The People Behind My Eyes

I’ve been tagged for a meme by Katm at Dark2Light.

Rules of the “Survivor Needs” Meme:

Please link back to the originating meme at Survivors Can Thrive, so people can see its origins, get ideas for their own self-care list, see who’s already been tagged, and maybe we can track how far this meme goes.

• List 25 needs and 5 wants. Try to restrict your needs list to things that have to do with being a survivor of some sort of abuse, assault, etc. Your list can be anything…you want!

• Use this list to remind yourself to get your needs met this holiday season and in the New Year.

• Pass on this meme and tag five people to play this meme with you.

TWENTY FIVE NEEDS

1. I need to know I’m loved and needed.
2. I need a hand on my cheek that reminds me that I’m okay.
3. I need peace of mind.
4. I need relief from nightmares and flashbacks.
5. I need relief from guilt.
6. I need the sound of another human’s voice.
7. I need energy to keep fighting this battle.
8. I need confidence.
9. I need friendship.
10. I need real hope, something to cling to with sound meaning.
11. I need spirituality/religion.
12. I need out of the fog of transference issues.
13. I need to silence and blind my hypervigilance.
14. I need to be believed.
15. I need results from therapy to a larger degree than I have.
16. I need to feel seen, not overlooked and forgotten.
17. I need to count.
18. I need to be a little more dependent and less independent so that needs like many of the above can be met.
19. I need companionship.
20. I need reassurance that I’m not out here struggling in vain.
21. I need to believe in myself a little more and not be so positive that every step is a wasted effort.
22. I need to trust. I think trust is as important as food, water and shelter.
23. I need a family.
24. I need to let go of self control just a little bit and let some of this anger out in hopes of relieving it.
25. I need to cry when I feel like it instead of putting on a brave face because I think it’s expected.

FIVE WANTS

1. I want art programs, especially Coral Painter 9 and Adobe Photoshop full version.
2. I want a bathrobe. I’ve never had one before.
3. I want to visit Kentucky each summer.
4. I want Bejeweled 2 so I can have something to kill time with without going online to do it.
5. I want my dog’s health back. I’d give my left arm to keep him healthy and alive. (I need the right arm cause I’m right handed and can’t play ball with him worth crap with the left.)

TAG!!

Tags will come shortly so check back. I just wanted to get this up here.