MC, I really do appreciate your frankness. As always, it's great to have your perspective on my situation as you tend to always offer the voice of reason from a different perspective. I agree that my acceptance of my W's behavior in that situation is not normal - but then again, I have had to accept that my W limits herself because of her depression and anxiety issues. I'm torn when it comes to this because I know I can't push her further than she pushes herself, and when she gets down on herself I don't see any benefit to pushing her further. So, yes, I was telling her that she did great in just getting accomplished what needed to be done - she got our sick son picked up from school. I was looking to the positives for her sake. In the moment, she was so clouded by her anxiety, and actually pretty frantic. She had to dial out for an operator to get through to me too. This is difficult for her, as strange as that sounds. We all have to adapt to our situations and circumstances.
“No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. ” – Albert Einstein
