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October 13, 2019 at 9:33 am #317593AnonymousGuest
Dear cali sister:
Quickly because I know you are on your way out- try to not judge your feelings as appropriate or inappropriate, just let them be. Whatever you feel- if you don’t criticize yourself for feeling what you’re feeling- you … will feel better. Don’t add judgment and secondary feelings (shame, guilt, feeling weird) on top of your primary feelings and you will be okay.
I figure you feel jealous, that you were put down by your mother, even your sister and you learned that you are less than, so you get jealous when you see someone talking highly of themselves. I wonder what will happen if you talk a bit highly of yourself. I think it is a good idea. But if you don’t feel comfortable, you can talk highly about yourself here, on your thread, as an exercise.
anita
October 13, 2019 at 9:35 am #317597cali sisterParticipantOkay – sometimes though – I react aggressively. How do I keep my silence in these moments ?
I’m almost at the restaurant. I will practice talking highly of myself. And I’ll share my results with you. I’m excited !!
October 13, 2019 at 9:36 am #317599cali sisterParticipantI enjoy writing with you so much. I like how I have these practices that I can do and that I can share it with you. Makes it less lonely.
October 13, 2019 at 9:37 am #317601AnonymousGuestDear cali sister:
If you feel that you are about to react/ say something aggressive, take a time out, go to the bathroom and breathe slowly, then return to the table.
anita
October 13, 2019 at 12:49 pm #317635AnonymousGuestDear cali sister:
I hope you are having a good day. I will be away, going to the big city up north and back to the computer (West Coast) evening.
anita
October 13, 2019 at 6:45 pm #317651AnonymousGuestDear cali sister:
I am back to the computer to check on you. Hope you had a good Sunday and that you rest well tonight. I am looking forward to read from you tomorrow. Good night, courageous, strong, beautiful you!
anita
October 14, 2019 at 5:38 am #317713cali sisterParticipantMorning Anita,
thanks for checking on me. Wanted to say hello. Will write later – and I look forward to it.
I hope you rested well. I had horrible sleep! But tonight will be better.
October 14, 2019 at 6:45 am #317719AnonymousGuestGood Morning, cali sister:
May it be good even though you slept badly. Looking forward to reading from you later.
anita
October 14, 2019 at 9:24 am #317767cali sisterParticipantanita,
Busy day at work today.
Yesterday – I practiced talking highly of myself as well. And it was fine and made me feel good. And I had a good time. No aggressiveness. No stressors. Just a fine time with the girls. One of the girls, P and I had become closer recently. We would talk individually through text message almost every day. Ever since I went NC, she has stopped that communication. Our contact now is only in group settings. It amazes me to see people do such things and be ok with. She is one friend that I observe a lot because her behaviors are very different than mine. She truly does what is best for herself and her own sanity. (I think she takes it to an extreme where it does become selfish) – but still something to learn from. Or perhaps not learn, but observe.
I am going to email you now about crush.
calisister
October 14, 2019 at 9:34 am #317769AnonymousGuestDear cali sister:
It worked for you to talk highly of yourself the other day, so do it again, repeat what works.
Maybe P also wants to go NC but is scared to, so she distanced herself from you, maybe.
Regarding P being selfish- your mother taught you and your sister that other people are selfish and they get away with it. As if she didn’t get away with being extremely selfish, for example, using her husband’s money to travel the world, buy herself expensive clothes and jewelry, decorate her house to her heart’s desire, living the five star life style she loves showing off… and making her husband’s life miserable, making him her puppet and topping it with the cherry of having an affair with another man (who was hired by her husband, paid by him I figure).
I say she got away with a whole lot!
Now P- I bet she is far, far less selfish than your mother. Try to see P in a better light, it being that she is a much better person- to you- than your mother has ever been.
anita
October 14, 2019 at 10:53 am #317809cali sisterParticipantDear anita,
I emailed you.
About P – she has the “perfect” family situation and would never go NC. She is always beyond her words when she hears about my family stuff. I actually met her mother two weeks ago. They are very close. However, I see what you are saying. And thank you for bringing positivity to the situation. I will try to see her in a better light.
About what you said about death and my mother making it such a focus – how very true! She never had time, there was no time. And she was obsessed with this no time concept so all she did was sit at home and obsess over it instead of ever acting on anything.
October 14, 2019 at 11:21 am #317813AnonymousGuestDear cali sister:
What do you think about my suggestion about your mother in my recent post to you, her “being extremely selfish.. using her husband’s money to travel the world, buy herself expensive clothes and jewelry, decorate her house.. living the five star life style she loves showing off… and making her husband’s life miserable.. having an affair with another man (who was hired by her husband, paid by him..)”-
Isn’t it true that your mother has been selfish and used your father’s money to finance her lifestyle?
(I’ll go to email after getting an answer from you here).
anita
October 14, 2019 at 11:25 am #317815cali sisterParticipantWhat you said was absolutely perfect. On point. Couldn’t have said it better myself. It’s almost like I wrote it myself.
so selfish. The most selfish. Not cooking for me when I couldn’t chew. Not shopping for me when she would take me to the mall. SELFISH.
October 14, 2019 at 11:37 am #317821AnonymousGuestDear cali sister:
Okay, I was checking to see if I missed something. I will go now to email.
anita
October 14, 2019 at 1:46 pm #317851cali sisterParticipantAnita,
I know we are emailing – so this we can address after all of that is dealt with. I want to apologize if I have seemed a bit all over the place today – or have ignored some parts of your posts. I am having a bit of a hard time, which I’m sure you can probably tell.
I feel very sad that my sister is moving. I cried when I got home, and I think this is also part of the reason I cried on Saturday. We are finally close again and have started hanging out more. Our relationship is becoming healthier. Both of us just recently moved close to each other. It has not even been a full year yet. Our dogs literally love each other. They are inseparable. I finally feel like I have the love of family. And now..I found out they will be leaving in the next 2-3 months. How this breaks my heart.
I almost feel like….it can’t just be good for me. Something can’t just work out. And I do not mean this in the “woe is me” victim way. I finally go NC – and now my sister will leave. I do not have any family here. I have no one essentially. It is scary and sad – why must I live like this? Should I move too? (I will not, but I don’t understand why family should be apart..esp because of the trauma we have experienced). I just want something to work out for me – if that makes sense. Something good, something happy. I am sick of spending so much of life alone. It has been so nice getting closer to my brother in law. And I wish they would stay longer..I feel like we are getting closer, and then WOOP they leave. I do not really understand the point of love being so far away.
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