What Moved You Emotionally Today?

[The Albatross]

Day 3: Client & I were on the front porch and his high school aged granddaughter rolled up. Usually she goes in the back way, but he called to her and she came up. She spent some private time with her grandfather on the porch. Moved me because I was happy for him, he was happy, and it reminded of me and my own grandfather (sitting on the porch).

 

[Recovery4Me]

Day#3

Had to share the message and love between these fur friends furever... made me feel joyful and hopeful!

 

[Anrish]

*squeaks* That' soooooo cute @Recovery4Me !!! Thank you for sharing! ...have to see it one more time!!!! :laugh:

 

[The Albatross]

Yay and welcome to the challenge @Recovery4Me !!

 

[Changing4Best]

Day 3:

I have been feeling anxiety really badly, but I am not sure what is causing it. When I keep busy I can sort of head it off and smother it, but when I am not doing something that occupies my mind totally (like reading a book) the anxiety comes back 4 fold. It is awful.

I have been going through a heavy med change of late and I suspect that has a lot to do with this, as one of the meds I have come off of is an anti-anxiety one. The others are antidepressants.

One other thing that has been occurring is that even though I am on a diet and have been for quite some time, this is the first time I am having a really hard time staying on it. I end up eating more than I should, though thankfully I don't have any foods in the house that I am not supposed to eat (or I would be eating them for sure!).

So I don't know what else to tell you all, except that I know that I often bury my thoughts into my time on the computer, because it totally gets my mind off my problems. I turn to the computer for that kind of relief, but it just has not been doing "it" for me of late. This is disconcerting. Does this make any sense?

 

[illusionist]

I have felt really moved by the efforts of people today raising money for the site. Although I cannot contribute atm, my time will come. There's a lot of really good folks on here...puts my faith back into people.

 

[Anrish]

I'm really moved that a colleague wrote me a message because she was worried about me. I called in sick today because of my monthly issues. She and I wanted to call each other today - and she wrote me a message when I didn't answer the phone...we were not so close before but we're getting closer in a really nice way. She isn't even in my department, so it really moved me when she sent that message to me.

 

[The Albatross]

Day 4: I was moved when I said goodbye to a client I have had a particularly tough time with boundaries on. I checked out, asked him if he needed anything and gave him my hand (I tend to do that with clients instead of hugging and stuff). He responded, and sat there looking at my hand. Lifted it a bit which gave me the default reaction of snatching my hand back... but I didn't. I watched him struggle with it a second (he likes to kiss your hand and stuff) but he respected and accepted what I offered and did not try to do so. Trust on my part, respect on his. It made me feel respected and accepted for who I am.

 

[ms spock]

I felt moved by Rose Batty and her courageousness in the face of the domestic violence that robbed her of her son. That finally there was a QandA about domestic violence.

 

[The Albatross]

Already I'm finding it a bit interesting between feeling "moved" and then trying to identify the feeling. Not easy for me to put a name on what I feel. Maybe that will get better by the end of the challenge?

 

[jaccat]

Day 4: the kindness of the man in the DVD shop. I was looking for a copy of a film for my course. It wasn't on the shelf so I asked if he had a copy. He said no then we got into a discussion about what a good film it was. Then, just as I was leaving he called me back saying wait a minute! He'd remembered a copy had come in the night before that he hadn't processed yet. So I got my film after all. It took me some courage to ask in the first place, so glad I did.

 

[Changing4Best]

Day 4: I was moved emotionally by a meeting I went to about losing weight. I am at my lowest weight (154 lbs.) since I started going to this weight loss group. I am in my healthy BMI for my height now, so I am encouraged. I am pain free physically now, and took a nice long walk today. Things are looking up.