Therapeutic Writing Prompts
Tell us about a time someone hurt your feelings.
When multiple people I love/d invalidated my feelings and told me how to feel but I allowed them to express there's to me without judgment.
What’s one present you’ve always wanted?
A giant teddy bear and 100 balloons with memories tied to them.
Who were your favorite relatives?
Monica, Aysha and my little cousins.
What are your best/worst memories of school?
Art, NJROTC & psychology classes the people in those classes were genuine and bold, they broke me out of my shell. Being bullied, lied on, and being sexually harassed everyday.
Art saved me by giving me a voice/outlet to release the thing heavily on my mind and on other days, allowing me time to get away from thinking.
“Did you ever get into trouble?”
A lot, for talking to much, lying (horribly because it's just not my thing) and pretty much being a pushover/crybaby
What was the saddest moment of your life?
“How would you describe yourself as a child?”
Naïve, full of imagination & breaking the glass type of dreams.
What is your daily routine?
...stress, work, overthink, eat, feed my pets, stress, sleep repeat.
“What was the best night of your life so far?” Going to sleep in the arms of Her.
Are you proud of who you are?
No... sometimes until I'm not.
How would you like to be remembered?
Someone who loved deeply no matter how afraid they were or how much she's been hurt (lover), someone who was always there for people (friend/family), traveler, successful woman in the career of her dreams, someone who lived their lives to the fullest with no regrets.
Honor a family member. Brenda Marie Gaines, I love you my dragonfly you'll always be with me. Thank you.
What are you waiting for?
Idk.. happiness, motivation, self forgiveness and long lasting love.
North Carolina... projects, country, "suburbs" not the big houses but I was a couple neighborhoods away.
Who was your first kiss? Tony How was it? Lol, cute and very young.
Tell a random childhood memory. I used to dance around the house to old school music, drinking my root beer pretending it was real beer or a mic sometimes.
Create a postcard. Who’s it going to? My grandma
What advice do you have for other couples?
Listen to one another's wants and needs, compromise, understand and love without holding back; let go when it's time without hard feelings.
How was/is your relationship with your parents?
Filled with tough love, and abandonment issues; Rough but now it's better with my mom and my dad is back around. Feels like he's my personality twin but finding out things is hard Bc it was stuff I wanted to know during those 8 years he was away.
When did you first fall in love?
Being happy, hugs, kids, dogs, finding great new music/artists, traveling (when I'm not the driver), being away from society and all my problems in nature.
What was the worst thing you ever did? Almost kill myself, cut myself, denied who I was because ppl I cared about didn't accept it, slept with someone I shouldn't , hell allowing multiple ppl to sleep with me to avoid being raped again (at least that's what I thought I was doing).
Is there something about someone that you’ve always wanted to know but have never asked?
What was your childhood like?
Maturing beyond my time, up and downs but still having a great imagination.
What’s the highlight of your week?
What’s something you wish you knew about your parents?
Their real relationship with each other instead of making me feel like an accident.
What’s your word or focus for the year?
Happiness, going back to school, money management, mental health.
What does your future hold? Idek.
What are you (or would you be) giving your children that you wish you’d had? Support, Protection, Listener, a parent who promotes creativeness and individuality, I'll teach them lessons about being who they are regardless of what anyone has to say from birth until forever.
When in life have you felt most alone? Now.
What is a family keepsake you have or hope to have?
Anything of my grandmother's/ I have her jewelry box.
What are the most important lessons you’ve learned in life?
Nobody is going to love you more than yourself, so you need to love yourself.
Tell us about a favorite or special piece of clothing. My hats, if that's consider clothing, I love hats they complete any outfit. Oh and all of my Olive clothing, it's my fave color .
What’s something you struggle with? Suicidal thoughts, depression, overthinking, attachment and opening up to people who say they care about me.
Describe or show yourself at this point in your life.
A wreck, I'm happy one minute and crying the next but I'm still here , I'm still alive. But I long for love (of self), support and forgiveness (of self).