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Kcsora
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 Posted - 06/25/2012 : 22:23:35
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So having my parents here for a short stent from out of town is leaving me to be anxious. Both work aholics, and perfections. So they are showing love by cleaning and fixing constantly, and I do tell them I appreciate all they do for my family. However, sitting to hav a normal healthy conversation is unheard of because they have very strong religious and political views. Then my husband is a pastor, and we are supposed to be kind and loving, which I can to a degree...but I cry inside that they do not want to spend time with me or my kids just to talk.
Today I expressed appreciation, but was also able to say that really we just want to talk and spend time with you on your short visits. I felt good expressing my feelings, not something I grew up doing. I was the good compliant one, who dared not open my mouth or I would be labeled as defiant, as my older sister was labeled.
I had a few twinges of pain,but over all pain stayed at bay. Learning how to express my anger, and anxieties. Very hard when I have grown up the past 35 yrs stuffing my emotions to keep the peace. Learning. |
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SteveO
USA
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Posted - 06/26/2012 : 08:32:24
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As children we never learned how to properly express ourselves, thus TMS as adults.
Through expression comes purging, and from purging comes healing. It is the most direct path to healing. Josef Breuer taught Freud how to do it and Freud taught the world.
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Anxiety, frustration.
