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When your difficult child chooses to shut you out....
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<blockquote data-quote="7jewels" data-source="post: 375236"><p>Mom2oddson, </p><p>Thanks so much for your thoughts. I read your post about 20 times. My scars are thickening as well. When I have seen my difficult child over the past year (3 or 4 times), I have to use the 12 step technique of "acting as if" everything is normal and ok. . . . and particularly acting like I DON"T need or want her to be "better" or live a certain way. If she even sees my eyelids flutter in a certain way or I make the slightest weak comment, her control issues swing into action and I feel as if there's a knife being plunged into my back. "Acting as if" takes a LOT of practice. I try to be patient with myself for my errors in allowing my difficult child to manipulate (yet again). But I get better with each encounter . . . as my scars thicken.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="7jewels, post: 375236"] Mom2oddson, Thanks so much for your thoughts. I read your post about 20 times. My scars are thickening as well. When I have seen my difficult child over the past year (3 or 4 times), I have to use the 12 step technique of "acting as if" everything is normal and ok. . . . and particularly acting like I DON"T need or want her to be "better" or live a certain way. If she even sees my eyelids flutter in a certain way or I make the slightest weak comment, her control issues swing into action and I feel as if there's a knife being plunged into my back. "Acting as if" takes a LOT of practice. I try to be patient with myself for my errors in allowing my difficult child to manipulate (yet again). But I get better with each encounter . . . as my scars thicken. [/QUOTE]
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