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<blockquote data-quote="Albatross" data-source="post: 732900" data-attributes="member: 17720"><p>RE, thank you. I think that is exactly what I took away from the counselor, and what I was trying to say. I was able to separate the NORMAL of my feelings from the ABNORMAL of stepping in when it was no longer appropriate to do so.</p><p></p><p>For me, once I could separate my emotional response as a mother from the actions I expected myself to have as a </p><p>"good" mother, it was as if the penny dropped. It is OK to feel the things I do, but that does not mean I have to jump in to fix the situations that cause them.</p><p></p><p>He is my child, and I will hurt when he hurts. That will never change, but I can't fix his hurt for him anymore. It doesn't mean I love him any less or support him any less.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albatross, post: 732900, member: 17720"] RE, thank you. I think that is exactly what I took away from the counselor, and what I was trying to say. I was able to separate the NORMAL of my feelings from the ABNORMAL of stepping in when it was no longer appropriate to do so. For me, once I could separate my emotional response as a mother from the actions I expected myself to have as a "good" mother, it was as if the penny dropped. It is OK to feel the things I do, but that does not mean I have to jump in to fix the situations that cause them. He is my child, and I will hurt when he hurts. That will never change, but I can't fix his hurt for him anymore. It doesn't mean I love him any less or support him any less. [/QUOTE]
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