Take Me Seriously!

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I want to be taken seriously. I expect to be treated as an equal and someone who should treated with dignity and respect like everybody else. I wish that people see me as a mature and responsible adult when I came to college. But after a couple of bumpy roads along the way, my expectation was ruined.

Note: Names italicized are fake names to protect the identity of the person.

4 Things I Noticed from My Counselor

Ever since October, I have been going to the counselor once a week to talk to her. Because I have trouble scheduling an appointment available, I'm unable to go to her starting from this week until the beginning of December. Since I won't be going to counseling for 2-3 weeks, I will dedicate this post to mention the positive things about my counselor and the impact she made 2 months since I started going to her sessions.

An Open Letter to High-School Me

Note: The following is an open letter to teenage me. I hope that this letter helps me come in terms with my teenage years and appreciate myself. I will be doing more of open letters to not only me but other people too.

Writing my Insecurities on Sticky Notes

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Today after my roommate left for a meeting, I decided to log on to Facebook to message a few people about an upcoming event this weekend. When I got the front page, I ended up scrolling down my newsfeed. I regret it. I felt inadequate and lonely after seeing pictures of my "friends" smiling and laughing with their best friends and here I was, staring at something I don't have because of my own fears and insecurities. It doesn't help that the holidays are coming and I barely have anything to look forward to when I come back to my hometown.

When I was on the verge of crying, I have to express my thoughts out. I wanted to see where my mind takes me. Then, I started writing. (Note: I do not recommend this for everybody.)

My ACCEPTS Distraction Plan

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Hi, guys. I want to share with you a therapeutic technique that I use to help me cope with all of the stress and depression. A few days ago, my counselor introduced me to the ACCEPTS distraction plan to help me cope with negativity and stress. It's made to help people get away from the negative thoughts by actively using strategies to deal with them.  In case you're wondering what ACCEPTS stands for, it's for:

Activities
Contributing to others
Compare to others/worse times
Emotions
Pushing negativity away
Thinking
Sensations

ACCEPTS is a very flexible technique so you can customize your plan anyway you want. I included my own strategies to distract myself, but you don't have to exactly follow my plan. There's no need to force yourself to watch penguin videos to distract yourself although they are adorable.

My Halloween Weekend

It's Sunday, everybody! This Halloween weekend was an eventful, but I manage to have a lot of fun. I didn't get a chance to take a lot of photos, but I can still tell you some details.

Friday, October 31

For Halloween, I went as the runaway bride. Since I didn't want to spend too much on a costume, I thought dressing up as this kind of bride is a nifty idea. Plus, it gives me an excuse to wear a little tiara with a veil. As much as I hate wearing pink make-up and wearing tennis shoes when I'm not working out, I look great on my big day ... to run away. After I dollied up for the occasion, I get to join my roommates in a haunted trail.