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<blockquote data-quote="scent of cedar" data-source="post: 596330" data-attributes="member: 1721"><p>Welcome, worried1. </p><p></p><p>The site is anonymous. Putting our situations and feelings into words helps us make sense of things. That part was so important, for me. Because we can share our stories and solutions here, there is a way to comprehend what is happening to us, and to our families. There is a way to survive it. You will find a wealth of experience, compassion, and comfort, here. After so many years, it gets to be about survival, about how to do our best for our kids and our families and stay healthy, ourselves. We need to really get it that the challenges we've faced ~ and met ~ with our kids could never have been expected or prepared for, and that we have done the very best we knew ~ at the time, all the time. The other thing that happens as we share our stories and our strengths and losses is that we develop an understanding for the depth of the trauma we've been coping with. It always shocks me, when I re-read some of my own postings, and understand just what this has all meant for me, for who and how I am in the world. Sometimes? When I stop beating myself up for failing? I realize that, like all of us here, I have responded to a multitude of impossible, horrifying situations with grace and even, with courage.</p><p></p><p>That doesn't usually happen, though. Mostly? I feel pretty crummy about everything. </p><p></p><p>That's why I am still here, posting away.</p><p></p><p>:O) </p><p> </p><p>Barbara</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scent of cedar, post: 596330, member: 1721"] Welcome, worried1. The site is anonymous. Putting our situations and feelings into words helps us make sense of things. That part was so important, for me. Because we can share our stories and solutions here, there is a way to comprehend what is happening to us, and to our families. There is a way to survive it. You will find a wealth of experience, compassion, and comfort, here. After so many years, it gets to be about survival, about how to do our best for our kids and our families and stay healthy, ourselves. We need to really get it that the challenges we've faced ~ and met ~ with our kids could never have been expected or prepared for, and that we have done the very best we knew ~ at the time, all the time. The other thing that happens as we share our stories and our strengths and losses is that we develop an understanding for the depth of the trauma we've been coping with. It always shocks me, when I re-read some of my own postings, and understand just what this has all meant for me, for who and how I am in the world. Sometimes? When I stop beating myself up for failing? I realize that, like all of us here, I have responded to a multitude of impossible, horrifying situations with grace and even, with courage. That doesn't usually happen, though. Mostly? I feel pretty crummy about everything. That's why I am still here, posting away. :O) Barbara [/QUOTE]
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