Self-Harm Recovery Daily Check-In: Tuesday, June 16th, 2020
Hey SHR community! I hope everyones week is starting off well and if not, that we have a bit of hope it'll get better throughout the week!
I know the quarantine, online school/working from home, and just life in general have all been stressful and overwhelming for us! It can be easy to feel like were stuck and even easier to lose hope. All of this stress can add up and take a toll on us.
Remember that you are a valued part of this community and that your struggles are very valid. Emotions don't lie! Sending love, hugs, and some questions your way. 
Feel free to answer the check-in questions down below →
Questions!
1. How was the start of the week for you? Has it set the tone for the rest of the week? Do you think you could change the tone if you wanted?
2. Tell me about one goal that you have that you want to achieve in the next year. And one goal you want to achieve in the next five years.
3. Give me a quick description of a day in your life 10 years from now. Significant other? Kids? School? Job? Still on Cups? Hows your mental health? Where are you living?
4. Who/what is one person/memory you wish you could erase from your memory?
5. Whos your favourite musical artist/band and your favourite TV show/movie?
Share anything thats on your mind, and I will do my best to respond to everyone! I look forward to hearing from you. Take care of yourself, please.
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Hey, hey!!
1. How was the start of the week for you? Has it set the tone for the rest of the week? Do you think you could change the tone if you wanted?
Its just fine! Nothing too special. Just another week.
2. Tell me about one goal that you have that you want to achieve in the next year. And one goal you want to achieve in the next five years.
Next year? Graduate from high school and enroll in one of my dream universities. As for in 5 years...Id say maybe pursue a Master degree while working a stable job ><
3. Give me a quick description of a day in your life 10 years from now. Significant other? Kids? School? Job? Still on Cups? Hows your mental health? Where are you living?
Haha, questions like this make me dream too much and too far :) Id love to live somewhere in Japan, working as a researcher or scientist, I dont mind living alone or with a girlfriend or wife, but whats most important is I really hope Im still in touch with good friends, family and people in 7Cups, and that Im happy!
4. Who/what is one person/memory you wish you could erase from your memory?
No one and nothing; I believe that everythings that happened to me, no matter how terrible, are worth remembering.
5. Whos your favourite musical artist/band and your favourite TV show/movie?
Im currently into girl in red!! As for show/movies, I dont watch any >u<
@Hydrangea03
Hihi Hydangea!
I get that it's just been an average week so far, though I guess that's not necessarily a bad thing. Yay for stability! Wow, you're graduating from high school! That's amazing, I'm so proud of you. I wish you luck on enrolling into one of your dream universities. A stable job sounds like a nice goal (once again, cheers for stability!) and so does working toward a Master degree.
I would like to declare that there is no such thing as dreaming too much and too far. Japan sounds like such a lovely place to live. If I swing by there in ten years, we can grab a drink, right? A researcher or scientist, wow! You sound like you know what you want and you're not gonna stop until you do it. Respect. I'm happy to hear you recognize that you hope you're still talking to and on good terms with friends and family.
I love your response to that question. I understand that you feel that all of your memories and everything that you have been through has shaped you into the absolutely delightful and incredibly strong person you are! You're doing amazing, Hydrangea.
I had to google Girl in Red but when I saw she was Alt/indie rock, I knew I would have to check out her music!
Thank you so much for checking in. It was lovely reading your insightful responses. Take care!
@RiverHudson1 !! Thank you for the check-in as well, and thank you for your kind responses ^^!! stay well~
@Hydrangea03
@Hydrangea03
I personally love your positivity and dreams! This so inspiring!!!!! Yes!
@FigureskatingEquestrian Thank you!! It's so sweet to hear that ^^ !!
@RiverHudson1
1. How was the start of the week for you? Has it set the tone for the rest of the week? Do you think you could change the tone if you wanted?
The start of my week is a little less great, and I hope I can change the tone as I continue!
2. Tell me about one goal that you have that you want to achieve in the next year. And one goal you want to achieve in the next five years.
In the next year, I'd like to continue getting good grades and in the next five years, I want to move in with my boyfriend!
3. Give me a quick description of a day in your life 10 years from now. Significant other? Kids? School? Job? Still on Cups? Hows your mental health? Where are you living?
I think I would want to still be on cups on some level, I would be with my boyfriend and a whole bunch of dogs, we'd both be comfortable in our bodies and living anywhere together.
4. Who/what is one person/memory you wish you could erase from your memory?
My dad
5. Whos your favorite musical artist/band and your favorite TV show/movie?
Lately, I've been loving Demi Lovato for her personality and for her music! My favorite TV show is Worst Cooks In America because my wonderful Chef Anne Burrell is there!
@24Help1
Hey Mary! Fancy seeing ya here.
I'm so sorry to hear the week has started off a bit rough. Sounds like things aren't going as great as you wanted. I'm happy to hear you have a positive outlook. I hope you manage to change the tone of your week! You've got this.
Good grades are something I understand. I respect you for valuing your academics, and I'm not the least bit surprised you're a smarty pants! I'm eager to see what you accomplish further on 7cups and though I don't know you in real life, I know you'll do amazing things. Moving in with the boyfriend, ooh. Sounds like you guys are really dedicated to each other, and that's such a lovely thing to see. I hope all goes well and in five years, you guys are squabbling over who did the dishes yesterday and who has to do them today!
I'm glad to hear you still intend to be on Cups to a certain extent. Wow, that sounds so awesome. Boyfriend, dogs, inner peace, what else do you need, eh? For real though, I love that bit you added about both you and Leo being comfortable in your bodies. That's so important, and it shows how far you've come and how strong you are that you can recognize that.
I won't assume to know anything about your relationship with your father. However, I understanding wanting to forget someone. Maybe it's too much pain, so much that we can't handle it, or just don't see the point of having to deal with it. I get it. I hope you do manage to cope with however it is you feel about him.
Demi Lovato! Yes, yes, yes! I've been listening to I Love Me on repeat. Her music is amazing, needless to say. And her personality is radiant. She's such an incredible, well-rounded person. Worst Cooks in America, heh. Sounds like a fun show! Anne Burrell, had to google but now I recognize her. Haha, what an icon.
Thank you for checking in. Have a lovely week. You've got this, I just know it!
@RiverHudson1
It seems like you spent half an hour just typing mine 😮 Thank you so much, it really is all I need! Thank you for responding too!
@24Help1
Your future sounds so cozy! I love it! All the dogs!
@RiverHudson1
1. How was the start of the week for you? Has it set the tone for the rest of the week? Do you think you could change the tone if you wanted?
The start of the week has been horrible and it has set the tone for the week. I don't think I could change the tone if I wanted.
2. Tell me about one goal that you have that you want to achieve in the next year. And one goal you want to achieve in the next five years.
A goal I have that I want to achieve in the next year is to get a job. A goal I want to achieve in the next 5 years is to be somewhere in recovery if not fully recovered.
3. Give me a quick description of a day in your life 10 years from now. Significant other? Kids? School? Job? Still on Cups? Hows your mental health? Where are you living?
My life 10 years from now hmm.. I guess I have a significant other hopefully my current boyfriend we wouldn't have kids yet. I would still want to be on cups. I would want to be in school and have a job. We would probably be living anywhere and our mental health would be much better.
4. Who/what is one person/memory you wish you could erase from your memory?
A neighbour and an old school mate.
5. Whos your favourite musical artist/band and your favourite TV show/movie?
My favourite musical bands are Kids United and Linkin Park. My favourite TV shows are Greys Anatomy, 9-1-1, Speechless, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine
@Benny0
Hey Benji! So glad to hear from you. Fear conquered! And a new snazzy username. Love that!
I understand what you mean. Sometimes it starts off so bad that we don't feel like anything we do could change it. All the same, I send you love and hugs.
Getting a job sounds so great, Ben! I'm excited for you. You're so resilient and hardworking. I love that you see recovery as a goal. You've already come so far on that journey, I am so incredibly incredibly incredibly proud of the effort you put in today and the leap of courage you took. You're amazing. You got this. And I'll be with you on that journey!
I understand wanting to forget a neighbour and a schoolmate. I hope you manage to cope with the feelings that you associate with them.
Great bands and shows! Love Linkin Park and Kids United. I've heard good things about Grey's Anatomy. I love Brooklyn Nine-Nine and 9-1-1. I'll check out Speechless.
Thank you for checking in, Benny. Hope your week turns out a bit better than you think.
@Benny0
Yay for Speechless and Linkin Park. I know you wil recover and have an amazing life!!! I'm rooting for you.
How was the start of the week for you? Has it set the tone for the rest of the week? Do you think you could change the tone if you wanted?
My week starts with lots of physical problems . But its okay . I will make it throw it . Doesn't really set the tone. May change or not . We will see . I believe it than it may change.
2. Tell me about one goal that you have that you want to achieve in the next year. And one goal you want to achieve in the next five years.
Next year: get my level of selfregulation ( like emotional regulation and that stuff ) back I had like 2 years ago or something like that
5 years find the real right thing to study and finish it.
3. Give me a quick description of a day in your life 10 years from now. Significant other? Kids? School? Job? Still on Cups? Hows your mental health? Where are you living?
I don't know I don't think in such long episodes . Hope I finished that study I will choose and be able to work in that job and hopefully be happy in my relationship . I also hope I had progressed most of my traumastuff then .
4. Who/what is one person/memory you wish you could erase from your memory?
There are to may of that.
5. Whos your favourite musical artist/band and your favourite TV show/movie?
I like Nightwish and Orphan Black
@BrokenDreamsPalace
Hi! So nice to meet you.
So sorry to hear your week hasn't started out the best, I get that, and it's perfectly valid. It's such a refreshing thing to hear that you're affirming that you will make it through. I'm certain you have made it through so many bad days, what's another one, yeah? I'm also excited to hear that you think the tone of the week can impove! I hope it has.
I understand wanting to be able to self-regulate and manage your emotions! It can be scary to feel like you're overwhelmed or you don't know how to cope. Finding the subject/topic that's right for you can take time, and I'm glad to see it as a long-term goal for you. Do you have any ideas as to what you maybe want to study?
I get not thinking that ahead into the future! I hope that you manage to finish your studies, have a job, a happy relationship, and have learned to cope with your trauma. You've got this!
I hear you. There can definitely be so many things we wish we could forget. I hope you do manage to overcome the feeling you associate with those memories.
Nightwish is a metal band (my google search has revealed). I'm not much a metal fan, but sounds like you could jam out! I've heard of Orphan Black. Now I guess I have to check it out hehe.
Thank you so much for checking it. Have a great rest of your week!
The start of the week was rough but today felt good. It did not set the tone for the rest of the week because I want the rest of the week to be better. I plan on changing the tone to be better and happier every day.
In the next year, my goal is the graduate from college. In the next five years, my goal is to start my career and move out of my parents house.
10 years from now I would like to have found a steady partner, possibly married with children. We would live in a beautiful house in Washington, Oregon, or California. My mental health would be thriving. If I would still be on 7 cups to support.
One memory I wish I could erase was a time I felt really frustrated and it led me to have a really bad attitude for the rest of the day.
My favorite band is the Beatles. My favorite TV show is American horror story.
@Ecargrace
I love your future plans! They sound amazing!!!! I love that you want to stay on 7 cups to offer support. You have an amazing heart.
@Ecargrace
Hiya Grace! I'm so glad to meet you.
Sorry to hear the week started off a bit tough, I know that can be a bit disappointing. Happy to hear it started to get better. I hope it's still going well! I'm really proud to hear that you decided that a bad day hasn't set the tone of the week for you. You decide how the week goes. That's awesome!
Graduating from college is an amazing goal to have! I'm so excited for you. Moving out is also a big change, but it sounds like you know what you want. I wish you luck with that!
Your future sounds so lovely. A nice family, and great mental health is amazing! Pretty place to live. I love that you still intend to be on 7cups to support people.
The Beatles are a classic! Great choice. AHS is a good show, I just got into it!
Thank you so much for checking in, I hope your week ends of way better than it started. Take care!
@RiverHudson1
I love the memes...particularly the cat one!
1. How was the start of the week for you? Has it set the tone for the rest of the week? Do you think you could change the tone if you wanted?
The start of my week has been pretty good. Work on Sunday was ok. Yesterday and today were pretty amazing!!! Tomorrow is promising! But Thursday/Friday work are going to suck, and Saturday is my day at home with my parents, so that will be tense.
I'm going to work on seeing the positive throughout the week. So, I'm going to try to change it.
But tbh, so far it's actually been a pretty good week.
2. Tell me about one goal that you have that you want to achieve in the next year. And one goal you want to achieve in the next five years.
1 year: return to the ice. Learn to have self-esteem and to make decisions. Make it 2 months without a self harm episode. Learn to date/love myself enough to o let others love me. Land my axel.
5 years: find a way to get a job I like. Become a Crisis counselor. Break free of my parents control and become who I was meant to be. Be married? Have all my double jumps on the ice. Be a mentor for someone.
3. Give me a quick description of a day in your life 10 years from now. Significant other? Kids? School? Job? Still on Cups? Hows your mental health? Where are you living?
I would love to be a counselor. To be married to someone who can go on adventures with me. I want to have a dog and a cat. I want to do something where I can mentor other people from abusive homes/who struggle with self harm.
4. Who/what is one person/memory you wish you could erase from your memory?
How to pick one. My whole childhood was a sea of manipulation, humiliation, and abuse. I would say my dad....but I also still love him and can't imagine a life without him. I dont' know. I dont' like this question. It makes me think about abuse episodes that I don't like and makes me feel panicky and angry.
5. Whos your favourite musical artist/band and your favourite TV show/movie?
Right now....I love AJR. But it changes every week. Currently watching Upload. It's funny. But favourite would be IT Crowd for tv show and maybe Inception for movie?
@FigureskatingEquestrian
Hi! Happy to hear that the week started off okay, but so sad to hear it isn't going to end well. I'm not sure why Thursday and Friday were going to suck, but I hope you mananged to make it out unscathed. Saturday sounds tough, I'm so sorry. I know how hard family can be. I would send you strength, but I can tell that you have plenty of it already. I'm so proud to hear that you're going to work on changing the tone of the week (even though it's been going well so far). I hope you succeed in that endeavour. Sending love and hugs!
Returning to the ice sounds great! I can tell you're passionate about skating, and I am certain you're incredible at it. I know you'll be landing that axel really soon! I understanding struggling with your self-esteem and the ability to make firm decisions. You seem like such a lovely person, and I wish you the best in accomplishing these goals. Self-harm is tough, you and I both know that recovering from self-harm takes so much time, and has it's setbacks. Two months is a long time, but I know you can do it. You've got this! I get wanting to love yourself first so that you can receive and return love from/to others.
A job! Sounds amazing, especially a crisis counselor. I'll bet it's a great fit for you! I definitely understand wanting to break free of your parents control and choose your own path. I'm so proud of you, and you will be amazing. I know it. Marriage sounds like a tentative goal, and that makes sense! Go with the flow, yeah? Professional skater? Hah, will you remember me when you're famous? I can tell you'd be an amazing mentor, regardless of what you're mentoring in!
Getting married to someone with whom you can go on adventures with is the dream. A dog and a cat! Pets, aw, sounds nice. I'm glad to hear you'll be there to support those who struggle(d) with abuse and self-harm. We need more people with such intentions.
I am so sorry to hear you don't like this question as it makes you feel angry and panicked. It's such a difficult question. We all have things and people we want to forget, and I apologize for bringing up memories. I understand having an abusive childhood. God, it is frustrating and humiliating and manipulative. I get having difficulty imagining life without a person, even if they have hurt you. I am sending you best wishes and lots of love and ice cream. I hope you feel a bit better and get through those overwhelming feelings. You are worth it, I promise you.
I love the "right now" bit haha. That's a mood. AJR is amazing! I've recently been getting into them too, after a recommendation from a friend. Just googled Upload. Thank you for introducing me to this. I must watch it now, and I genuinely mean that, not just a passing comment. Inception! A classic! I need to rewatch, it seems. Omg IT Crowd is comedy! Sci-fi and comedy, clearly you have great taste heh.
Thank you so much for checking in. Thank you. Take care, please. Your responses always make my day. You're a lovely spirit, and so interactive and engaging.
@RiverHudson1
I love your questions. It allows one to dream and hope! It is bringing so much positivity
1. How was the start of the week for you? Has it set the tone for the rest of the week? Do you think you could change the tone if you wanted?
It was ok. I had decided earlier how I wanted it to go. Yes because I guess I did.
2. Tell me about one goal that you have that you want to achieve in the next year. And one goal you want to achieve in the next five years.
Job and apartment. Have my own boat and work off of it.
3. Give me a quick description of a day in your life 10 years from now. Significant other? Kids? School? Job? Still on Cups? Hows your mental health? Where are you living?
It will be just me. I'll be working for myself. I'll be fine. I won't have anything to do with anybody.
4. Who/what is one person/memory you wish you could erase from your memory?
I'd erase everything to do with my dad.
5. Whos your favourite musical artist/band and your favourite TV show/movie?
I like all kinds of toons. Futurama tv show. Kung Fu Hustle movie.
1. How was the start of the week for you? Has it set the tone for the rest of the week? Do you think you could change the tone if you wanted?
The start of this week for me was not great, however today was much better, thankfully. I feel like I can change the tone, and I have. Sometimes it takes a little help, though.
2. Tell me about one goal that you have that you want to achieve in the next year. And one goal you want to achieve in the next five years.
A goal that I want to achieve in the next year is to bring my GPA up. A goal that I want to achieve in the next five years is to get my degree.
3. Give me a quick description of a day in your life 10 years from now. Significant other? Kids? School? Job? Still on Cups? Hows your mental health? Where are you living?
In 10 years from now, I would be working for a cyber security company. I would be financially secure. I would be married to my Significant Others. I'm not sure if I would have kids or not. I would be emotionally and mentally balanced. I would be living either abroad or in Vegas in a house that I bought for myself. I would be independent.
4. Who/what is one person/memory you wish you could erase from your memory?
I don't think I would erase anyone or any memory becuase while there are many painful memories and people who hurt me, I would not be who I am if I didn't remember them. Ideally, none of the traumatic things would have ever happened in the first place, but since I can't change the past, I just try to focus on the present and bettering myself, and working towards stability and balance in all aspects of my life.
5. Whos your favourite musical artist/band and your favourite TV show/movie?
My favorite type of music is punk rock, but I don't have a favorite artist or band. My favorite movie is Shrek.
@RiverHudson1
@RiverHudson1
1. How was the start of the week for you? Has it set the tone for the rest of the week? Do you think you could change the tone if you wanted?
My week has started out alright, I've gotten to help my dad build a deck in the backyard. Time kind of runs together though so honestly one week isn't really distinguishable from the next so there's not tone for the week exactly.
2. Tell me about one goal that you have that you want to achieve in the next year. And one goal you want to achieve in the next five years.
In the next year I want to begin my 4th French course. I'd also like to try being more confident in myself and reach out to aquaintances I enjoy spending time with in hopes of becoming friends. In the next 5 yrs I want to get into the college of my choice and hopefully stick with my major.
3. Give me a quick description of a day in your life 10 years from now. Significant other? Kids? School? Job? Still on Cups? Hows your mental health? Where are you living?
In 10 yrs I hope to be living with my best friend, though they might be married by then. We plan on living together until they eventually move in with someone else. I'll be just finishing up grad school and getting my doctorate degree (PhD or PsyD, not totally sure how that all works yet :p). I hope to have a snake and a cat. Hopefully I'll still be able to be in therapy and I'll be grown up enough to talk about things that are difficult. I have hope that I'll be more accepting of or at least resigned to myself and my feelings in the future.
4. Who/what is one person/memory you wish you could erase from your memory?
That sounds scary and unpredictable, so probably nothing and no one. There is one person who has caused a good amount of trouble in my life and I might like to erase them, since I don't think they really contributed anything good to my time here. I'm afraid that if I did erase them I'd still face similar problems to what they caused and just be less prepared to face them, so I still probably wouldn't erase them from my mind.
5. Whos your favourite musical artist/band and your favourite TV show/movie?
I have a lot of favorite bands. I really like Green Day and Fall Out Boy, along with Modern Baseball and Sorority Noise (but the list goes on). I don't really have a favorite TV show or movie but I did like The Office and anything Marvel, especially the new generation of Spiderman movies (Spiderverse was awesome!).
