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Another poor night of sleep, but I still fell upbeat.

Day 3 - List 3 things you like about yourself. 1. I try very hard not to rush to judgement regarding people. Even if I have a reflexive judgement, I step back and examine things. I always try to think about deeper causes and complex systems that surround what people do or say or need. (I...

Day 3: 1A: I'm grateful that it appears the vitamins are really helping. I've been on them for about a week, and I'm beginning to see some results. B: I'm grateful that my PMS is offiicially over. Maybe now my concentration level will be better. C: I'm grateful that I had the foresight...

2: (I forgot about this one, so it's late) Around 4pm my boyfriend called me to invite me over to his house to watch a movie. Our school-year routine is that he comes over to my house so that I can grade papers, etc. while we watch something. I didn't feel good when he called; my anxiety was...

I didn't make my bigger "professional" goals, but I did wash my hair! (Always a difficult task for me.)

So glad you came to the forum and hope things get better. Congrats on making so many proactive decisions. Welcome. And, applause-applause.

Congrats!

I'm having some trouble today -- the yo-yo effect I think from having such a great day yesterday. 3: Exercise -- a dog-walk and some yoga. I hope to accomplish 2,4,5 and my personal other items before bed time.

Hi Avgirl, Though for different reasons I have the same extreme anxiety about the end of a school year and a new summer (multiple trauma anniversaries occur in the summer). Plus, I leave a highly structured routine into huge time blocks to be with "scary me." Are there any adult education...

I'm so angry at all the violence (in general) against women (especially). Such pain: the three young women in Ohio abducted as teenagers and a decade later getting out. Plus, the very fellow in charge of examining sexual assault in the Air Force is charged with sexual battery himself against...

Thank you for your courage to post. I have found this site so supportive, informative and filled with lovely souls. Welcome and blessings for better days to come.

I deserve to take it slower today and remember that I did a lot yesterday so it's normal that I feel tired.

I feel physically tired (not enough sleep) but my spirit is hopeful.

A: Smoking. Well...I'm trying to really judge, "do I really want another cig?" I've started to date and time each pack to keep myself from smoking more than a pack a day. Not great, but it's more than I used to do. B: Emotional spending. Before I go out, I review my balance and budget...

Boxes aside, I do hide my literal scars -- self-injury. I don't hide my ptsd in general, though I don't advertise it either. However, if I see someone who is having a hard time and I notice behaviors indicative of axiety-depression, I offer something of my situation in hopes that he/she sees...

Wow! I should put that on the bumper of my truck. I hide my anger -- so well that I don't recognize it the few times it becomes too weighty for me to ignore.

Well, I'm a Scorpio + Sufferer -- Ha! So absolutely. Just count all the boxes, jars, tins, in my house -- hell!, just in my den! -- anything that can hide some trinket that speaks some special language to me is hidden away. Because my mate doesn't speak Spanish, if I have to label something...

I'm a supporter and a sufferer. In the same relationship for 10 years. There is a logic to the behaviors, it's just that it's ptsd logic. Not non-ptsd logic. I'm madly in love with my supporter and sufferer. We both have our elongated moments. Both ptsd -- childhood onset. One recent...

That point in the day when I don't have to be "professional" and can shed the bra!, put on my favorite wholly, faded jeans, and get furry with my cats and dog!

Well, I had to make a decision that probably my dog didn't like. I had just enough time to either walk my sweet Sadie again or clean the front porch. It was completely a selfish decision, but, because I'm trying to get a place where I can meditate, I chose to clean the porch. (But, to make it...

After a minor storm, the wifi went out. I'm so technologically defunt and a dinosaur, that the anxiety in me thought, "...oh-no, what if I try to reset things myself, to see if the connection will come back...and it DOESN'T and then I have to CALL and talk to people...blah-blah-blah." Well, I...

Hi all, My boyfriend and I were talking about a river he used to fish at. He described it to me and I visualized it and I noticed my breathing was less erratic. (biofeedback?) So what if we were to share our "scenic postcards" to one another by writing a description of our favorite calming...

Dear Fire329, I'm so sad about your news. I hope something will work out soon for you. Do take care and self-care of yourself -- which is absolutely that hardest thing to with such disappointing news, but also is critically important right now. I'm pulling for you.

Uh...I didn't mean to sound like too peppy a braggart ("I got more sleep than you"). After posting the above I browsed through several of the previous posts and realized, ah...my pals here are having a rough go of it. So... (((Here are extra hugs and best wishes to all for a better night of...