**Some triggering content may be in the following post, please read with care. Sometimes, life throws things at us, at we don’t expect. The last few months have been a real example, as I’ve fallen behind a bit in posting; but a reflection on how the beginning of the year started, and getting back… Continue reading A Reflection of Time in Acute Inpatient
If you haven’t read my previous post: New Year: Getting Back on Track– Let’s Catch-Up take a took, as it leads up to the events that had lead up to now, and into this blog post. Trigger Warning: The following post may contain triggering topics, as it will be leading up to my next post– Please read… Continue reading New Year: Getting Back on Track– How Will You Write Your Story?
It’s been awhile since I have wrote a blog post, as it’s officially 2018! The last few months of 2017 were a bit of a disaster, to say the least. I wasn’t sure where to even begin to write as I got behind with writing, as school started to pile up, amongst many other things…… Continue reading New Year: Getting Back on Track– Let’s Catch-Up
In my previous post, Building Positive Experiences: Twelfth DBT Skills Group, I talked about Building Positive Experiences, which in other words can mean talking time to enjoy your experiences, take some time for self care; I’m still trying to get back into the routine of school/work/self care, but I know it’s important to do– like taking the… Continue reading Letting Down Walls: 16th One-on-One Session
Reader Warning: I decided to add in my homework we were assigned in our last group session, and we took it up this week, because it was a big part of the session/skill. The homework may be triggering to those with an eating disorder or who are in recovery. Please read with care. ♡ .… Continue reading Opposite Action: Ninth DBT Skills Group
With a hectic week at work, and most of my spare time being spent on packing, I finally decided it was time for some self-soothing, by writing my blog posts for the past week. . . . As part of the DBT Program, I am to see a psychiatrist, as well as my individual therapist.… Continue reading When You Feel Like You’re Failing: 9th One-on-One Session
Getting myself back on track, I had another individual session for the Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Program, I am in today. In this session, my therapist decided to focus on my eating disorder. We talked about how much I have been restricting my daily food intake, and how often I purge. For anyone with an eating disorder,… Continue reading Pros&Cons of An Eating Disorder: 8th One-on-One Session
The last month has been very eventful in so many different ways, and I’ve gotten myself a bit behind in my blog posts. For those who have been reading, thank you, I appreciate it! I started this blog to help myself with learning how to process and cope with my mental health (which I can… Continue reading Just Breathe: Getting Myself Back On Track
Today’s One-on-One session went surprisingly well overall. I felt anxious previous to going into my session, but I pushed it down because I wanted to have [what I felt like I wanted to have; I looked at the feelings, not the facts…] an appointment that went well for once. Of course, pushing down the anxiety… Continue reading The Beach Ball Analogy: 7th One-on-One Session
The last few weeks have been challenging to say the least, but I feel like I’m getting myself finally back on track. This week’s DBT Skills Group continued talking about Distress Tolerance (check out last week’s post Distress Tolerance: Second DBT Skills Group). . . . I originally planed on going in 15 minutes early… Continue reading TIPS- Distress Tolerance Continued: Third DBT Skills Group
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