Traumatic Experiences Community Daily Forum Checkin - Saturday 8th April 2017
Gooooooood Moooooorning y'all!!!! Yes as you can see I am wide awake and ready to grab this day and go for it :) I'm off to dog agility shortly, the sun is shining, its the weekend (even better) and im feeling good!
How about y'all? I hope today treats you better than it did yesterday. What are you plans for the weekend? Are you working, meeting up with friends, attending some event, playing some sport?? I hope you have a great day today for you deserve that.
Healing from trauma, is tough work and so this space is for you to share whats happening in your world, how your healing process is doing, whats happening in your life, whether good, bad or inbetween. What positives have been happening for you lately, what achievements do you feel you have attained recently?
Please check in and let us know how you are doing. :)
@vriska44 @Avaray @Shadeshack @BeeLeigh @Faeryschild @Lavendermoonlight @KLM3278 @sujaypai
@sweetMelody95 @jr50 @agreeableKite4304 @PhoenixPatronus @Morfo66 @themainjane @PuppyLove13 @KristenHR @AutumnLeigh
@dancingRainbow45 I had a pasta class today and everyone liked the class a lot and have signed up for more with me <3 And the cupcakes delivery went great as the lasy was soo happy with it! My feet were sore from all the standing (7 hours of standing in 14 hours), so I soaked my feet in hot water with bath salts and fell asleep! So has been a great day :)
@PuppyLove13 Go you! Wow, business is really taking off for you, well done you! :) A long hot foot soak sounds just the thing and remember in future if your going to stand for that long, make sure you wear as comfy shoes as possible ;)
@dancingRainbow45 Thank you! <3 I did wear my minion shoes but I think I need plushies instead of shoes/ flip flops :P
@PuppyLove13 Hey Puppy - the baking sensation . Hope your feet is good now after the rest. Take care.
I just did something SO brace!! I did it! I surivied! It went well. I feel very good!!!! I had to drive into a scary place in the city where I live. I wasn't sure of where I was going, etc. it was for an audition. Which I was also nervous for. The place I had to audition at was scary....so MUCH fear was in my head and body!!!!! I sat outside of place for one hour. Then I went in!!! And I did it!!!! It went good!!! And now I am home!!! I'm safe and home and did something I'm proud of myself for!!!!! Feeling proud and good today!!!
@KLM3278 Wooooohooooo! go you!!!! Brilliant to hear. 
Treat yourself reward yourself for your accomplishment 
What was the audition for? Knowing you faced your fears and anxieties and survived it unharmed and still safe, does it make you feel able to do things bit by bit like this again?
@dancingRainbow45 Yes, I think so! I mean this is a big deal for me! My counselor will probably do his weird silly clapping his hands for me. I think it might take me a little time to do this again, but I think I can! The audition was for a play!!
@KLM3278. Wow, that is wonderful! What an accomplishment! Hugs!
@jr50 Thank you!!!! :)
@KLM3278 Hugs. Facing your fears and conquering them really relieves you and that is what you are experiencing. I am glad and indeed it is a brave thing to do and you could do it because you are awesome. Always stay this awesome.
@sujaypai Thank you!!!
It's been alright. I've been trying to get my homework done but also....not really. I got one post done, and I still have another post to do, and then I have five quizzes and I really don't want to do any of it because it's for music appreciation and the music I have to listen to for it this week is not going over well with me. The one video I had to watch for the music was from the Alfred Hitchcock movie Vertigo, and the clip ends when the woman throws herself off a building, and the music is designed to show the panic the man trying to catch up to her to stop her is feeling. But I pretty much use music to dictate my mood, so music has a big impact on how I'm feeling and it's not very great right now. So this is taking wayyyyyy longer than it needs to to get this homework done 
@BeeLeigh
Music can be so evocative can't it? Certain tracks can take me right back to various stages in my life. I used to like a bit of Abba before the dentist played it whilst drilling my teeth. Pleasure lost for ever! But some music can completely lift my mood too.
I wonder if you have some other tracks you can play to lift yourself out of that dip you find yourself in? I appreciate it must be hard if you're having to focus on a track for an assignment, but we all deserve a break. So why not pump up the volume and dig those funky tunes! It may make your homework pass a little quicker, do you think?
@DeborahUK
Not really. It only works like that if I stop myself from getting down in the first place. I'm already down now. I'm just gonna be down for a while. If I ever finish this, I'll probly just be mopey for the rest of the day and watch tv. It's 6pm, so I should be at least a little better tomorrow. I don't know. It's been a while since I had this problem.
@BeeLeigh
Ah I see. Not so easy then if it's hard to lift yourself from your current frame of mind. Well I hope you at least recognise what you're achieving here. For most people, they'd just be battling with their homework, but you're also battling memories from the past, and they can be quite tough opponents. So don't undermine the effort it takes, and try to take pride in your achievements.
@BeeLeigh Glad to see you have things lined up for this weekend except for the music appreciation. I don't know but perhaps see if you have some different music track you can use for the appreciation project. If not may be try doing the project using audio version or MP3 file rather than watching video which has visual triggers as well.
Hello, friends <3
I'm new here but I just wanted to say that I adore the feeling of support and Community that you're encouraging with this check-in thread. I love you all and I hope that you keep on taking it a step at a time!
@creativeClementine7934. Welcome to the community, yes I agree, everyone here is very supportive and kind!
@creativeClementine7934 Welcome to 7cups and Welcome to the sub community. Hope you are doing fine. Feel free to browse the forums for some great content compiled by the team here. See you around. Take care.
@creativeClementine7934 HI Clementine and thank you for what you said. That means a lot. Your most welcome here :) Always remember if you need us, reach out. Its a great community with lots of support here. :)
Ughh I was supposed to be at sub committee at 4pm today, I missed it , I was out trying to find another vehicle, I feel so bad about missing, I don't understand how I could, I am so excited to apart of the committee. My husband was with me all day and when he isn't working, I don't do well, he isn't very supportive of me and my mental health, just makes jokes.
@jr50 Not to worry jr, it sounds as though you had a lot going on for you. The meeting for all the team is Monday 10th April 4pm EDT in the training room. Look forward to seeing you then :)
@dancingRainbow45 Thanks Rain for the time confirmation on meeting. I really got confused on this meeting.
@sujaypai There were actually two meetings sujay, the one for you as a listener was always Monday 10th at 4pm EDT - you did confirm in the forums you could attend this as did others, and the details of this meeting was confirmed in the forum thread under forum team spread. There was one for members yesterday but now the members will be joining us as a whole team tomorrow
@dancingRainbow45 Oh okay. Alright. Would be there.
@jr50 Hugs JR. I can understand you feel worse on being made fun of. I wish you could ignore and focus on self as you know your true worth and how brave you have been all this while and will continue to do so. I am.not sure which subcommunity meeting you missed because the Trauma subcommunity meeting is scheduled for Monday 4pm EDT. Check with them in case they have a transcript for the meeting so you could follow what transpired there.
@sujaypai. Thank you so much for your encouragement, yes, I am strong enough to just not believe the things that, someone who has no idea what I live through every day , has to say about me.
