A Commitment to Go Forward...

[Guest guest]

All,

I've found the recent interactions and responses to some differing

ways of handling triggers to be extremely enlightening. Some people

handle triggers by sharing them…some find more private ways to do so.

I started to really think about how dealing with interactions that

trigger uncomfortable feelings relate to my IE journey. What I

remembered was that in addition to food as a go to solution, one of my

other dominant solutions for discomfort/sadness or preventing the

possibility of future discomfort is withdrawing/ending a relationship.

Food and withdrawing are both valid solutions that have worked and

continue to work for me. However, I now recognize how going to these

solutions also helps prevents healing and finding new levels of

strength and understanding within myself. I've experimented with going

through sticky situations with an emphasis on self-care without food

and " leaving " and I've been happy to discover that I was stronger than

I thought I was.

I have an important relationship with this group and I can't imagine

letting a road bump, which is normal and expected along any journey,

convince me to give up the support I receive from the members of this

group. There's so much more to discover and share! New people will

come and some members will choose to leave for a variety of reasons

and I will miss what they could have contributed. I'm committed to

continuing my interaction with the group...the IE joys and the

challenges.

Thank you all for being here.

Latoya