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Post Info TOPIC: Unhealthy Coping?


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Unhealthy Coping?


Do you think it is okay to tell yourself that maybe SOMEDAY you will be together?  I tell myself this sometimes so that I can detach for today that while we can't be together today, maybe the HP will work it out that SOMEDAY we will both be healthy enough to make it work....

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This is only my opinion, cuz of course, none of us has all the answers.  I spent the past six years of my life wating, thinking, and hoping, all for someday...for me, it hasnt happened.  I dont know if its a good idea to keep telling yourself that your someday may happen, because (again, just my opinion) you are going to be so busy focusing on that and not on what is happening today, right here, right now, with you....and how will you feel if your someday doesnt happen?
Hope is what keeps us all afloat, and I dont want to take yours away, if this is what you need to tell yourself to get through today, then by all means, do it, just dont let it consume you, for it will if you let it.
To quote one of my moms favorite sayings,
"Hope for the best, be prepared for the worst"
seeking peace,
jeannie

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I find it works best for me to just live in the moment in front of me.

I work very hard not to resurrect the past, nor anticipate potential outcomes in the future.



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LOL! See your last post!

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Can you say to your higher power, hp, please, if YOU want it to be so, will you make it so we can be together in the future?

And then STOP THINKING ABOUT IT?

If yes - then yes.

Then when the thought comes up, you can remind yourself, "hp is working on this one", and let it go (in this case, stop thinking about it).

There are a couple of things I do this with.  They can absolutely consume me otherwise - and THAT is not healthy.

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yes me too. I have to focus on incredments. today is better. I can't go too far ahead because I don't know. I do focus on that it is better though.  I can't reallyt think one day because its one day when?

not sure about when it is but I do know one day at a time it does get better.

Maresie.

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