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Help Seeking

KO64New Contributor25 May 2020, 12:17 am AEST

Help Seeking

I am KO.

I read a lot. Certainly helps keep over active mind preoccupied.

I used to self harm for years. Last year, I finally mustered up some courage to seek help.

After couple of months of intensive therapy, which is ongoing, I have been able to stop destructive habit.

What has helped along the line is learning how to be self compassionate.

I have an underlying mental health condition, so I choose daily to continue treatment.

I don't read or watch the news anymore - helps keep anxiety at bay! Covid19, has made us more hygienic.

I am on strong medication. My immediate goal is to start waking up earlier. How does one do that here - any tips for me? ~ thanks for reading !

stay healthy folks in this pandemic.

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In response to: Help Seeking

NatureLoverSenior Contributor25 May 2020, 11:44 am AEST

Re: Help Seeking

Hi and welcome, @KO64 . Well done on seeking help and being able to stop the self harming. 🙂

Regarding waking up earlier, I found I needed a reason to start - like a project I was interested in. At the moment, I like getting online in the mornings on these forums, and it's a reason to get up early, to see how people are doing. But anything you were interested in would do.

I hope you enjoy exploring the forums. A handy forum tip is to type @ and click on someone's name you want to reply to in the drop-down box - that means they will get a notificatioon that you're talking to them. You can also type any topic onto the search bar above, to look up threads on that topic.

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KO64New Contributor27 May 2020, 6:26 pm AEST

Re: Help Seeking

@NatureLover

Thank you for the suggestion.

I will look into TAFE website. Perhaps I will do Course Online.

I will give it a go! During the day I have plenty of activities.

I agree with you, I need a purpose for getting up in the morning.

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