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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 545351" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>Awww, I am so sorry AG, I know how hard it is, and to be a single parent with little family makes it all so much worse. I wish I could gather all the parents here to come to your home and do a difficult child Mom intervention where we would all cook you good yummy food, surround you with chocolate and hugs and make you laugh with a contest of who has the worst difficult child. In the absence of that, we can continue to listen and hold you close in our hearts, send you cyber hugs and pray that you are enfolded in loving arms so that you never feel alone and scared again.</p><p></p><p>My tricks to calm myself down when I've been in that panicked state is to take a hot bath with lavender or any relaxing, calming properties, drink some soothing tea, call a good girl friend, take deep breaths and try to find anything to feel grateful for, (which switches the brain terror onto a new path) and of course, to pray. Many of us have now gotten our brains accustomed to having the neurotransmitters go into the 'panic ditch' when our kids do things to scare us and we have to retrain our brains to avoid going down that path. I am in the process of doing that myself, just trying to NOT let those thoughts gain any control and it is HARD. It's like being an addict, but we're addicted to waiting for the other show to drop. Remember, nothing has happened yet, you're caught in the worry and fear. <em>Right now in this moment, you are okay</em>. Keep telling yourself that. I am sending you gentle hugs and prayers for peace and calm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 545351, member: 13542"] Awww, I am so sorry AG, I know how hard it is, and to be a single parent with little family makes it all so much worse. I wish I could gather all the parents here to come to your home and do a difficult child Mom intervention where we would all cook you good yummy food, surround you with chocolate and hugs and make you laugh with a contest of who has the worst difficult child. In the absence of that, we can continue to listen and hold you close in our hearts, send you cyber hugs and pray that you are enfolded in loving arms so that you never feel alone and scared again. My tricks to calm myself down when I've been in that panicked state is to take a hot bath with lavender or any relaxing, calming properties, drink some soothing tea, call a good girl friend, take deep breaths and try to find anything to feel grateful for, (which switches the brain terror onto a new path) and of course, to pray. Many of us have now gotten our brains accustomed to having the neurotransmitters go into the 'panic ditch' when our kids do things to scare us and we have to retrain our brains to avoid going down that path. I am in the process of doing that myself, just trying to NOT let those thoughts gain any control and it is HARD. It's like being an addict, but we're addicted to waiting for the other show to drop. Remember, nothing has happened yet, you're caught in the worry and fear. [I]Right now in this moment, you are okay[/I]. Keep telling yourself that. I am sending you gentle hugs and prayers for peace and calm. [/QUOTE]
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