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Salma

Steady is my whole personality now.

Manchester, UK · Manchester, thirty-eight, teaching assistant, a long history with food she is careful about.

Their journal

46 entries, and Salma is still writing.

  • Two years, no news

    Sunday 5 Apr 2026week 103settled energy 34 replies

    Two years. My only news is that there is no news, and I have come back specifically to say so, because nobody wrote this part down for me. Steady, still in the recovery-aware…

  • An unremarkable week

    Thursday 20 Nov 2025week 84flat energy 12 replies

    Sitting down to this properly tonight. No news. The dog is well, the weather has been foul, and I have taken my medication on the correct day for the eleventh week running. A…

  • Off the floor

    Saturday 19 Jul 2025week 66quietly delighted energy 43 replies

    Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Went swimming with her nieces. Tied my own laces standing up. I am aware of how…

  • No mask

    Monday 28 Apr 2025week 55rested energy 14 replies

    A gentle week, mostly. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there listening to the boiler. Vivid dreams, every night, the sort you have to sit up and shake…

  • Starters as a main

    Wednesday 16 Apr 2025week 53warm energy 41 reply

    Sunday lunch at my grandmother's. Small plate, long afternoon, no drama, and she was happy. Starters as a main course, permanently. No explanation offered, none requested.…

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Recent check-in answers

14 Jul 2026 — What is the smallest movement that helped today?

Yoga, gently, and I am learning to eat something before class.

19 Jun 2026 — What do you do when the day gets away from you?

Worked out the ferry timetable against the pharmacy opening hours and now keep a three-week buffer.

12 Jun 2026 — What is your sleep window at the moment?

My sleep has changed shape rather than improved and I still cannot tell whether I mind.

7 Jun 2026 — What did you get through today?

Straight into a twelve hour shift and I am writing this in the car park before driving home.

Buddy

ongoingCare

When one of us noticed something in the other

Salma noticed the way Izzy had started writing about eating and said so once, kindly, and then stayed. Jonah was involved from the beginning, at Salma’s request.

Izzy and Salma · since July 2025