Traumatic Experiences Community Daily Check-in: Wednesday 19th September 2018
Hi Trauma Family 
I was wondering if you have any hobbies? Hobbies are a great part of self care and can be healthy distractions from traumatic memories. They also help us connect with our sense of identity, which can sometimes get lost in trauma or depression. They can give us a new, more enjoyable experience of life in the present too. I know that my most at peace times are when Im making little crafty things and smooshing paint onto paper.
What hobbies do you have?
How to they help you?
What is your favourite thing about your hobbies?
I am getting tagged 2 times for this thread
@scarletPear1945
because you are doubly awesome?
I will try and remember to fix that for tomorrows check in
@LifeIsMyCanvas
wow
Hi all :) nice post for today.. My favorite hobby has been and still is sketching , listening to music helps me cope loads. And reading too.
@energeticPenny8
It's one of my fave hobbies too 
@LifeIsMyCanvas thank you canvass you inspire me.. Just one of those days I'm sinking.. Need to pull myself up again
My hobbies are writing, reading and listening to music.
I love craft things! I make things out of clay and I crochet things as well. I haven
What hobbies do you have? Writing, blogging, movies, music, cooking, baking
How to they help you? They are my escape
What is your favourite thing about your hobbies? My creativity, anything can happen
I have really lost myself the past 6 months, and today is like icing on the cake, seems like my newest hobby is sleeping during the day as the night time I don't sleep due to insomnia, can't shut the brain off and when I do within a hour or so is flashbacks from my car accident (I still don't remember all of it and I am ok with that) so during the day now I am trying to catch up on sleep, plus the fibro is acting up and I just freakin hurt and ache all over, I want to sit and cry but don't want to upset anyone for me not being the strong one even tho I just want to scream
@LifeIsMyCanvas
Heya! <3
My hobbies are Dance and Gymnastics and anything creative like painting or making things, They help me by distracting my mind and physical exercise really does make me feel better. Dancing makes me feel free and i don't think about anything else other than the next move, he doesn't come into my mind when im dancing which is such a nice break. Creative things help me by relaxing me and my mind sometimes calms me down when im feeling anxious. My favorite things about my hobbies is flipping and doing the cool tricks in gymnastics im also good at painting and making things, i like when i finish a picture and see it come to life on the page. I went to an Ariel hoop class the other day and that was super fun something new that i've never done before.
