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Post by phoebepj on Jan 30, 2018 22:41:32 GMT -5
Hello to all that are here, the lurkers, the ones who haven't signed in yet, the ones who are here working, and the ones who just signed up.
Welcome!
Your journey starts wherever you are and can take you wherever you want to go. Know you aren't alone here and that you have support from people here because we have been there, have gone through struggles, and are still going through struggles. Some of us haven't even started yet because we are still overwhelmed with our own problems. Wherever you are, we are here for you. Know that you are going to experience a lot of emotions, fear, anger, happiness, sadness, apathy, and determination to name a few.
Fear - This is common. We live in fear of others finding out. We live in fear of exposure.
Anger - We are angry that this has us paralyzed. We are angry that we have allowed ourselves to have our environment get the way it is.
Happiness - Every time we accomplish something we will be happy or elated in celebrating our victories.
Sadness - Our circumstances regarding our squalor can be triggered by an event that may have sadness attached to it. We experience loss when giving up stuff that we have either collected or decided that we no longer need.
Apathy - This happens when we hit a plateau. We start out strong then become complacent. Our accomplishments slide and things get away from us really quickly.
Determination - We decide to continue on regardless of where we are in the emotion rainbow. Get back up and try, try again.
I wanted to write this to encourage others because I wanted to recognize that we all decide to enter at different areas at different times. Hope this helps.
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Post by ohblondie on Jan 31, 2018 8:19:39 GMT -5
Applause applause!!!!!
Sugh a nice welcome and every bit is true....
Everyone is safe here and you will get all the support you ask for, and even more...
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Post by Serendipity on Feb 1, 2018 4:49:34 GMT -5
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Post by creativechaos on Feb 4, 2018 1:17:21 GMT -5
what a great welcome to newbies, phoebepj! maybe in time we can pin this at the top in introductions or put it into favorite threads - with welcome in the title somewhere. you've done such a wonderful job turning things around. this is good on any day for anyone at any stage. |
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Post by phoebepj on Feb 24, 2018 21:01:37 GMT -5
Feel free to take it and pin it up anywhere you feel it needs to be... i just want it to be encouraging to those who feel they are at rock bottom
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Post by def6 on May 21, 2018 10:20:39 GMT -5
Thank you phoebepj I think that I experience Apathy quite a lot and just never identified it as such. I am always trying to pump up my motivation levels (and everyone around me for that matter) by various motivational tools such as: Positive speech, Games, Habits, deadlines; real or self imposed, If I can't get pumped up on my own I watch various youtube videos.  |
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Post by bigrae on May 22, 2018 16:15:02 GMT -5
thanks for the welcome, I am starting again, things are not too bad but bad enough for me to feel the fear and not feel comfortable with company, have periodically checked in here for a lurk and inspiration, some good habits have stayed with me but I need to raise the game, I started with cutting back my high privit hedges and clearing up the cuttings so the public squalor is lessened and my anxiety is lowered there is more to do but it is started  |
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Post by melchristine on May 23, 2018 22:07:32 GMT -5
I love this too! And so true. We all need this encouragement. I'm so glad I found this site.
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