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[kimberly_a]

Slept 7 hours last night. Felt good today, then sort of crashed around 2 pm & haven't done much since. I'm not depressed, but all that energy is just gone. I've been reading fic, watching tv, playing Ticket to Ride, generally being a lump

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[hannahsarah]

{{{hugs}}} That sounds like a lot of hard work. Good on you for being willing to tackle it.

I tell my daughter "It's OK to be angry. I understand that you're angry, and you're allowed to feel that way. What's not OK is showing your anger in unacceptable ways. There are good ways to talk about your anger, and I'll listen if you want to discuss it."

For me, it's really important that she knows that it's safe to have strong feelings, while teaching her acceptable ways of expressing and processing those feelings.

*trigger warning*

I was never allowed to have strong feelings when I was a child, and that led to a lot of self harm behaviors when I got older. Once I learned how to "be" with my feelings, the desire to cut went completely away.