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Remebering How to Breathe?
Sorry if you were done getting responses and don't want more, but I'm compelled to answer having teetered on the abyss of chaos myself. I decided awhile ago ...
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- I second flylady.net. Get all the emails or just the daily digest. Once you've got your clutter under control and/or tweaked your routines, go to yoga and/or simple me...
- Hi K., When I read your question, it hit home. I am 41, have one 19 yr old boy and one 5 year old girl. I cannot even pinpoint when my symptoms began, but it came t...
- I can totally relate! I have a 1,2,3,15 yr old kids (Wow, that looks even worse in writing). I stay totally stressed and soooo tired all the time. My memory has gott...
Tips on Packing/moving to LA with Toddler and Newborn in Tow-yikes!
Please help-any ideas will hopefully steer me from the abyss. Respond to Question. What can I do next? Add your own comment; Ask your own question ...
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- We moved from Seattle, WA to CO when my son was about 18 months -- so I understand, and even though it was a corporate move and we had help, I had to prep the house --...
- We did the same thing in reverse November 2007. We moved from Northern CA to Thornton due to a job opportunity. My husband was gone starting in September M-F so I was ...
- Ugh - what an ordeal! We just sold our house and moved here, so I kind of feel your pain, but w/o the pregnant thing. I can't imagine. So I've recently sold a house...
Too Angry
I'm just worried about this abyss of anger that's hidden inside me and that so reminds me of my father's way of relating to his family. And I can see that ...
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- I can totally relate to you. I have anger repression problems myself. I feel sometimes like I am holding this demon inside that if it got loose would really do some da...
- Hi G.-- I thought an alternative perspective could be helpful to you. In Chinese medicine anger comes from the liver. If you physically balance your liver through h...
- oh man do I relate to this!!! my irritability is linked to my anxiety when I am extremely anxious with stressors my body is tense and my words are tense and some times...
Help with Adjustable Waist Pants
Sometimes the strap of the adjustable waist pants/shorts sneaks off the button and into the abyss. Any ideas on how to get it out of there? ...
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- I just hate when that happens- usually when we are rushed. Sometimes a pair of tweezers works. A medium size chrochet hook also works well. If you don't have one th...
- Pencils are the best for this, stick the eraser end of pencil through the hole on the side that is still hanging out until you feel the end of the strap catch on the e...
- I have this trouble all the time. What I do is to take the elastic completely out. Then at one end of the elastic attach a safety pin to it (a large one). This way ...
Depressed Hubby
Unfortunately, it is an evil little monster that takes away our self-esteem, eats at our confidence and really makes it easy to spiral into a dark abyss of ...
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- D., Please don't give up on your depressed hubby. And, being a depressed person myself...believe me, he feels bad enough about feeling bad. I know that it is ha...
- I completely understand you. My husband is going through a similar situation. What I have to remember is that he is going through something that has nothing to do wi...
- Hi D., Sorry to hear you are going through all of this. Depression is very difficult to deal with especially when it is someone so close to you. How old is he??? 40...
Teenage Sex Issues
It was an awesome honor to be available before and after as his pal and advisor. he is becoming a man and I have not lost him to the abyss of "teen enemy" ...
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- My own children are way too young for this but I teach high school and have a lot of experience counseling kids about these issues (I am a biology teacher and do sex e...
- I don't have any words of wisdon to help you cope with this one - all I can offer is my support in whatever you do. I do believe that communication is THE most importa...
- I don't think you can 100% prevent her experimentation, just educate her about the risks associated with it explain to her that you cannot make sure that she doesn't b...
Is My Son OCD?
He can't tell the difference between a black widow and a daddy long legs and he probably doesn't know the the vacuum isn't the abyss. If he were age nine, ...
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- Your son, while he is probably a lot like you AND probably feeds off of it when you are stressed, is most likely not OCD. It is totally normal for four year olds to b...
- R., Your son is not OCD he is just a very smart, curious little boy. My son would get on one subject and talk about it insistently. You may also be placing some o...
- Most likely, no. Not right now. Right now he is going through the "normal" developmental fears and probably has a great imagination. He can't tell the difference be...
Dealing with the Emotional Pain
He will give you the strength, through the joy that is in him, to face the sadness and walk through the abyss of emptiness you feel right now. ...
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- M.; You will get through this. I too went through a very painful breakup from my son's father almost 4.5 year's ago. My son will be 5 next week and we are doing FIN...
- Hi M., Get into a support group for moms. Take up some college courses. If you have had alcoholism in your family, contact an Al-Anon support group in your area: ...
- Love is never easy especially when your still inlove w/ the other person and they do not feel the same way. I discovered it was a multitude of things as well asjust fe...
Heart Just Not in It
Radical trust is scary; it was truly a leaning over the abyss ... but the world (God--even during the time when I didn't think he was there--and my friends ...
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- It sounds like you are not really dealing with the pain that this betrayal has caused. And what has your husband done to show you that he will not cheat again? If th...
- Perhaps I could forgive this the first time, and move on, but not when it's happened the second time. No wonder you feel that you can't connect with him. As for ...
- I believe really really strongly that what is bad for the Mom is not good for the kids, no matter what the first glance would show. I think your kids would benefit fa...
Help with Time Management.
I remember when my kids where that young age and how it was so overwhelming at times that I felt like I was sinking into an abyss. But rest assured that ...
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- I don't mean to get into your buisness, but I have known people in the oilfield industry that go out for work then come back in (and maybe there are big differences i...
- Good Morning: I just read your story and can certainly understand where you're coming from. I remember when my kids where that young age and how it was so overwhel...
- Dear D., The most important job you have right now is your children. Screw it up & you'll be paying for it the rest of your life!! So many people these days want ...
