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For me, doing diamond art is both a focus and a distraction. I love the focus on creating something beautiful. The distraction calms my OCD/C-PTSD thoughts. What’s your go to? Cooking, writing, drawing, painting, photography? Endless possibilities.
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I can’t advocate enough for trauma therapy. It honestly saved my life. No matter what age you are, no matter how awful your trauma was, no matter your story, there IS help. I see a therapist who specializes in PTSD & the trauma that goes along with it. Is it easy? Is it fun? Is it quick? No. But is it worth it? YES! YOU are worth it. You can’t afford not to. 🫶🏻
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Does it ever bother you when someone says that you can ‘choose to be happy’? I decided those people don’t suffer from depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD, chronic pain, or any of the other myriad of mental or physical health issues many of us here do. I did this diamond art to remind me that some days I can choose. Today is a good day. I am so thankful.
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Doing these is so therapeutic for me! 💜💜💜
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#mentalabuse
#ocd
#rapesurvivors
#selfharmrecovery
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This one of Taylor Swift is definitely the largest and most difficult piece I’ve done so far. Whew!
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#ocd
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#selfharmrecovery
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Four of my granddaughters built a tent of sticks. They were so surprised to see a baby deer come out of the woods and try to take shelter there. It was just looking for safety. Security. Precious.
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#ocd
#rapesurvivors
#selfharmrecovery
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It’s been seven long years of trauma therapy healing. It definitely hasn’t been easy. I’m not complaining. The changes in me are apparent and I’m very thankful. It’s like looking at this world for the first time without trauma lenses. But it’s scary too. Remember in the Indiana Jones movie when he has to walk across an invisible bridge? It took an enormous amount of faith for him to take that first step. That’s how I feel. God, please take my hand and walk me across. Don’t let go.
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#mentalabuse
#ocd
#rapesurvivors
#selfharmrecovery
#suicidesurvivor

I know it isn’t easy to choose a different path than the one we’re born into. I was born in poverty and abuse. (I thought there were supposed to be bugs in the food.) I smelled bad. No one ever said ‘I love you.’ Not once. I didn’t know there was a God who loved me. But I made deliberate choices to be someone different. I believe it doesn’t matter where I came from. It matters where I’m going. God bless you all as you travel along. 🫶🏻
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#selfharmrecovery
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My little plum tree dropped its first fruit! I love seeing things grow. I planted the little tree that just looked like a stick. I poured buckets and buckets of water on it, birds sang in its branches as it slowly grew and reached for the sun, and I waited and watched. God is good!
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#christian
#cptsd
#gad
#i’mhealing
#incestsurvivor
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#mentalabuse
#ocd
#rapesurvivors
#selfharmrecovery
#suicidesurvivor

I just gave myself a dip powder manicure for the first time. The kit came with everything needed. I’ve really been trying to do more self care. It’s especially important for us when we’re struggling. 💜
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#christian
#cptsd
#gad
#i’mhealing
#incestsurvivor
#majordepressivedisorder
#mentalabuse
#ocd
#rapesurvivors
#selfharmrecovery
#suicidesurvivor