hello!

[candilove]

Hello everyone! I'm not reallly sure where to start, but I guess I'll start with a little bit about myself.
I am a 23 year old female and am diagnosed with anxiety, depression, borderline personality disorder, anorexia nervosa and substance abuse as well. I have been in therapy on and off for the past 5 years or so, everything from CBT and DBT to inpatient therapy for substance abuse and eating disorder. I have come a long way through it and have made a lot of progress in my recovery. But even so, I do struggle sometimes and I'm looking for a little bit of anonymous support to help keep me going in the right direction.
I'm not really sure what else to say for the introduction lol but I am looking forward to using this forum. Thanks for reading :)

[BeautifulFreak24]

Hi!
Welcome to RYL :)
Everyone here is really nice and supportive.

PM me if you need anything or just want to talk
- Angela

[WhisperingSiren]

Hi! I'd love to hear any hobbies you have, music you like, etc :) Props on the recovery progress! I find congratulating myself or generally giving myself a reward for each thing I do well helps :) If it's a particularly rough time, where you're needing to take the days and weeks in smaller pieces, even saying to myself "I'm awesome" every hour or two that I'm doing what I need to be doing can reinforce what I'm doing. For larger milestones, treating myself to a professional massage/pedicure or a ticket to a performance I'd enjoy renews my ability to do what I need by giving my mind/body a much needed rest/pampering/break. Just make the rewards in proportion to the milestones you've achieved, and try and make sure they're also still in line with your goals, or at least not counter to them. For instance, if you're trying to take charge of finances, something expensive might not be a good reward unless you responsibly saved up for it. I hope that makes sense! I know I can sometimes be rubbish trying to write down what's going on in my head.

PM me if you'd like to talk ;)

[FabulousMike]

Hello and welcome to RYL,
I hope you find the help/support you're looking for from here,
Here are a few useful links...
Check out the Rules here.
Check out the Guide to RYL.
Also you may PM me if you need.

All the best,
Mike.

[Hobbes]

Hi, hope you're ok
Fee free to pm anytime x

[Sparkling Light]

hey, welcome to ryl,
keep smiling
x