Today was a rough day but yesterday was great making friends at the house and bonding with everyone at Sea World. I enjoyed talking to my two new roommates they’re great one’s from New York the other is from DC, they’re great, nice getting to know them yesterday.

Today was rough how to process in process group when there are differing opinions. My Mom tells me that’s reality that’s the real world whenever there is something bothering me. We broke up in two separate groups to process the group before. A few of us had left the discussion, one brought up the word “retarded” and saying it casually and it brought up a lot of mixed feelings in the room. You know me can’t handle the stress of debate so I just left, I have enough on my plate. Turns out I’m friends with both people part of the discussion so that was hard for me to hear or be in the middle of and supportive to both sides, but spoke to them both afterward and feel better now. Maybe the challenge is the therapy part of being required to talk and share I’m not one who is allowed to pass some frequently don’t share and they’re okay with that. I cried afterward after getting upset and texting Mom and everyone how I felt, I just feel like taking on friendships you also take on the challenge of seeing all sides and spending the time and energy to be supportive while being questioned and interrogated by the therapist as to what you would have said had you stayed and how you feel about it now. That was challenging.

Google.com says, “To cope with a rough day, focus on self-care, such as exercising, connecting with nature, or listening to music; release emotions by acknowledging them, crying, or talking to a friend;distract your mind with a comforting activity like reading or watching a movie;and be kind to yourself, remembering that it’s okay to have bad days.”

Reference:

https://www.girlsontherun.org/blog/10-ways-to-make-a-bad-day-better/