Coming down from a crisis...

[imasleep123]

Hello everyone, as part of my safety plan I said I would reach out to my online community for support if I got in a crisis.... so here’s me reaching out per my safety plan.

I had a routine inspection at my apartment today and I have been stressing over it all week. So I got really worked over the visit... I don’t want to go into detail about it, just that Definitely experiencing some serious symptoms. I’m trying to focus on my successes with handling my crisis so here they are:

1) I reached out to my sister, and asked her to keep talking with me while I was waiting for management to come and do the inspection.

2) my mom reached out to me and I accepted her support and she helped me through the worst part of my crisis.

3) I listened to my moms reasoning and took my anti-anxiety meds during my peak to help bring me down.

4) I called the Warmline to help me at the start of my come down to insure that I was safe.

5) I reached out to my other family members on my family group chat to let them know that I was safe and that I what I was doing to keep myself safe.

6) I sat down and some food because of one of my symptoms.

7) I took a bath to help me calm down more.

8) I posted on this support chat.

My heart goes out to everyone who is also in a crisis today especially those people who do not have the support they need in their lives. I’m very grateful to everyone who has given me support today and I’m grateful that I’m in therapy and getting the medications I need to get better.

My word of advice for others is think of your successes: if you’re on this support chat, that is a success. It’s something that was really hard for me to do during my crisis right now but I kept saying it to others and I kept repeating them to myself and i repeated them now. For me, I know that when I focus on my failures that just makes me feel worse so I tried to do the opposite. It’s not easy, but it was one extra grasp on reality I had and it helped. There are many things you can do to be successful in a crisis but sometimes all you need is one thing to hold on to to make it through it.

Thank you for reading. And thank you for being there for me and others.

[Mrspjsmom]

Sounds like you did a great job today.

[LilyAnnepuppy]

Congratulations on your success today. You worked hard and got through it. What a great show of courage your story reveals. I don't know you but I am so proud of you. Asking for and accepting help is one of the hardest things for me to do and you inspired me. Thank you for sharing with us.

[imasleep123 in reply to LilyAnnepuppy]

I agree, the hardest part I think is when you reach out and someone doesn’t reach back, and in those cases I try to remind myself that what matters is I did my part and I reached out, so that’s successful. 😊

[Dolphin14]

Excellent job. Reaching out and talking is a key component to healing for me. It's not always easy.

You had a plan and it worked. I'm so happy for you. 👍👍

[SheWrote]

I just want to say... you did so well today! It was definitely a victory and you should be so proud of yourself. And what strength, to share your story and then to encourage others. Thank you for that! You are truly amazing! HUGS!!!

[NeuronerdDoaty]

I am so very proud of you⭐️💛