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<blockquote data-quote="New Leaf" data-source="post: 722569" data-attributes="member: 19522"><p>Ouch Southern.</p><p>Well, deep, deep breaths.</p><p>I understand the stuck in a nightmare feeling.</p><p>I call it the swirly whirly.</p><p>Been there on the roller coaster ride that I never bought a ticket for.</p><p>I had to get off, somehow.</p><p>I could see myself getting lost in the insanity of it.</p><p>Drugs. Horrible body snatching drugs.</p><p>We get mind and heart snatched right along with our d cs.</p><p>I think you wrote on another post “we are not them, and they are not us.”</p><p>So true.</p><p>I think I would still find hope in the fact that your son stepped foot in the door. My two haven’t <em>admitted to a problem</em>.</p><p>There is a good article on the top of the Parent Emeritus forum on detachment. It helps me find ways to get out of the swirly whirly and stop being so emotionally affected and <em>frozen</em> in the nightmare.</p><p>It takes work and a lot of processing (still processing).</p><p>I think all of this is possibly one of the hardest journeys known to man.</p><p>So, one day, one moment at a time.</p><p>We are here hoping for your sons recovery and yours.</p><p>Mine, too.</p><p>We have to find ways to pick ourselves up by the bootstraps and recover from this madness.</p><p>One step at a time.</p><p>(((Hugs)))</p><p>Leafy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="New Leaf, post: 722569, member: 19522"] Ouch Southern. Well, deep, deep breaths. I understand the stuck in a nightmare feeling. I call it the swirly whirly. Been there on the roller coaster ride that I never bought a ticket for. I had to get off, somehow. I could see myself getting lost in the insanity of it. Drugs. Horrible body snatching drugs. We get mind and heart snatched right along with our d cs. I think you wrote on another post “we are not them, and they are not us.” So true. I think I would still find hope in the fact that your son stepped foot in the door. My two haven’t [I]admitted to a problem[/I]. There is a good article on the top of the Parent Emeritus forum on detachment. It helps me find ways to get out of the swirly whirly and stop being so emotionally affected and [I]frozen[/I] in the nightmare. It takes work and a lot of processing (still processing). I think all of this is possibly one of the hardest journeys known to man. So, one day, one moment at a time. We are here hoping for your sons recovery and yours. Mine, too. We have to find ways to pick ourselves up by the bootstraps and recover from this madness. One step at a time. (((Hugs))) Leafy [/QUOTE]
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