What Moved You Emotionally Today?

[The Albatross]

Okay so just a query to the participants.... This far into the challenge... what are you becoming aware of personally?

Me... I'd say I tend to scan for the observable stuff in my immediate environment more still than focus on "feelings". I tend to, also scan for things that substantiate these days what is in line more with my base character than feed the PTSD beast/anxiety or fear/depression.

 

[jaccat]

Just recognising that I'm feeling anything at all is a challenge so making me observe and analyse my days is helping me recognise those small fleeting moments when I do feel. And its been good to try and stay focused on the positive, helping me recognise the things I do take joy in, however small. It's also making me notice how often I feel sadness, and how that's not really a bad thing.

 

[jaccat]

Day 20. Moved by my friend who posted a piece on Facebook about Terry Pratchett's death and what his books had meant to her. A little sad, but made me proud to read it.

 

[Recovery4Me]

Okay so just a query to the participants.... This far into the challenge... what are you becoming aware of personally?

That I can find the emotion that I seek with patience and in time or it will rise on it's own. Once my positive, perhaps quieter emotion is embraced, that moment tends to set the stage for the next moment of assessment or filter the next experience.

I seem to feel a stronger connection to my treasure hunt and become clearer on rumination.

 

[Changing4Best]

I had not been consciously making myself aware of negative emotions so much before, but now I see them sooner, I believe, and pray to God that they go away, and He does take them away. I am grateful for that!

What moved me today was a sense of relief when the person I was supposed to go shopping with told me she'd have to take a rain check, as she was not feeling well. It just so happens that I was not feeling well either, so this was good news for me. We will plan our shopping trip hopefully on a day when we both are feeling better.

 

[cindymolly]

Someone in my work life being kind.

 

[Anrish]

@holdenmonty : Congratulations for your courage to write this post. That's a great step - and maybe realizing that fact will help you on your further way.

@The Albatross: I found the challenge rather difficult on some days when I felt so numb that I had to search for any feelings at all - don't even mention positive ones. But I always discovered some in the end - especially in little things which I tend to forget when I get caught in depression, fear and pressure. This thread helped me to do the first step to be more attentive and to focus on my feelings in the present and not the sink in old emotions and fears.

I was moved by all those nice comments and messages I got in this forum because of my birthday yesterday. You're all so cute, nice and kind and I'm thankful that I can be part of this place here! That's the best present ever. Hugs to everyone who wants one! :hug:

 

[Recovery4Me]

Day 20

Hope...I was moved by hope. The emotion found me and kept company today - like that of an old friend.

 

[The Albatross]

Day 21: Relief. Plans for me to meet someone I really find that I dislike were canceled. Postponed really but I was moved emotionally by relief as I don't particularly trust myself to be able to control my tone of voice or facial expression when I have to meet my friend's sibling face to face (NYWA: New York With Attitude, and a pushy/rude privileged/successful person). I still got some issues with that type and by phone communication leaves me really irked, frustrated and I just don't like him very much. At all.

 

[cindymolly]

I am moved by relief too, I only have this afternoon of work left and then I can take a break all tomorrow, I'm very tired.

 

[Changing4Best]

I felt brave enough to face the possible ire of someone who got angry with me once for washing my comforter in a small washing machine. He thankfully did not notice me doing it this time, so I didn't get lectured and yelled at, thank the Lord Jesus! He did not know it is a smaller sized one, not a queen or king sized. That makes a load of difference.

 

[jaccat]

Day 21, watching a youtube video my friend sent me: an interview of Neil Gaiman, done the day Terry Pratchett died. I could pick the whole thing as various bits of it were moving in different ways: the clear sadness he felt at his friends death, the eloquent (and humourous) way he honoured him, but if I had to chose one bit I'd pick the story at the end (October Story?) which was just beautiful.