Hi! Thought I’d start a weekly post asking people how their day has been to kickstart engagement for this community and hopefully boost it in the long term too.

So how has your day been? Anything you’ve struggled with or anything you’re proud of?

I’ll start:

I struggled with some irrational thoughts regarding a specific part of my appearance today, so that was hard but it got better towards the end of the day (and right now!). I’ve quelled the anxiety that it caused by thinking about getting CBT therapy if the irrational thoughts continue. Oh and I made this community today so otherwise I guess it’s been a pretty nice day :)

  • Weevil Friend@lemmy.world
    5·
    11 months ago

    I’ve been in a slump lately for various reasons so I haven’t been taking care of my appearance and I’ve felt terrible about how I looked and have isolated myself in a lot of ways so I won’t be seen. But this past week I’ve made a lot of great strides with getting things together and taking care of myself, plus I have I new therapist that I really like so far! I still struggle with my appearance but it’s gotten to the point where I can finally show myself without self-hatred so that’s some good progress I think.

    • porcelainOPM
      2·
      11 months ago

      Yay! That does sound like good progress I’m proud of you! It’s so nice when you feel your therapist understands you right? I hope you continue to like them. And well done for getting things together I know how much effort that can take :) Glad you’re on an upswing!

        • porcelainOPM
          1·
          11 months ago

          Thank you so much it’s nice of you to say that! And thank you for commenting! Hopefully we can make this community into an sympathetic, active and friendly place. I’ve never managed a community before so I’m very open to suggestions on how we can improve and grow the community so just to let you know if you have any thoughts please feel free to let me know!