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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 182404"><p>He hung up on you. That's his reaction. That's not on you. I used to feel guilty, too, if my difficult child hung up on me. Now I just let it go. She's over-reacting and if I give in to it and call her back to try to smooth things over she's just learning that it's a good way to get attention and whatever it is she wants. I've learned that the less *I* react to her inappropriate behaviors, the faster she gets over her level of angst. I'm just not feeding into it anymore.</p><p></p><p>Or...I'm trying not to. I still catch myself. Sometimes it takes other people pointing it out to me. Like I was on the phone with another board member and she didn't exactly point it out, but talked about how she handled it with her daughter and I realized that I was getting svcked back in. It happens to be one particular area that I always seem to svcked into. I just need to force myself to step back in those situations. It's not easy. It takes a focused, conscious effort.</p><p></p><p>I haven't read your original post yet. I'll go do that now.</p><p></p><p>by the way, welcome to the board. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/flowers.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":flowers:" title="flowers :flowers:" data-shortname=":flowers:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 182404"] He hung up on you. That's his reaction. That's not on you. I used to feel guilty, too, if my difficult child hung up on me. Now I just let it go. She's over-reacting and if I give in to it and call her back to try to smooth things over she's just learning that it's a good way to get attention and whatever it is she wants. I've learned that the less *I* react to her inappropriate behaviors, the faster she gets over her level of angst. I'm just not feeding into it anymore. Or...I'm trying not to. I still catch myself. Sometimes it takes other people pointing it out to me. Like I was on the phone with another board member and she didn't exactly point it out, but talked about how she handled it with her daughter and I realized that I was getting svcked back in. It happens to be one particular area that I always seem to svcked into. I just need to force myself to step back in those situations. It's not easy. It takes a focused, conscious effort. I haven't read your original post yet. I'll go do that now. by the way, welcome to the board. :flowers: [/QUOTE]
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