This week: Lists

Just recapping this past week, so I can have a sense of, I don't know, recognizing what's been happening. Recording it for posterity.

Things I/we have accomplished:

• Ellis figured out how to draw better.


• Got two rooms to a better state of organization.


• Washed dishes consistently.


• Made several meals, actually cooking.


• Did grocery shopping.


• Figured out a way to have "system meetings," and have done it several times in a row.

Things I/we have been discovering/acknowledging:

• There are more parts, and we're working on being ok with that.


• It really is important for parts to have a name, and not just an identity. A couple of parts have chosen names who hadn't before.


• The adults and the teens have been trying to communicate better.


• I/we need to do a lot of work on sorting out the difference between past and present

Things that have been going on inside:

• Several of the little kids have been getting a lot of abuse memories.


• The teens have been facing their own abuse stuff.


• The adults and teens have been working on accepting that even stuff that seemed normal was actually pretty hard.


• The adults and little kids have been working on accepting stuff about a certain person.

How I/we have been feeling:

• Tired
• Sad
• Angry
• Scared
• Accomplished
• Accepted
• Wiped out