a light is a weapon against darkness. I don't like to think of it as positivity, but as not-negativity, or neutrality. For one, I don't think it's healthy to be on the extreme either way, whether negative or positive. Secondly, for me, my depression balks at positives and will find a way to rationalize anything in a negative light. Instead, I try to find a neutral perspective or something not overtly bad or good. That's just me though! It just helps with my depression, which pushes for things to be seen negatively as a default. Bad things and good things are like two sides of the same coin. In that analogy, I think it's healthier to see the coin as a coin, rather than focus on the good side or the bad side. Whichever we focus on, is what we fill ourselves with, so it's really a practice of self care to find the light, to try to challenge negative perspectives.
Gratitude has helped me a lot. There is so much to be thankful for. Even if we don't value our own lives,there are smaller things, like the sound of crickets, or a kind word, a job in a difficult situation, or the existence of this site.
Self image is such a hard one for me. It's what I struggle with the most some days. But again, instead of giving into self deprecating thoughts, using gratitude and neutral perspective can help me find some things about myself that aren't bad.
These thoughts are just my own, but maybe someone will find them useful for themselves too. I actually practice these in my feed almost each day I visit 7cups. I consider it to be a daily challenge to answer these questions, like a game.
Something not bad that happened today: I made it to the grocery store.
One thing I'm grateful for today: moments of silence.
One thing I don't hate about myself: I'm very organized when I need to be.
@wontwakewontsleep i love your answer! i love your neutral perspective of this all and find it amazing that you found a balance between the good and bad in this topic (hope you get what i mean). And i am happy to hear that you made it to the grocery store, and that you are organized when you have to 
(can i borrow this skill please for some time?!)
Wishing you a looovely day and sending you lots of safe hugs
@Hope3729
Hi
😞😞😭😭😶😶!!
@GuardianAngel77 whats wrong, Angel?
@Hope3729
I I'm sad and crying inside of myself.
@Hope3729
And feeling like nothing inside!!
All at once, if that makes any sense!!
Hello everyone I hope you all have a great day!
@NancySV1 hey Nancy, i hope you are too happy to see you here