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Post by the edge of the world » Sun Feb 11, 2007 9:44 pm

Today my stepmom started telling me how she wanted to slam my brother's heads together and I calmly told her I didn't want to hear about it without getting upset.
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Post by caged bird » Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:59 am

i'm proud of myself today becasue i fought some really strong urges and worked all day with sharp objects but managed to control my feelings

also i got LOADS done - go me!
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Post by 5th section » Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:33 pm

i'm proud of myself because i got through the weekend and ok I behaved like a moron but I didn't SI
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Post by Neviah » Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:47 pm

I'm proud of myself today because i totally opened up to the doctor and attempted to tidy my bedroom.
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Post by Seeshellz » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:14 am

I'm proud of myself today because I made a pretty difficult recipe of rice pudding and it turned out just great! :)
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Post by balletomane » Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:32 pm

I am proud of myself for waking up early on a snow day.
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Post by StevieLynn » Wed Feb 14, 2007 4:37 pm

I am proud of myself because I finally went back to my therapist.
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And it felt like a winter machine that you go through and then you catch your breath and winter starts again, and everyone else was springbound. And when I chose to live, there was no joy, it's just a line I crossed. I wasn't worth the pain my death would cost, so I was not lost or found....But when you live in a world, well, it gets in to who you th ought you'd be. And now I laugh at how the world changed me. I think life chose me after all.
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Post by the edge of the world » Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:53 am

Proud of myself for keeping my keys.
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Post by handmade mute » Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:12 am

I am proud of myself today for making myself sushi instead of just not eating.
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Post by treasure » Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:36 am

i am proud of myself today cos i fought my anxiety and met up with people i met last year. i'm proud of my attempts at conversation, and glad i feel comfortable around these ppl despite the issues on getting there.
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Post by PassingCloud » Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:27 pm

i am proud of myeslf today because i got out some of my anger without hurting myself. i am also proud because i reached out to my gf and really let her know what's going on with me.
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Post by half/hearted » Sat Feb 17, 2007 6:24 am

I am proud of myself because at therapy, I actually worked on really hard stuff.
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Post by Spidey » Sat Feb 17, 2007 5:46 pm

i had one mother of an urge last night. and instead of acting on it i just sat and listened to tmn until the stupid urge went away.

and i am 59 days si free.
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Post by StevieLynn » Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:45 pm

I am proud of myself today because I beat some wicked urges last night, bringing me up to nine days SI free. Not a personal best, but I'm proud of myself, all the same, because I really didn't think I'd make it through the night.
In Which Something Oooh Occurred

And it felt like a winter machine that you go through and then you catch your breath and winter starts again, and everyone else was springbound. And when I chose to live, there was no joy, it's just a line I crossed. I wasn't worth the pain my death would cost, so I was not lost or found....But when you live in a world, well, it gets in to who you th ought you'd be. And now I laugh at how the world changed me. I think life chose me after all.
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Post by smiles-of-pain » Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:58 am

I am proud of myself because I fought against my urges by plucking my eyebrows :) but of course you can only go so far with that.. but by the time i was done, i was not urgy anymore! go me!

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Post by Seeshellz » Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:29 pm

I'm proud of myself today because I ate a healthy breakfast!
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you might be able to help someone else who's now

in the phase you may have just completed.

Maybe that's what it's all about after all..."

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Post by black_23 » Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:31 pm

I'm proud because I talked openly about the things that worry me with my b/f and tried to find a solution. I also went for an internal job, despte being scared at failing and now I have an interview.
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Post by StevieLynn » Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:51 am

I'm proud of myself today because instead of punching the wall, I kicked around some empty cardboard boxes to vent my anger.
In Which Something Oooh Occurred

And it felt like a winter machine that you go through and then you catch your breath and winter starts again, and everyone else was springbound. And when I chose to live, there was no joy, it's just a line I crossed. I wasn't worth the pain my death would cost, so I was not lost or found....But when you live in a world, well, it gets in to who you th ought you'd be. And now I laugh at how the world changed me. I think life chose me after all.
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Post by acdcrocker1909 » Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:42 am

I'm proud of myself today, because I didn't tell the drama coach just what I wanted too.. even though I felt I should have. Dani was good and kept her mouth shut [for the most part.]

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Post by Quiet little Angel » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:45 am

i'm proud of myself today because last night i swam 36 laps in 40 minutes... and now i only need to increase that by four to do 1 km... for a girl with bad knees that's not too bad...
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