Dare Success

[Nighthawk]

I thought this would be a good place to note if we had any or even partial success to our PTSD dares.

One of my dares was to promote positive growth.

So here goes. I managed to plant my herb and vegetable garden this weekend.

NH

 

[intothelight]

NH, Great idea for the follow up to the dare thread.

I did go to the mailbox, and have 2 other times this week. By the third time I actually opened the mail.

Baby step exposure therapy.

 

[Vee Lagrome]

That's really great! What kinds of things are you growing? I think planting really helps with PTSD. I would love to grow some things once I move back into my house! What a good idea :)

 

[Nighthawk]

I planted several varieties of tomatoes, some green peppers, some chili peppers, and some cucumbers. I also planted lavender, rosemary, basil, dill, chives, oregano, and parsley and am still looking for cilantro. I think there might be more I can't even remember.

 

[Tinyflame]

Can I come for dinner.. ?

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

My big dares where....Join a gym and get a part time job. Start school.

I was hired for a part time job yesterday and joined a gym a week ago! :) :)

I am proud (!!) of myself.

 

[Jade-]

I have been working on controlling my temper/rage......

Recently I was called into the office at work to be disciplined by the manager. I could feel the rage building and I was thinking to myself "should I hurt her or call her a c*nt". I got up and walked out of the office instead.

Proud of myself for that.....

 

[Lucycat]

yes, given the options I guess that was the better one.

But.... what about the next time? What else could you have done?

 

[Jade-]

What else could you have done?

But that's what I'm proud of myself for.....I didn't do what I could have done.

I'm sure there's different/better ways of handling things, but for right now I'm just proud of controlling my temper. That's a big step forward for me....

 

[Tinyflame]

Begin at the beginning Jade, that's more than enough.
Congrats!!

 

[Sethe]

I am working on not beating the crap out of myself for being imperfect.

 

[Sethe]

So far, I've done pretty well. I have to remind myself that I'm not perfect. I'm learning to accept that I am human. It's a process.

On the short end:

1. I planted some seeds and they're already growing!