{Cures now 46,943} caretaking story

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Hi Everyone,

I have a great interaction to share between and me regarding

caretaking!!

Love,

Susie

On 4/23/07 7:01 AM, " d. " <cdip39@...> wrote:

> Hi Susie:

>

> Way to go ....... you are welcome. That one question

> is very important. It has helped me with Liam and Ian

> as well. Kids hate it when you try to fix them....!

>

> Maybe this email should go in the cure drive to.

> I found it in my spam box and almost deleted it.

>

> Love

>

>

> On 4/23/07 7:01 AM, " d. " <cdip39@...> wrote:

>

>> >

>> > D wrote... > ³PS One way I am successfully

>> > stopping my caretaking is

>> > by stopping and asking myself this one question,

>> > " Am I trying to fix them? "

>> >

>> >

>> > ,

>> > Thank You for this simplification of Caretaking!!!

>> > It is exactly what I

>> > needed to hear. I didn¹t realize until you said it,

>> > that I could have won a

>> > gold medal in Caretaking most of my life. It¹s

>> > interesting how much easier

>> > it is to not caretake others when you are taking

>> > care of yourself. It

>> > really is as simple as doing your immunics and

>> > staying clear. I recently

>> > realized I had a major breakthrough with this when

>> > my mom had one of her

>> > down times due to depression. The reason her

>> > depression always effected me

>> > so much was because I was caretaking her. I was

>> > always trying to figure out

>> > how to help her. I was driving her more into

>> > depression and messing myself

>> > up just as bad by the caretaking. The last....and I

>> > mean LAST....time she

>> > was depressed I didn¹t caretake. I just let her do

>> > her thing. She came out

>> > of it soooo fast, and I didn¹t damage her or

>> > myself!! WOW! I literally

>> > just realized all of this. I kept saying I have

>> > learned to ³handle² her

>> > depression, but really I learned how to not

>> > caretake!

>> >

>> > Thanks for being such a leader in the ³War Against

>> > Caretaking²

>> >

>> > YOU ROCK!!!

>> > Susie

>> > --

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