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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 757263" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Could that be because we are all of us living would could become a doomsday scenario? Or at least our psyches feel it to be so. Thus this: I spent last night reading about the "second wave." One scientist used the phrase: <em>The virus is coming for all of us. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p>As bad as this is now, many scientists and governors are implying it will soon be worse. Thrown into the mix is all of the talk about a vaccine, and other potential treatments. The Oxford trial of vaccine is said to be progressing rapidly. </p><p></p><p>What I am saying here is this is BIPOLAR. Doom and gloom and the promise of being saved, while we are tied to the tracks. I agree with Apple. I think EVERYBODY is suffering the effects. </p><p></p><p>But I want to add one more thing, OW. You have displayed real courage in the time you've been here on this board. I'm going to use an analogy here to make a point. Picking up rocks in the garden that have long been in place. When you do that all kinds of wiggly creatures scurry about trying to find another spot to lodge themselves. I experience my own psyche this way. When I have shown courage to challenge myself to open up myself to the sun and the air, oftentimes it feels like the demons just come out to terrorize me. Because they do. </p><p></p><p>While this feels terrible, I don't think it's a bad thing, if we can understand and accept why this happens. I think it happens because our minds seek tried and true ways of coping and functioning, even if such may be maladaptive and not serve us. </p><p></p><p>I am dealing with something like this now. Where feelings are coming up that I have struggled to avoid for my whole life. It's not fun. But at the end of the day, I choose it. I am choosing to be brave. When I stare down the feelings, in time, they recede. </p><p></p><p>As I do this I have to deal with feelings about my son who refuses to live in a way that I find to be remotely functional or worthwhile. I try to gently remind myself that his life is his business, and my (large enough) task is to focus myself on my own life. Which is true.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 757263, member: 18958"] Could that be because we are all of us living would could become a doomsday scenario? Or at least our psyches feel it to be so. Thus this: I spent last night reading about the "second wave." One scientist used the phrase: [I]The virus is coming for all of us. [/I] As bad as this is now, many scientists and governors are implying it will soon be worse. Thrown into the mix is all of the talk about a vaccine, and other potential treatments. The Oxford trial of vaccine is said to be progressing rapidly. What I am saying here is this is BIPOLAR. Doom and gloom and the promise of being saved, while we are tied to the tracks. I agree with Apple. I think EVERYBODY is suffering the effects. But I want to add one more thing, OW. You have displayed real courage in the time you've been here on this board. I'm going to use an analogy here to make a point. Picking up rocks in the garden that have long been in place. When you do that all kinds of wiggly creatures scurry about trying to find another spot to lodge themselves. I experience my own psyche this way. When I have shown courage to challenge myself to open up myself to the sun and the air, oftentimes it feels like the demons just come out to terrorize me. Because they do. While this feels terrible, I don't think it's a bad thing, if we can understand and accept why this happens. I think it happens because our minds seek tried and true ways of coping and functioning, even if such may be maladaptive and not serve us. I am dealing with something like this now. Where feelings are coming up that I have struggled to avoid for my whole life. It's not fun. But at the end of the day, I choose it. I am choosing to be brave. When I stare down the feelings, in time, they recede. As I do this I have to deal with feelings about my son who refuses to live in a way that I find to be remotely functional or worthwhile. I try to gently remind myself that his life is his business, and my (large enough) task is to focus myself on my own life. Which is true. [/QUOTE]
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