after posting something in the painful pasts thread, i think we needed a more positive counter part. while it is good to expel your demons it is also good to acknowledge the good you have done, the battles you have won, and the hardships you have conquered.

so this thread is to remember how far you have come DESPITE your past 

whether your victory is not cutting for a month or simply going outside, post it! anything you feel that is an accomplishment belongs in this thread.

 

as of today, i have continued living despite wanting to quit several times in my lifetime. as of today i havent self harmed in a month. as of today i continue battling my ED and i still do not intend to lose.

 

as well, i have succeeded in maintaining a 3.9 GPA despite the stress and pressure and managed to be ranked 33rd in my class. i have received the highest score possible in a state art competition despite my negative feelings towards my art.

 

edit;

i have kept a stable relationship with someone i truly care about for 2 years and i dont intend it to end anytime soon

Edited July 11, 201312 yr by Koko

I haven't given up. On life, writing, or anything.

 

I achieved a 4.0 GPA last school year.

 

I'm in, and still in, love.

 

That is all.

I haven't been an asshole in 10 days.

This isn't much but I wanna post it anyways??? 

I'm saving up money for singing classes, I haven't been spending money like I usually do and I'm getting much better at palm reading.

I hope by 2014 I will have a scholarship to a good Performing Art school, or a summer class at least, and I won't give up anytime soon.

I have cut out all the people who hurt me in the past out of my life, both IRL and online. 

I am becoming a pretty good writer, yay!

I haven't had a melt down nor Panic Attack in 3 months, I don't even know why I get them anyways, I guess cause of the things I was going through?

 

 

I'm talking to people around my age and not being fearful or getting shy. I know that isn't a big deal but I been home school for 4? years now.

 

I started reading and studying a lot, even if I'm studying something stupid like mythology. 

 

I started control my anger, if I feel angry, I write a poem, draw something or write a rant in my notepads.

I am finally confident enough to enter a beauty  pageant , even tho it sucks here. I still wanna do. Plus I get 500 dollars and it might help with the scholarships.

Plus 500 dollars. Like, I get to buy books! And games! AND SHOES!!!!

 

Short story short.

 

I'm proud of myself, I went through a lot of stuff these past 3 years, and even tho it's not gonna get better. I'm still happy, and I'm ready for whatever people have to through at me. 

When you have almost nothing to your name, even small victories count as progress.  There's a comfort in starting from zero; unless things really go wrong with family or finances or whatever, there's nowhere to go but up.

 

My club president was sick so I was (un)officially taking charge of a meeting today.  We're not a big club by any means so, just like myself, we're building things up from scratch.  The best thing we have going for us is our coach, who's very competent at both coaching and organizing club/administrative affairs, and who's becoming increasingly frustrated with the lack of communication, follow through, and getting-our-shit-together-ness among our members--and yes, that includes the president herself.  I and one other club member are the two people he says he can count on the most.  The ability to be counted on at all, I think, is something to honor, and I don't want to give them reason to think they were wrong in their decision to promote me to vice president.  It's not written on paper yet, though.  We need to schedule a meeting for the voting for new officers, but the cool thing is that all the other positions are voted on--the vice president is chosen by the president.

 

This thread was a pretty kickass idea, Koko. *applause* We really do need to balance things out with some positivity.  It's hard to find these days, especially on the internet.

I did really good in school for my first year in a competitive university.  I have a 3.8 GPA and I got on the dean's list in my college.  On top of that, I applied for 5 scholarships and got 3 out of the 5 I applied for.  I will be receiving $11k from scholarships towards my study abroad.  Including the grants I already earn, tuition and room&board are paid off; I just have to pay for personal expenses.  That is so freaking incredible I cannot put it into words.  I never thought study abroad would ever be possible for me and now I can do it without racking up a huge loan.

 

 

I also tried to post in the painful past thread.  I deleted the post 1 minute later, but that's much more than I would have been able to do a year ago.  Maybe one day I'll be able to talk about it.

 

This thread makes me wish I had some.

This thread makes me wish I had some.

 

como que no

apprenty, you are alive and fighting and strong despite the shit that has happened to you. you are a good friend and a wonderful person. ive seen you get through tough shit and ive seen you grow as a person. those are some pretty great accomplishments and i think you might have more than you realize. 

Edited July 11, 201312 yr by Koko

como que no

apprenty, you are alive and fighting and strong despite the shit that has happened to you. you are a good friend and a wonderful person. ive seen you get through tough shit and ive seen you grow as a person. those are some pretty great accomplishments and i think you might have more than you realize. 

 

okay well this list might seem like much and it was really hard of me to type this up but i did it anyways.

 

• i got rid of toxic people in my life and now i have much healthier online friendships
• i'm really proud of how i educated myself on social justice despite the difficulties my asperger's syndrome presented me when it came to understanding it
• well, one of the symptoms of asperger's syndrome is processing information at a slower rate and i'm proud to say that i've successfully exercised my brain over the past few years into understanding concepts and processing information faster than i would have had trouble with years ago
• i managed to survive five work placements during high school despite my anxiety and social awkwardness
• i excelled in my grade 12 social studies class and was pleased to realize that i'm really into politics and history
• my stint as a moderator makes me pretty proud (i never thought i would be good at something like that) despite the extreme stress that made me quit in the end
• being able to finally come out as bisexual despite being terrified at the thought months beforehand and recently with my gender identity. it was a huge breath of fresh air.
• also the stuff koko mentioned about me growing as a person

i'm not sure what else,,,,,,

Ehh.. I don't know how many of these are any "real" victories or triumphs, but they are for me

• I had quite successful year as student council president
• I do think that I have been able to become much more healthier person, I have been able to sleep better, I don't have continuous headaches anymore etc.
• My social skills have improved greatly during last year. I can finally talk to new people without feeling completely awkward and I can make new friends, give compliments for people, help them with their problems.. etc  
• I have made new friends. Seriously during my junior high I felt like I have only my own friend group and no one else wants to be my friend. Now I have been able to make lots of new friends and I feel like I have found my place in society 
• I feel really good that I got place in highschool where I really wanted to study
• My grades have gone up
• I actually got place as sectional moderator which was quite surprise for me

In the past few years, I've grown as a person. I think I've become more open-minded, I mean, people I used to hate, I don't hate anymore. I've learned to live with them.

 

I have recovered from numerous self-esteem problems. I was bullied at school for about... Actually, people still made fun of me last year, but I don't mind. I was bullied mostly because I wasn't the thinnest person nor the most good looking. I always got compared to my older brother. People were always like "Hey you're that dude's younger brother!". And people treated me as if I was dumb.

And that was a part of the reason I wanted to do well at school. I did. Highschool awaits, though I have to part ways with my best friends.

 

I have been quite actively dealing with church lately. I took this "training" and got to work at a confirmation camp this summer. I got to teach the 'campers' though I'm only a year older. And I think the church has taught me valuable things too.

 

I've become a more open person. I'm not as shy anymore. I can talk to people I don't exactly know. And I can who I am without being afraid that someone'll judge me.

 

Oh! I have also lost weight and become a little more athletic overall.

Admiting PUBLICLY how horrably I treated Sodom made me feel better about myself.

 

Regardless of whether or not I felt she deserved it, how I treated her was very very wrong....

 

 

And should NEVER be 'nessasary' in ANY 'situation' or 'circomstance'. Period.

Edited July 12, 201312 yr by ~DawnStar2004~

When my Father got drunk he would take me and my brother out into the artic and bloodbend wolves while betting on which wolf would win.

Someone should bring this back 

Someone should bring this back 

 

I defeated the giant monkey man and save the ninth dimension.

 

I can play this.

 

Someone should bring this back

Dammit! I had this page bookmarked and was planning to bring it back. That is, as soon as I had a triumph to post about ;_;

Someone should bring this back

Wtf are you doing?

Wtf are you doing?

Bringing back the dead 

Bringing back the dead

Ohhh that Is not gonna go well.

Dammit! I had this page bookmarked and was planning to bring it back.That is, as soon as I had a triumph to post about ;_;

 

http://youtu.be/qvPugcb7QGE

Might not be much of a triumph or victory to others but I started college in 2009 and attended it until 2010, at the time, it wasn't for me and I took a break from it. I know most people after they take a break from school usually never go back, I'm an exception. I went back on August 18th, 2014, and that little fact alone is triumphant enough for me.

I got up this morning and actually got dressed. 

I once finished the hot cocoa powder and bag of marshmallows simultaneously...

 

Peace!

My self-confidence and self-esteem have increased over the last couple of years. I used to be really insecure but now I'm comfortable with who I am

I won a spam war on this site once.Once because they didn't dare to challenge me again uwu