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<blockquote data-quote="MissLulu" data-source="post: 754340" data-attributes="member: 24721"><p>Hi Beebz,</p><p></p><p>I can feel the pain in your words, and I understand because I have days when I feel the same way. In fact, almost every day contains at least a moment of raw pain, grief or fear for me. Right now, I'm trying to limit the amount of time I let myself feel it. By that I mean I allow myself a certain amount of time - ten minutes in the shower, half an hour alone during the day or whatever - and during that time I really allow myself to give into my pain. When the time is up I do something to distract myself - go back to work (I work from home) or clean the house, call a friend, watch TV - anything that takes my mind off it. I don't know if this would work for you but it helps me sometimes (not always!)</p><p></p><p>I am thinking of you and I sincerely hope you are able to find even a small amount of joy this holiday season. But if not, that's okay too. I find the holidays particularly hard. Here in Australia it is the end of the academic year as well as the holidays. I am bombarded by pictures of happy families celebrating their children's success. This feels like a dagger in my heart, even though I myself have two other very successful children. I know that the pictures don't necessarily tell the whole story because to outsiders we probably look like a happy family too, but even so I keep lamenting the fact that I have such a dysfunctional child. Some days it feels like I'll never truly be happy again.</p><p></p><p>Sending you love and hugs. We'll get through this time together.</p><p></p><p>L xx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MissLulu, post: 754340, member: 24721"] Hi Beebz, I can feel the pain in your words, and I understand because I have days when I feel the same way. In fact, almost every day contains at least a moment of raw pain, grief or fear for me. Right now, I'm trying to limit the amount of time I let myself feel it. By that I mean I allow myself a certain amount of time - ten minutes in the shower, half an hour alone during the day or whatever - and during that time I really allow myself to give into my pain. When the time is up I do something to distract myself - go back to work (I work from home) or clean the house, call a friend, watch TV - anything that takes my mind off it. I don't know if this would work for you but it helps me sometimes (not always!) I am thinking of you and I sincerely hope you are able to find even a small amount of joy this holiday season. But if not, that's okay too. I find the holidays particularly hard. Here in Australia it is the end of the academic year as well as the holidays. I am bombarded by pictures of happy families celebrating their children's success. This feels like a dagger in my heart, even though I myself have two other very successful children. I know that the pictures don't necessarily tell the whole story because to outsiders we probably look like a happy family too, but even so I keep lamenting the fact that I have such a dysfunctional child. Some days it feels like I'll never truly be happy again. Sending you love and hugs. We'll get through this time together. L xx [/QUOTE]
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