Traumatic Experiences Community Daily Forum Checkin - Tuesday 11th April 2017
Its a late post from the UK for your daily checkin, but as Im 5hrs ahead of you guys hopefully you can still make use of todays checkin :)
How about y'all? I hope your day has been a good one for you? What plans do you have for the rest of your day, or week? Anything exciting planned? Any plans to meet 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. :)
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Love this motivational quote , I don't have plans, but hopefully it will be a quiet and peaceful, even though hasn't been lately, but I am going to try to be positive!
@jr50 Good on you jr, Appreciate those moments for what they are and dont lose sight of them when things feel a little more rocky. Positive self talk can certainly help enormously and despte all you have to deal with you continue to reach onwards and upwards :)
@dancingRainbow45. So much for quiet and peaceful, but I didn't panic, and turns out, I made the right decision, wow, that made my day, my decision making skills haven't been up to snuff lately so I gained a bit of self confidence, I am having an insomnia night, and husband is snoring, which is really ruining my thoughts of much sleep
@jr50 what was the decision about jr, would you like to share? If not no worries on that :) It can be very hard for survivors of trauma to be good at making decisions, especially if they have been put down, made to feel insignificant, given no voice, not previously allowed to make decisions for themselves, or had control taken from them. It can be extremely challenging for survivors to begin to trust themselves and what feels right for them and the fact your now starting to do this for yourself, sounds a really good step forward. You may have wobbles still but your finally able to think about what you want and what is right for you :) Well done
@dancingRainbow45. The lady I care for, fell and I wasn't sure what to do, the daughter always said call her first, but I wasn't comfortable waiting, so I had to call 911, to come and take her to the hospital, it turns out she fractured her pelvis, I was so glad I called, if I had called her daughter, she wouldn't have taken her anywhere, and I know she was in serious pain.i am thankful that I made a right decision. You are so right, I have been afraid to make decisions, I was always told ,not smart enough to make the right one, and after a while I just stopped because I hated being talked down to and made to feel useless .
@dancingRainbow45 Love the post <3 Sorry I have been out too so couldn't do the check-in <3
Day was super productive, had no time to rest! Got a lot done! The thing I am the most proud of is that I chopped, dried and froze a lot of veggies for future use :D
I know this is yesterday's post, but I left early enough today to go to Starbucks and still get to work early and that's exciting cuz I'm late to work every single day (with a few exceptions lol) 😁
And today's my phone day!! So I don't have to answer the phone at all today unless it rings a bunch in a row and everyone else is already on a call!! And we're going to my favorite restaurant for my gramma's birthday tonight!! 😁😁😁😁
@BeeLeigh Oh your day sounds like its been a good one for you Bee and lots to look forward to tonight going out for dinner to celebrate your grans birthday. :) Did you finish that gift you were knitting/making? Never got to hear if you managed to get done what you needed so you could focus on finishing off your Nan's present?
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I haven't finished it, but I told her I was making it! 😊
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I enjoyed your post very much. While I myself are not going through anything tumultuous, my husband does. Everyday. He is a verteran and suffers greatly from PTSD. It can be hard for him to face everyday challenegs. I like to come here for support and seek advice of how I can help. ♥
@happyevie3 Hi Evie, welcome to our community :) Im sorry to hear about your husbands PTSD. It can be very hard on partners, family and friends of someone with PTSD and though the impact of trauma primarily affects the person themselves who has suffered the traumatic experiences, ptsd does take its toll to on relationships around that person. In our thread called other traumatic experiences, we have some posts about combat trauma, how relatives can help etc. Just go to the trauma forums, and look for the forum thread other traumatic experiences and you will find it listed under there if you would like to take a look. its good to have you here and I hope you are able to find some support for yourself :)