Where things are at

Haven't been posting on here as much lately.

Been going through a fair bit and coming to terms with the past.

The book I have been reading was really helpful too - When The Body Says No by Gabor Mate

I have also implemented new coping strategies and lately when I have felt really bad i call a support line like i did the other day.

I am on the mend in other words

Just humbly getting by and taking each day as it comes. Having to shake the old mentalities and stop rumination and also maintain a better sense of self respect in the face of what I have dealt with over the years.

Radical self compassion

Acceptance - The willingness to accept things as they are. The courage to permit negative thinking to inform our understanding w/o allowing it to define our approach to the future.
Awareness - Learning what the signs of stress are in our own bodies, how our bodies telegraph us when our minds have missed the cues
Anger - the energy that nature gives us as kids to stand forward on our behalf to say that I matter. This does not invade other's boundaries
Autonomy - The development of the internal centre of control.
Attachment - Connection with the world. Healing requires and implies regaining vulnerability that made us shut down emotionally in the first place. We permit ourselves to honour the universal need for connection.
Assertion - The declaration to ourselves and to the world that we are and that we are who we are

Affirmation - To make a positive statement, to move towards something of value.

@Former-Member @TAB @StuF @Former-Member @Bow @Christheart and whoever else reads this