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The Therapist Helps: Accept Your Assignment for Your Relationship

Stress management plays a significant role in coping with my mental illness. As I grow in my recovery I learn how to distinguish my moods, symptoms, and stresses, which impacts my relationship with self, and partner. Life is stressful, and peers like myself should engage in self-care, in order, to get the most from life, and relationships. Most days are good even though my mood fluctuates throughout the day based on expectations, and stress from daily events. 

Relationships create stress, which is part of life. Therapy is a great coping mechanism, and self-care tool. In fact, my therapist and I breakdown concerns in my personal relationship among other relationships, and events in my life. Good stress, and not-so-good stress impacts my mood, and mental health. Whenever I feel stressed my mood is irritable, and my memory is not as sharp. Other signs of stress for me is being in a negative place, and wanting to isolate. 

Therefore, I am grateful for my therapist, because I am accountable for self-care, and to manage my condition, to maintain healthier relationships. Insight from a professional adds balance to my perspective, and helps me practice stress management, and self-care. As I discover more about myself I understand how important therapy is to help me manage stress, life's events, and my relationship with self, and partner. 

My therapist helps me identify, and process good days compared to bad days that offers stress management, and self-improvement. A good day to me is very productive, routine, and moments of relaxation. My relaxation looks like listening, and dancing to upbeat music. Also, having fun with family, and friends. While my worse days require more self-care in response to internal and external stresses, such as miscommunication within my closest relationships. Therefore, engaging in sessions with my therapist helps identify areas I need to work on for myself to get the most from life, and to maintain a healthier relationship.

The greatest benefit to me in sessions with my therapist are accepting challenges. These challenges are homework, or assignments, which if performed minimizes stress, and further helps me build self-care. Assignment may require special attention to my views. My assignment may include self-evaluation by examining my mood journal, which reflects triggers, warning signs, and better days, recorded by a color coded scale that distinguishes my moods. I enjoy reviewing my mood journal, because it is a reminder of my needs, and wants, to maintain balance, and a healthier relationship.

Whenever I am engaging in intense self-care my stress reduces. I create affirmations, walk to reflect, and listen to motivational talks to help motivate, and to focus on goals, in order, to act and to accomplish them. Once, a therapist recommended I keep a “realistic agenda.” I like to keep many journals. A “realistic agenda,” is a list of accomplished tasks. 

However, to manage all my needs I must persevere through therapy, self-care and improvement, and treatment, in order, to maintain balance within myself, and relationships. My therapist helps me articulate side effects, in order, to discuss potential solutions with my doctor. My therapist plays an intricate role in my recovery. and life. In short, the therapist is a great self-care tool because, they empower individuals with coping skills, which brings balance to outlook on relationships, self-care, and wellness. For me, therapy is helpful and I suggest that an individual try a therapist, in order, to maintain self-care and relationships. Lastly, as a peer from experience, I encourage you to try a therapist for you, and your diverse relationships.

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