Things that are getting better

So, I had a few hiccups along the way this last year, nothing much but I was really struggling for a while there, in the beggining of the year. Since I quit my degree and started to focus 100% on recovery things are slowly getting better.

I’m able to write again, still a bit rusty but I’ll get back to that. I’m also keeping a journal now, so that helps.
I’ve been taking showers every two days, sometimes every day.
I’ve been changing the sheets of my bed every week and making the bed every day.
Cleaning every week, windows included.
Reading more, also watching more tv too, especially at night.
My therapy is going really well. Except for the homework, I forget to do it, then I procrastinate and then I forget again… I’ll get better at that.
My relationship with my pdoc could be better though, I feel he doesn’t really appreciate what I know about my illness, but I can be wrong too.
I’ve decided to be more proactive in my relationships, what is wrong has to go, what is right needs to be nurished and that’s what I’ve been doing lately.
I also decided, since I’m a loner, to be with my friends at least once a month, or every two weeks, and that’s been helping. I’m not too distance, not too close, just perfect :slight_smile:

Well, there’s more, but I don’t want to bore you guys with my details.

Thanks for reading, have a great day!

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Glad to hear this, Minnii! You deserve to be happy and it seems like you are. You’ve made a lot of good changes. Keep it up!

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Thank you Tree :heart: :upside_down:

I’m glad things are going so well for you @Minnii :relaxed:

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Thank you @Moonbeam :heart:

I have odd struggles at times.

Right now I am just bored because my prof was like get this done by tomorrow morning then I got it done and its not tomorrow morning, it was this morning, right after I spoke with him.

lol

so I am just reviewing old notes from like 4 years ago on human biology, taking a break for a while because I have been busy since 7am and its 3pm. I just study a lot. I honestly just lied I took a break because my left anterior deltoid started to hurt while typing, otherwise I would have kept going and written up like 20 pages of notes.

I used to take the smaller steps, I know how it is. I mean I did start off pretty much deemed as good as dead to most people. A handful of gray-haired men, mostly psychologists, saw some things going on in my head and thought otherwise. Now I am one of those type-A young men. Like I looked at my instagram like half an hour ago and noticed that I see why some of my friends call me an over-achiever.

What is important is to keep taking steps. At first, going to class at all was an issue, drinking four drinks a day instead of four an hour, taking two doses of preworkout, not four, etc.

Just remember that a phoenix rises from ashes.

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I guess I’m a bit like that. Ivee been studying math 3-5 hours a day lately no problem. I just have this innate drive to do it.

But on the other hand negative symptoms drag me away from that type of learning.

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Hey @Minnii

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Awww! That’s the smallest fist pump I’ve ever seen! :smile:

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What level of math are you studying?

I need pre calc 12 to get into this software dev program I want to take.
I haven’t done math in about 12 years and during those times I scraped by I didn’t know anything really beyond gr 6. I went to a self directed high school and I more less scammed my way through.

Soooo I had to start back at a gr4 level . Currently I’m doing algebra 1 now :blush::blush::blush:

It’s great you are doing so well. You are a real model for the rest of us; me especially.

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Well, good luck with the studying. It sounds like you’re putting a lot of time and effort in so I think it will really pay off in the long run.:relaxed:

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Thanks @Sarad :grin:
Thanks @Anxiety_Orange, if I can show people things do get better, I will :slight_smile:

That’s really amazing @minnii… really beautiful to hear for you

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Thanks sweety, hope you’re good :relaxed:

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All sounds positive! One day at a time.

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