I wanted to share a small victory I had a few nights ago as I’m excited to be seeing the tangible changes I’m making while in therapy.

I had a really good day with my partner. We went pumpkin picking and had lunch and it was a really lovely day. I left his place to do my own thing for a while while he did a league sport. While I was alone getting ready to go back to his place to finish up our day, maybe carve some pumpkins, i had a rather large mood swing. I was sad and angry and I’m not entirely sure what triggered me but I felt devastated. Instead of going over and escalating myself like I would have normally done, I called him. I let him know I was having a mood swing and I was upset and needed to calm down and that I might have to cancel plans. I calmed down by myself using some DBT skills I’ve learned this year and called him again to reschedule our pumpkin carving and apologized for throwing off the night. He was so understanding and decided to play some video games with friends and I did relaxing activities for the rest of night. 

I know it’s a small thing. Im just proud and genuinely happy for myself that I’m making real and tangible progress especially in my personal relationships as that’s what’s been affected the most lately. 

Thank you for reading :)