Guest guest Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 This is a PS to my earlier post--I thought about how, once I just got dressed and got out the door, being at the office and doing things here was really the easier task. For me, getting dressed to leave is always a difficult undertaking, because it was while I was doing that (getting ready for school) that nada conducted a large part of her abuse. That is one thing that's really, really *hard for me. And, certain tasks at work are harder than others--meaning, they take up more emotional energy, cause more stress than others. I think it's really important to know which things are hard for us and which things are, instead, energy generating. As KOs we were taught to ignore and discount those messages from ourselves. It's really important to try and limit how many 'hard' things you force yourself to do in one day--especially days of great stress! One year I spent several months doing journal entries every day--what felt good today, what felt bad today--until I learned what was stressful. Getting dressed in the morning or day--ALWAYS stressful. And the more stress one is under overall, the *harder, the hard things are. It's good to understand though that this does not mean we are out of control--we can catch back up again and learn to design our days, and our tasks, so that we can do things comfortably, recognizing what's going to hurt and what's not going to. --Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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