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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 629069" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>This is so real it just makes me want to cry.</p><p></p><p>For myself, this time.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I am not having the courage to take too close a look at that part of things. I blamed myself for something like twenty years. I was the mom. Then, I blamed alcohol, drugs, mental illness....</p><p></p><p>I get a little FOG feeling about thinking in this new way.</p><p></p><p>I don't know what to do with that.</p><p></p><p>difficult child daughter has done any number of...of unusual things, all her life. </p><p></p><p>difficult child son seemed to change, about the same time we would realize, in retrospect, that he had begun using cocaine.</p><p></p><p>"Humbling, embarrassing, humiliating...."</p><p></p><p>Yep.</p><p></p><p>But these are our children. We are meant to believe the best for and about them until we cannot.</p><p></p><p>But, yeah.</p><p></p><p>"Humbling, embarrassing, humiliating...."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I agree. It just seems like such a harsh thing, to believe that it is what it looks like, where the kids are concerned.</p><p></p><p>Like, what kind of person am I, to think things like that about my own child?</p><p></p><p>"Humbling, embarrassing, humiliating...."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>For me, FOG is what I call the PTSD response. I cannot even think straight.</p><p></p><p>One time? When difficult child daughter was still only 14? I was working, then. Someone came in with a new baby girl? And I found I had plastered myself against the wall.</p><p></p><p>What a weirdo I must have looked like!!!</p><p></p><p>Cheesh.</p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes. That is my mantra, too.</p><p></p><p>I feel braver, then. We are just so vulnerable to our kids.</p><p></p><p>We have had things stolen, too.</p><p></p><p>husband knew it was the kids.</p><p></p><p>I refused to know it.</p><p></p><p>Even now, reading your stories, puts me into FOG a little.</p><p></p><p>What a weeny. I have to get real.</p><p></p><p>But that's okay.</p><p></p><p>Like you said, COM.</p><p></p><p>One step at a time is good.</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 629069, member: 17461"] This is so real it just makes me want to cry. For myself, this time. I am not having the courage to take too close a look at that part of things. I blamed myself for something like twenty years. I was the mom. Then, I blamed alcohol, drugs, mental illness.... I get a little FOG feeling about thinking in this new way. I don't know what to do with that. difficult child daughter has done any number of...of unusual things, all her life. difficult child son seemed to change, about the same time we would realize, in retrospect, that he had begun using cocaine. "Humbling, embarrassing, humiliating...." Yep. But these are our children. We are meant to believe the best for and about them until we cannot. But, yeah. "Humbling, embarrassing, humiliating...." I agree. It just seems like such a harsh thing, to believe that it is what it looks like, where the kids are concerned. Like, what kind of person am I, to think things like that about my own child? "Humbling, embarrassing, humiliating...." For me, FOG is what I call the PTSD response. I cannot even think straight. One time? When difficult child daughter was still only 14? I was working, then. Someone came in with a new baby girl? And I found I had plastered myself against the wall. What a weirdo I must have looked like!!! Cheesh. Yes. That is my mantra, too. I feel braver, then. We are just so vulnerable to our kids. We have had things stolen, too. husband knew it was the kids. I refused to know it. Even now, reading your stories, puts me into FOG a little. What a weeny. I have to get real. But that's okay. Like you said, COM. One step at a time is good. Cedar [/QUOTE]
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