What Are You Thankful For?

[Britt.f7]

I am thankful my husband is making my mom's stuffed shell recipe. I don't think I've had it since she made it, so over four years. Looking forward to it.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I am so thankful that I survived and am beginning to thrive after my husbands death almost two years ago, so hard to believe. In April I will start collecting survivors benefits which will help me out so much and am so thankful that in a way he is still taking care of me.

 

[ms spock]

For knowing some nice people

 

[Ronin]

Couple of threads in here I can just nod to (/like), it helped me modulate the paranoia I'm feeling because of other things.

 

[MomOfTwo]

I am thankful for a good cup of tea.

 

[holdenmonty]

It may sound really weird but sometimes I'm thankful for my PTSD it isn't very often and more like hardly ever but when I stop and think about who I was before and after the trauma and being diagnosed I was very ignorant to my feelings and thought that everything was ok and never let anything get to me or influence me but I mainly ignored any negative feelings I had and was a stuffer but never noticed it. Now after the trauma and being diagnosed I have been much more in touch with how I'm feeling and learning how to express myself/those feelings. The bad stuff like the panic attacks, and hyper vigilance, and flashbacks and all the other negatives that come with it tend to out weigh the good a lot of the time but for me there is a little good. I guess you could look at it as the silver lining to the dark storm cloud of ptsd.

 

[holdenmonty]

I was also just thinking that I'm kind of thankful for my job. Long story short I do general admin/secretary type stuff. I call my job the jack of all trades but the master of none but I get to help people/do favors daily and it makes me glad when I'm able to help somebody in their job and make their day a little less stressful.

 

[cindymolly]

I'm thankful for keeping on going through hard stuff.

 

[ms spock]

I am thankful that I am not having panic attacks.

 

[Britt.f7]

I am thankful that the lady who cut my hair knew what she was doing. She also highlighted it. Good job.

 

[shell]

I am grateful for feeling like I could give up therapy soon, not because I am avoiding but because I am in a really good place and as a result of changes, my family life is now really stable and supportive. I am grateful that I didn't give up on therapy when I felt like a failure, and grateful that I am feeling really positive, happier than I believed was possible and I am living more in the present and that so many positive changes have resulted from therapy to my relationships with others. I no longer feel depressed, sad, or unsupported.

I feel grateful for my life now, and that while my past is not forgotten, it is no longer my present, but is now something I can except as my past and that I was never the person I told myself I was. Without the support I received here I would not have kept trying when I though it was hopeless. Thank you.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Way to go Shell. You have learned and grown so much and especially not being hard on yourself anymore. Today I am thankful for you being in my life. I wish you the best on leaving therapy. It seems to have served its purpose with you and your lovely family and I am so happy for you. Hugs.