Re: taking care of ourselves

[Guest guest]

I agree completely we need to take care of ourselves!!!!! I wasn't

good at it either when was little and dealt with my own health problems

because of it

. I started " taking care of myself " finally about 9 years ago when

was 11years old. Before that she came first all the time. I go every other

week for a complete body massage by a well trained certified massage therapist.

It has helped me deal with life, stress, etc. It has been a big factor in

helping manage my diabetes. So far I have no signs of neuropathy. I look at the

expense as a preventitive medical bill and don't feel the least bit guilty.

Lynn

Mom to Tom 25, , almost 20,cHARGE and wife to Doug

taking care of ourselves

I'm going to jump in on the discussion about handling the stress of caring

for our CHARGE children.

I know that I get very wrapped up and intent on providing the best care I

can find for Karlee. She hasn't had any life threatening experiences in

recent years, however just the schedule is so intense. In the last month

she has had 25 appointments/therapies.

There has been lots of discussion recently about cranial sacral therapy

for our children. The therapist I take Karlee to would not treat her until

she did the treatment on me. It was so wonderful. I noticed a huge

difference in how my body has handled stress since then. I am a lot calmer

in handling medical and educational issues for Karlee.

It is important for us parents to take care of ourselves in order to do a

good job taking care of our children. As you know big obstacles are time

and money.

from IL (Karlee 16)

[Guest guest]

I agree completely we need to take care of ourselves!!!!! I wasn't

good at it either when was little and dealt with my own health problems

because of it

. I started " taking care of myself " finally about 9 years ago when

was 11years old. Before that she came first all the time. I go every other

week for a complete body massage by a well trained certified massage therapist.

It has helped me deal with life, stress, etc. It has been a big factor in

helping manage my diabetes. So far I have no signs of neuropathy. I look at the

expense as a preventitive medical bill and don't feel the least bit guilty.

Lynn

Mom to Tom 25, , almost 20,cHARGE and wife to Doug

taking care of ourselves

I'm going to jump in on the discussion about handling the stress of caring

for our CHARGE children.

I know that I get very wrapped up and intent on providing the best care I

can find for Karlee. She hasn't had any life threatening experiences in

recent years, however just the schedule is so intense. In the last month

she has had 25 appointments/therapies.

There has been lots of discussion recently about cranial sacral therapy

for our children. The therapist I take Karlee to would not treat her until

she did the treatment on me. It was so wonderful. I noticed a huge

difference in how my body has handled stress since then. I am a lot calmer

in handling medical and educational issues for Karlee.

It is important for us parents to take care of ourselves in order to do a

good job taking care of our children. As you know big obstacles are time

and money.

from IL (Karlee 16)

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I used to struggle a lot with this. I didn't gain weight; but I ate junk food

sometimes in place of healthy food because it was convenient--and if I started

to feel anxious, this would happen.

Honestly, I didn't realize that my anxiety was going down, but I guess it was. I

no longer turned so much to junk food. A lot less stress was happening in my

life as well, so I was able to overcome it easier.

That was before the 'explosion'. NC and FOO issues. Even now, though, I don't

rely on food as a source of comfort. I think I started relying on handling my

feelings better. It was really hard for me to begin to de-tangle my ball of

guilt and shame and rage...I did so gradually at first, and then I felt anger as

I've never felt before. It was a bit crippling emotionally.

Sometimes, I'd sit in a corner; and I wasn't sure what I was feeling at the

time. I had to really meditate and ask myself, because I was so out of touch

with my feelings. I still struggle with it.

Not sure if this helps. You might also want to try group therapy or ACOA for an

" anger and feelings " release session.

-Joy

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> Does anyone else suffer from free-floating anxiety and have a positive way to

comfort yourself? I have put on so much weight in the past decade and I believe

its all related to FOG and stress. I do a lot of emotional eating and turn to

junk food to comfort myself...which is not healthy or loving myself in a very

good way.

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> Any of you have better alternatives to taking care of yourselves...or is this

something alot of you struggle with too?

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> K2

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