I'm proud of myself today because...

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I'm proud of myself today because...

Post by Licentia Poetica » Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:46 am

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Today, I'm proud of myself because I applied for a job recently.

What are you proud of yourself for doing?



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Re: I'm proud of myself today because...

Post by Lofticries » Mon Mar 25, 2013 12:40 am

I'm proud of myself for keeping my cool with my ex even though he's been a real dick by sleeping with another girl so soon.

There's no point in acting up and losing him as my best friend, he's like my family. Too much.

I'm proud for just still trooping on despite everything.
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Post by Annybelly » Fri Mar 29, 2013 4:33 pm

I'm proud of myself because I went out for a meal with friends last night, and I ate the entire thing, with a bit of encouragement from some lovely people! :bfly:
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Post by zyn » Sun Apr 28, 2013 1:09 pm

I came in to look after our exhibition when noone else could be bothered :P
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Post by TheRockingHorse » Thu May 23, 2013 4:07 am

I'm proud of myself for crying instead of SIing.
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Post by roseleaf » Fri May 24, 2013 9:25 pm

I'm proud of myself for making bread this afternoon.
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Post by Tori » Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:53 pm

For visiting this site instead of cutting.

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Re: I'm proud of myself today because...

Post by Licentia Poetica » Thu Sep 05, 2013 3:05 pm

All the new job, new responsibility stuff I've been doing recently hasn't caused me anywhere near the amount of anxiety that I thought it would.

And that's cool :)
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Post by TheRockingHorse » Tue Sep 24, 2013 5:03 am

I didn't cry when I got called out for making a mistake
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Post by zyn » Wed Oct 09, 2013 5:30 pm

I'm proud of myself today because I told someone how long it'd been since I last SI'd and he was happy/proud of me :3
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Post by treasure » Sat Nov 02, 2013 7:37 am

i started nanowrimo yesterday and go to my word count target today (as well as yesterday).
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Re: I'm proud of myself today because...

Post by Maryel42 » Sun Nov 03, 2013 2:13 am

Today I didn't dissociate or try to rush in and placate when my ex got mad. I didn't close off. I did the best I could do, spent time with our kids, and left with a decent mindset. All the way home I wanted to cut. As soon as I started planning it out in my head, I thought that it was time to spend some time at BUS and use more of the wonderful things I first found here more than a decade ago to get strong again.

I may wander through and disappear for years at a time but when the biological matter hits the fan I know this place helps more than my blades. More fun too! And I'm working with another new T that I can enlighten. The last one I had was fascinated that this place exists. It's unique!

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Post by TheRockingHorse » Mon Nov 04, 2013 5:27 am

I took was kind to myself by letting myself nap instead of SIing to deal with my feelings.
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Post by awkward-shark » Sat Nov 09, 2013 3:54 am

I'm proud of myself today because I took things better than I thought I would. I proud because I didn't cried infront of her, and I almost didn't cry at the bus. I'm proud because I managed to laugh at school and forget about the bad things that happened today. I'm proud of myself because I feel everything will be alright no matter what this ends up to be. :heart:
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Re: I'm proud of myself today because...

Post by Just Pomegranates » Thu Nov 14, 2013 10:09 am

I'm proud of myself today because I applied for my first job in 4 years and it's like my retail job equivalent of heaven :heart:
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Post by TheRockingHorse » Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:57 pm

I'm proud of myself for going to 2 therapy appointments this week
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Post by roseleaf » Thu Nov 14, 2013 7:50 pm

I'm proud of myself because I've been writing.
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Post by noldo » Sun Nov 24, 2013 10:55 pm

I'm proud of myself for not si'ing the last three days.
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Re: I'm proud of myself today because...

Post by treasure » Sun Dec 01, 2013 2:05 am

i'm proud of myself today because i'm continuing to go to the support group and i'm keeping in contact with some of the people there. i'm proud of myself for when it makes me anxious and i give myself the permission to be anxious without berating myself, but also without giving in to anxiety and leaving.
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Re: I'm proud of myself today because...

Post by StarChild » Mon Dec 09, 2013 1:48 am

I'm proud of myself today because I threw out my tool.

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