We go from High's when things seem to improve no matter how slightly or imagined, to disgustingly low Lows when reality steps in many times a day.
Obviously I'm experiencing some pretty nasty lows right now. I'll explain more thoroughly on my thread sometime today.
And Michael, we all need to hear it from time to time. We have to hear someone tell us we're not totally crazy for hanging on. That's why many of us are here, right?
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I am slowly, but surely, learning to pay attention to my own mental/emotional/physical well being, because, if there is one thing that I have learned here, I own my happiness.
Kudos and pat yourself on the back! This is, IMO, one of the very hardest lessons to learn. And expect that you will occasionally forget or behave in ways that undermine this. There's this great quote from one of the new Batman movies on the subject, though. "Why do we fall? We fall so we can learn to pick ourselves back up." Don't let minor failures get you down - just make a little course correction.
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So, I wait. And take it one day at a time. Small victories, right? She did unfriend him like I asked. That's better than leaving me.
Good attitude. Baby steps. And make sure you recognize her baby steps to her as well. Let your W know she's getting it right so she doesn't get discouraged either.
undefeated 24 H 24 S's 4, 2, 1 M 5 yrs
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all." ~Dale Carnegie
