A Small Victory

[holdenmonty]

So I had a small victory today. I didn't really see it but my therapist was happy. So in the two weeks since I saw my therapist last I signed a lease on a house off base and have started moving a little and was in a decent car accident and had to deal with some pretty poor excuse for customer service well not really since the claims adjuster didn't answer any of our voicemails for a week but anyway.

Every time I have an appointment they have me fill out this questionaire about how I have felt in the last two weeks and even with all that craziness the results from the questionnaire in terms of numbers ended up being the same as last time and last time I felt really good. So I might have found a way to stay pretty well in control of my attitude. The bad part is my answers show that I have moderate anxiety and ptsd symptoms. But to me it isn't really something bad it just is what it is. There was a point where it was higher than moderate so I kind of consider it a small victory that it is moderate.

 

[The Albatross]

I used to be high risk for suicide... and I remember being downgraded to "moderate" risk, then minimal risk... that is indeed a small victory, but a victory none the less Holden. Considering your stresses this isn't altogether bad. It was what it was. Good for you!

 

[scout86]

Take your victories where you find them! That looks like a victory to me. :)

 

[Ocean5]

Congrats! Small victories add up to larger ones.

“A jug fills drop by drop.”" -Buddha

 

[Friday]

Good on ya, Monty! It's easy to miss the forest for the trees, get so caught up in our struggles we don't see that Struggle #262, means havin put 261 problems to bed.

Also easy to miss the uphill climb where we start sorting shit faster, smarter, for longer. That we start handling those problems more and more effectively.

Far too easy to miss seeing the improvement, and when you can't see the improvement? It's a lot harder to build on it. To see what's working, to keep doing that, and more of that.

Keep it up. And mark it. So when you're down? You know there's a better that you can do, have done, and will do again. Bad days happen. But they aren't all that happens.

 

[Go Hungry]

What @FridayJones said. Mountains are climbed one little step at a time. Nobody starts out on top, so celebrate every little step. Even if they seem endless, you will get higher up those slopes. :)