What did you do today to work towards emotional regulation?

[shatter eyes]

.... i ate cookies and pastries.. now i feel sick

 

[The Albatross]

Did my pain control instead of wallowing about how bad I physically feel.

 

[ms spock]

Walked our dog!
Engaged in social activity.
Faced the music and went and did the hardest thing straight away. So it was not hanging over my head.
I played my instrument.
I made some good decisions.

 

[ms spock]

New sleep routine!

 

[ms spock]

Mindfulness the three minute breathing space over and over again!

 

[Deleted member 37085]

Therapy appt. today; have been naming most all of the above-listed distorted cognitions and so far successfully stopping them in mid-streaming and flipping the script from negative to more positive about self/others. Need to do a Trauma Timeline (will take a lot of work, patience, and grit) in order to self-nurture little girl self through my adult (talk w/her re timeline trauma events self-soothing, self-loving, nurturing her throughout); and will try and utilize therapist to role-play with my adult then switch to my child then back and forth child to adult w/ T playing whatever role I am not (at the time). Switching off. Going to be difficult...but must revive my little girl child within and begin dialogue with her re extreme brutal trauma events (timeline) in this healing format/modality. Will try that is all I can do.

 

[ms spock]

I maintained calm in the face of very little sleep. I did a body scan and semi supine practices. I self soothed. I comforted myself.

 

[ms spock]

Worked on managing my sleep.
Got up and thought about other challenges that I can incorporate in to my life.

 

[Deleted member 37085]

Saw therapist this past Tuesday and he agreed to work with me re role-playing: adult/child and child/adult (Tian Dayton). So now I will attempt tomorrow to start on a Trauma Timeline and after completing same will then role play with T to connect for first time with neglected, abused inner child from/through my adult self. Sounded without merit and hokey until I watched Dayton in group setting demonstrating how adult/child visa versa helps to try and heal the broken, neglected, abused little girl child self.

I believe this will be beneficial in trying to connect/heal my nearly decimated, violently abused little girl self within.

 

[ParalyzedMind]

I got out of bedroom and am now in a park. It is healing me and giving me more confidence. Just saw a squirrrel and its awesome.

I have not watched news or stuff in two days and that has helped as well.

 

[Crow]

Took most of my supplements and walked two miles.

 

[Chiqui]

Watered the plants
Went for a long walk and got a discount on some shopping, work stuff. I felt great about the discount.
Came to this site and learnt about how you are doing
Confy food: biscuits and cheese
Talk to my hubby about my worries and he helped to make it softer