Traumatic Experiences Community Daily Check-in: Thursday, 8th of August, 2019
@NoneTheWiser is on a short self-care break but she will be back with us shortly. In the meantime, I am always glad to hear from you around here! :)
How are you feeling today? :)
Is there anything on your mind you would like to share? :)
I have been thinking and we should totally build a pillow fort together!
I mean, sometimes it is just nice to hide away from everything going on in our life and just enjoy the comfort and safety of such a fort - also, per above, some nice snacks :P
How would your pillow fort look like? What would you bring with yourself? :)
I would go with my usual teddy bear and, well, snacks, I suppose, but I am curious about what you think ^-^
Of course, as always, there is absolutely no pressure on you to answer any of the questions above. If you would just like to say hi or sit with us for a while you are always welcome as well. Also, we do have a great supply of safe hugs as well if you would ever need one :)
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@redmark I'm a little down today.I have a good friend who is a trauma survivor and is not doing so great. He refuses professional help. I am going to try to listen better to his concerns and see if this will be helpful to him.
Hey there @adventurousBranch3786 *offering safe hugs*
It is really nice to have you here with us! 
Oh, I am really sorry to hear about your friend. It can certainly be really tough at times to help someone who have survived such trauma but I do think that just being there for them and listening is a really good start :)
Of course, do not forget that you are important as well, so it is okay if you do need some space as well sometimes but I do think that you are doing a really good job by just being there for them and listening as best as you can :)
Stay awesome!
@redmark You are right . I have to strike a good balance between listening better and taking care of myself also. Thanks
@redmark
Hi awesome! How are you doing?
I am feeling ok today! I am a bit scared of saying this out loud :)
A pillow fort sounds... awesome of course :D I would bring some books and cheese! I love cheese, greedy me!
Hey there @admaiorasemper *offering safe hugs*
It is always really nice to hear from you around here!
I am really glad to hear that you are feeling okay. I do hope that you will be feeling like this for quite some time now although I undertand that you do not want to like jinx it for yourself - but still, I do hope for the best for you. :)
Also, I do like cheese as well - in fact I should probably buy some since we do not have any at home :P
Also also, books are realy awesome. I have fallen back on my one week one book plan for this year already but, well, I just try to keep up a comfortable piece. What kind of books do you like? Any favourites? Do you have anything that you are reading now/looking foreard to read? :)
Either way tho, I do not mean to be to nosy so feel free to ignore all those quetions, but I like to talk or just hear from others about what they like to read :)
Stay aweosme!
@redmark
You are not noisy at all!
I'm very much into poetry lately. A couple of days ago I have bought Nazim Kikmet and Garcia Lorca's poems collections. Today I bought Jacques Prevert's one.
Otherwise I enjoy thrillers or contemporary novels (Haddon, Hornby, etc.). I love The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall Smith.
And I also read a lot about psychology.
What about you? I am very curious :)
@admaiorasemper Oh, it was quite some times that I have read some poems - or wrote any, because it has used to be a sort of coping mechanism. I should get back to those tho, I kind of miss poetry from my life :)
Also, I like to read about psychology as well although I mostly just read articles of it or shorter writings anyhow. I am not sure if I have ever read a book a on psychology before. Maybe I should change that tho :)
I am generally not that much into thrillers but I know that I have read like 8 or so Stephen King books when the new IT movie has came out. I do not know why it has put me into that mood. I generally enjoyed them as well.
I do still mostly stick to fantasy books tho - or I am not sure how to categorize them. I do like the more down to earth ones as well without all those Tolkien-ish fantasy-thropes in it. One of my favourite universe is atually the universe that was built behind the video game franchise Diablo through many, many novells, I have been really digging deep into that one :)
Also, there is The Little Prince - that's kind of an interesting one, that is the first book I have read in English and German as well when I have been learning them. I don't know why, I have first read that when I was around 20 or so and was really down and it just somehow spoke to me in a way that it is still just special to me.
So yep, that's it about me ^-^
I'm stressed, I have no idea how to get a better place for my family. The landlord are causing extra stress.
Hey there @Rebekahwriter13 *offering safe hugs*
It is always really nice to hear from you around here!
I am sorry to hear that you are in a situation like that. It does really sound stressful. I do hope that you will be able to find something for yourself and for your family shortly. In the meantime, if there is anything we may be able to help you with we are always here for you - or if you would just like to vent, we would be glad to listen :)
Stay strong and awesome!
@redmark thank you sometimes just listening and sending prayers/ positive vibe help
@redmark thank you sometimes just listening and sending prayers/ positive vibe help
My blanket fort has a projector in it. It rules.
Hey there @betterchoices *offering safe hugs*
It is always really nice to have you here with us!
Oh...a projector does sounds really awesome! I was thinking of something like setting it up so it will look at the TV so I can watch movies but I think your idea is just like ten time better ^-^
Stay awesome!