bus

hopeful

sad

softer

disorientated

fragility...tenderness...beauty...offering...sadness...

I haven't hurt myself today yet. I also slept well last night.

cold

sometimes in therapy, towards the end of the session, curled up on the couch under the blanket....soft and safe and sleepy and nurtured....when I'm understood and have released lots of emotion and feeling and can relax and rest...

sending good thoughts to accompany you while you work

thank you.

tentative
vulnerable
settled somewhere inside

I'm proud of doing a good morning's work at work, and not getting freaked out on a crowded bus.

hungry
stable
compassionate

need someone to stay with me and not let go....feel so alone...need comforting....but I'm always alone...just found this room....where its ok to cry....

hungry
peaceful
reaching

Well done for deciding you don't want to hurt yourself anymore. That's brilliant. In time those urges will fade. And we're here to support you too.

well done on the breakthrough. it is a well known sign of a good therapy session if you sleep deeply afterwards...I used to come home after my Friday afternoon sessions when they used to be from 3.45-4.45, get in my pjs and sleep.... in time feelings will settle and you'll stabilise, they did for me...

shy
alive
tense

I wish I had been able to keep my previous job...and not transfer....

lonely
afraid

scared

I am.. a survivor alone a wild woman learning to survive I am not.. going to hurt anyone crazy ugly unloved always in the wrong I feel... tired strained lost anxious scared I want... to be heard to not be disturbed to be loved to look better, to feel better to be and feel safe I need... to not be al...

I suppose I can't take my therapist?! ok, so.... 1) Journal and pens .. I am noone if I cannot write 2) Lots of paper, felt pens and crayons .. I have to express myself creatively 3) File of articles and other validating things ... I'm not the only one who feels like this...and that its for a reason...

cold

anxious

lonely

quiet