OK, one change I do want to ask you to make is to stop using I must, I should, I ought to.
The mind doesn't like it, it resists being told to do something, I would like you to say the powerful word choose.
I choose to shift from passive aggressive stance.
I choose to build a great R with my children.
I choose to treat my depression with every tool I can find, an that can include medical intervention. Do that which works.
Choose to drop the negative too. If I say to you 'don't drop that vase, don't think about pink elephants dancing with hippos'. What happens? Yep those damn elephants drop the vases on the hippos!
Know that you did the best you could, when you know more you will do better.
I really like your attitude of working on you.
Take your time, you have the gift of time, use it.
Don't change, shift instead. Shift happens in a moment and I have seen so many times how shift upon shift happens.
I can already see small shifts, it's amazing to be part of that journey with you.
I am going to consider what freebie tools I can find for assertiveness training, that is a new soft skill set to replace passive aggressive responses which is NMMNG.
Excellent, really proud of your shifts.
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Freedom is just another word for nothing left to loose. V 64, WAW