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<blockquote data-quote="ChickPea" data-source="post: 750482" data-attributes="member: 24089"><p>Gosh, this is why I love this place. Thank you so, so much for posting! All of you! </p><p></p><p>First off, you are living the DREAM! One way I keep my mind off my Difficult Child is to fantasize about camping in all its forms (tent, camper, hammock, car, van... boondocking, whatever). How wonderful that you are doing that. Fantastic.</p><p></p><p>Second, you're getting it from two sides? So sorry to hear. My goodness, my daughter is just <em>enough, </em>Lawd. I say this with a little chuckle, but in all seriously, I feel for you.</p><p></p><p>I am a worrier by design. It's been my job for as long as I've known. It has been a real struggle not to play all kinds of scenarios over and over in my head. I, too, have to look back at some of the things/times I worried the most and ended up wasting my time doing so. It changes NOTHING, and so many of the scenarios were nothing but a puff of smoke that never materialized. I'm not saying that there aren't consequences that could happen and they can't be bad, but I could literally be non-functional if I let myself go there to worry as much as I possibly could.</p><p></p><p>Recently I've been setting reading challenges for myself. I love to read, but find myself doing mindless things (internet surfing, etc.) instead of more constructive things. My reading challenges help remind me to make time for things I enjoy.</p><p></p><p>I pray as well. I try to release myself from the burden of worrying. It can be all encompassing. I wake up thinking about my daughter and the problems that surround her, and I go to bed with the thoughts too. I hope I can change that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChickPea, post: 750482, member: 24089"] Gosh, this is why I love this place. Thank you so, so much for posting! All of you! First off, you are living the DREAM! One way I keep my mind off my Difficult Child is to fantasize about camping in all its forms (tent, camper, hammock, car, van... boondocking, whatever). How wonderful that you are doing that. Fantastic. Second, you're getting it from two sides? So sorry to hear. My goodness, my daughter is just [I]enough, [/I]Lawd. I say this with a little chuckle, but in all seriously, I feel for you. I am a worrier by design. It's been my job for as long as I've known. It has been a real struggle not to play all kinds of scenarios over and over in my head. I, too, have to look back at some of the things/times I worried the most and ended up wasting my time doing so. It changes NOTHING, and so many of the scenarios were nothing but a puff of smoke that never materialized. I'm not saying that there aren't consequences that could happen and they can't be bad, but I could literally be non-functional if I let myself go there to worry as much as I possibly could. Recently I've been setting reading challenges for myself. I love to read, but find myself doing mindless things (internet surfing, etc.) instead of more constructive things. My reading challenges help remind me to make time for things I enjoy. I pray as well. I try to release myself from the burden of worrying. It can be all encompassing. I wake up thinking about my daughter and the problems that surround her, and I go to bed with the thoughts too. I hope I can change that. [/QUOTE]
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