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May Journaling Prompts

Here are some journaling prompts to help you welcome the new month.

Feel free to share your responses in the comments.

#Journal #journalprompts #may1st #journalreflections #Reflections #writingprompt

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Working on New Years Reflections tonight...What am I most proud of accomplishing in 2022 and what do I hope to accomplish in 2023? What am I looking forward to in 2023? What did I learn in 2022? What am I hoping to learn in 2023? What surprised me in 2022? How can I surprise myself in 2023? #Journaling #Reflections #NewYears #Mindfulness

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Suicide Attempt Reflections

I attempted suicide in 2019. I was undiagnosed and scared. I couldn’t handle the emotional and psychological pain. I just wanted the pain to end (which I know sounds cliche) but it’s true. I felt alone, lost and rejected. Defeated and unloved. I didn’t realize then that it was the undiagnosed and unresolved trauma. It was the abuse I went through that caused the damage. I felt so dirty, different and damaged. I was alone when I attempted and that made it worse. My life had fallen apart by that point. I felt like I had no purpose and served no purpose. I had never felt that lonely and sad in my life. The low scared me. I ended up in the hospital then the psych ward. I was misdiagnosed with Depression. I was correctly diagnosed later on. Receiving a PTSD diagnosis has helped so much. Despite all that, I have found the love of my life. I have a purpose and I serve a purpose. I am getting the help I need. So to anyone contemplating suicide like I did, please stay. Your life matters. You are not alone. People love you. Stay strong friends. ❤️
#Selfharm #SuicideAwareness #PTSD #SexualAbuse #SexualAssault #BipolarDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #Hope
#Reflections

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What are your top 3 highlights of the year? #52SmallThings

Happy New Year’s Eve! As we wish 2020 farewell, we’d love to know what your top 3 highlights were for this year. We know it may not have been an easy year but no matter how big or small, share your achievements with us. We can’t wait to read them.

Ours definitely included getting to know more about each and every single one of you this year (and we can’t wait to learn more about you next year). ❤️

#MentalHealth #ChronicIllness #RareDisease #Parenting #Autism #Disability #Anxiety #Depression #Trauma #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BipolarDisorder #PTSD #ChronicPain #Migraine #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #Fibromyalgia #AutoimmuneDisease #Selfcare #reflect #Reflections #CheerMeOn #CheckInWithMe #DistractMe

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What did you face head-on this year rather than avoiding? #52SmallThings

What’s something that you faced head-on this year instead of avoiding? Maybe you scheduled a doctor’s appointment you had been putting off. Or perhaps you had a difficult conversation with a loved one. Share what you accomplished with us below.

#MentalHealth #ChronicIllness #RareDisease #Disability #Parenting #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #Anxiety #Depression #BipolarDisorder #Trauma #PTSD #AutoimmuneDisease #Migraine #ChronicPain #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #Fibromyalgia #Autism #reflect #Reflections #Selfcare #CheerMeOn #CheckInWithMe #DistractMe

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What is something you asked for help with this year? #52SmallThings

We can’t always do everything on our own. Sometimes we need to ask for a little help — and that’s OK. What was something you asked for help with this year that you’re grateful you did? It doesn’t have to be something big, either. It could be as “small” as asking for help with the laundry or another household task. Share what you asked for help with this year in the comments below.

P.S. We are so proud of you for asking for help. 💜

#MentalHealth #ChronicIllness #RareDisease #Disability #Parenting #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #Anxiety #Depression #BipolarDisorder #Trauma #PTSD #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #Migraine #Fibromyalgia #ChronicPain #AutoimmuneDisease #Autism #reflect #Reflections #CheerMeOn #CheckInWithMe #DistractMe #Selfcare

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What simple pleasures have you enjoyed this year? #52SmallThings

What little things have brought you joy this year? Maybe it was a new hobby you started, or an old hobby you picked back up. Maybe it was staying in more (whether by choice or not). Or perhaps it was getting to reconnect with friends more.

Share the simple pleasures you enjoyed in the comments below!

#MentalHealth #ChronicIllness #RareDisease #Disability #Parenting #Autism #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BipolarDisorder #Anxiety #Depression #AutoimmuneDisease #Fibromyalgia #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #Migraine #ChronicPain #Reflections #reflect #Selfcare #CheckInWithMe #DistractMe

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Late season flowers. #Reflection #Reflections #solitude

It's been weeks since you been home for the night. Planting these seeds happened a week before you left. An emergancy-bag turned into you moving out and telling me about your lawyer the same night. Your scent is slowly disappearing from our home, even in the bedroom. Yet these flowers grow before my eyes. You said it was too late for the flowers to bloom, but look at them grow. Maybe it's not too late for us.?. #Missingyou #missingpartner #missingmyheart #Divorce #WhereHopeGrows #Hope

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Funeral #Depression #Anxiety #Suicide

I am 600 kilometres away from Sydney. I am attending soon the funeral of a friend who died of cancer, she was just 51. I think it’s going to be quite confronting. It’s just 9 months since I came within minutes of ending up in a coffin by suicide.

I think it’s going to be hard watching her family grieve knowing how easily my family could have been put in that situation. Looking back it all seems so foreign and abstract now, which is a good thing. I must remember that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

#Grief #Relationships #Faith #Hope #Reflections #MentalHealth

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