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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 757028" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>I learned self compassion when I went to therapy when my son was in the thick of things.</p><p></p><p>I had never heard that term before. I would go to see her weekly and just cry my eyes out over the things my son was doing and how he didn't care about us or about himself. We were a nice family. We loved our kids more than life. I didn't understand.</p><p></p><p>We have to care about ourselves and be good to ourselves. If we don't, who will? We have to love ourselves and put ourselves first.</p><p></p><p>Your son is a grown man. You have raised him and I'm sure raised him well. We don't know why some of our kids do great and others don't. In my case, we were a blended family. We married and both had very young sons that had been through a divorce. Then we had one together and HE was the one that caused us so much agony starting in his teen years. He had a great life and a great family. Go figure.</p><p></p><p>I consider this site a type of journaling. It still helps me and I've been here for many years. We never get tired of hearing what each other thinks and feels and is going through. We are all in the same boat, or maybe a different boat on the same lake!</p><p></p><p>This site got me through the tough times and it will you too. Someday you will look back and see where you have been. I know that I read some things that I wrote long ago and I still feel compassion for the person I was then. None of us know the future so we can only take one day at a time and hope that things work out in the end.</p><p></p><p>If you pray, I would pray for yourself and your son. Prayer and my faith really helped give me peace and still does.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 757028, member: 15032"] I learned self compassion when I went to therapy when my son was in the thick of things. I had never heard that term before. I would go to see her weekly and just cry my eyes out over the things my son was doing and how he didn't care about us or about himself. We were a nice family. We loved our kids more than life. I didn't understand. We have to care about ourselves and be good to ourselves. If we don't, who will? We have to love ourselves and put ourselves first. Your son is a grown man. You have raised him and I'm sure raised him well. We don't know why some of our kids do great and others don't. In my case, we were a blended family. We married and both had very young sons that had been through a divorce. Then we had one together and HE was the one that caused us so much agony starting in his teen years. He had a great life and a great family. Go figure. I consider this site a type of journaling. It still helps me and I've been here for many years. We never get tired of hearing what each other thinks and feels and is going through. We are all in the same boat, or maybe a different boat on the same lake! This site got me through the tough times and it will you too. Someday you will look back and see where you have been. I know that I read some things that I wrote long ago and I still feel compassion for the person I was then. None of us know the future so we can only take one day at a time and hope that things work out in the end. If you pray, I would pray for yourself and your son. Prayer and my faith really helped give me peace and still does. [/QUOTE]
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