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<blockquote data-quote="Seeking Peace" data-source="post: 678930" data-attributes="member: 19374"><p>All of you are truly a God send. It helps being redirected and reminded of "what is" versus "what if". These past several weeks I've danced the dance of "what ifs". What if me doing THIS as a mother when she was young, or NOT doing this caused her to stem off into this mind set and mental instability...what if I try this or say that, will she truly know and feel my love for her?? What if she's truly saddened and really believes we don't love her? What if I just help her with X, she could maintain Z...</p><p></p><p>It's sad, but true that when I maintain complete separation, the anxiety level subsides substantially. That as soon as I start opening back up to her, the dread and fear engulfs me. I can't help but feel like it's a lot like PTSD. </p><p></p><p>It makes me incredibly sad that as much as I want a loving relationship with my daughter, at the same time, it seems to make me emotionally, physically and mentally ill.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Seeking Peace, post: 678930, member: 19374"] All of you are truly a God send. It helps being redirected and reminded of "what is" versus "what if". These past several weeks I've danced the dance of "what ifs". What if me doing THIS as a mother when she was young, or NOT doing this caused her to stem off into this mind set and mental instability...what if I try this or say that, will she truly know and feel my love for her?? What if she's truly saddened and really believes we don't love her? What if I just help her with X, she could maintain Z... It's sad, but true that when I maintain complete separation, the anxiety level subsides substantially. That as soon as I start opening back up to her, the dread and fear engulfs me. I can't help but feel like it's a lot like PTSD. It makes me incredibly sad that as much as I want a loving relationship with my daughter, at the same time, it seems to make me emotionally, physically and mentally ill. [/QUOTE]
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