Not detatch more, just don’t allow yourself to get sucked back in too quickly. Eventually, the detatchment has to come to an end but carefully and slowly.
"Acceptance doesn't mean resignation. It means understanding that something is what it is and there's got to be a way through it."--Michael J. Fox
Cat and MHL - that is the hard part. Trying to maintain the correct level of being detached and allowing that to ease off when needed.
SC - Not sure where he is as far as that goes, but he will now be seen with us in public it seems. Yet he still does for the most part try not to let me into his life too much yet as far as what he tells me, etc. Sloooooooowly that is improving. But veeeeerrrrrrry sloooooooowly.
Mila - guess I should add that to my playlist! I too keep reminding myself that what is a couple of years of hell compared to what our M has been and where it could be for a much longer time than that. The lessons we have learned, the pain we have gone through, all of that can make the M so much stronger in the future if given the chance.
TF, Sorry for the hijack but I think we are in the same boat for now.
Cat, Understand what you are saying, I think this stage of the game that it is a balancing act between letting down that guard a little in order to be around them and do things with them but not be surprised or hurt when they take a step back or are not progressing in step with you.
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Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
Cat, Understand what you are saying, I think this stage of the game that it is a balancing act between letting down that guard a little in order to be around them and do things with them but not be surprised or hurt when they take a step back or are not progressing in step with you.
I think that sums it up really well. I am trying to find that balance - it is so hard!
Mila - I guess time will tell if we will be given that chance, but if not with this M maybe a new one.