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<blockquote data-quote="JayPee" data-source="post: 756851" data-attributes="member: 23405"><p>Wise,</p><p></p><p>Let's not forget the other elements with Covid-19 that are affecting us. For myself, I can't go to the gym anymore and I don't have a treadmill anymore either<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what? o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /> . The lack of exercise affects our endorphines which affect our moods and well-being. Also, we are bombarded with news that is to help inform us but has a two-edged sword and often times makes us feel like the world is coming to an end. We already suffer from the FOG (fear, obligation and guilt) about our adult children and then you top it off with the pandamic and presto-bingo you've got more anxiety! A lot of us are fixers and rescuers here and our hands are literally tied from "helping" because there is no help we can really give until a cure and/or the subsiding of this virus begins. We are having to practice Al anon more than ever. No fixing, no rescuing, no curing, no controlling. It's like putting Martha Stewart in a kitchen and telling her not to bake something! It virtually feels suffocating. I feel like it's definitely a life lesson for myself to make me realize, I never was in control before...I just thought I was.</p><p></p><p>We have to keep turning it over to God. You always say (which I love)...get up and adjust your crown. </p><p>That's just what we have to keep doing <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/thumbsup.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbsup:" title="thumbsup :thumbsup:" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JayPee, post: 756851, member: 23405"] Wise, Let's not forget the other elements with Covid-19 that are affecting us. For myself, I can't go to the gym anymore and I don't have a treadmill anymore eithero_O . The lack of exercise affects our endorphines which affect our moods and well-being. Also, we are bombarded with news that is to help inform us but has a two-edged sword and often times makes us feel like the world is coming to an end. We already suffer from the FOG (fear, obligation and guilt) about our adult children and then you top it off with the pandamic and presto-bingo you've got more anxiety! A lot of us are fixers and rescuers here and our hands are literally tied from "helping" because there is no help we can really give until a cure and/or the subsiding of this virus begins. We are having to practice Al anon more than ever. No fixing, no rescuing, no curing, no controlling. It's like putting Martha Stewart in a kitchen and telling her not to bake something! It virtually feels suffocating. I feel like it's definitely a life lesson for myself to make me realize, I never was in control before...I just thought I was. We have to keep turning it over to God. You always say (which I love)...get up and adjust your crown. That's just what we have to keep doing :thumbsup: [/QUOTE]
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