Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
Proof unavailable, but I think I am holding steady as I manage my social anxiety through the frightening process of breaking politically mandated isolation. I am managing my anxiety of further maskite politics shutting us down again under "Future Anxiety." I don't **get** to predict how deeply that law-loving crowd will be offended by our indecently exposed smiles. Let go and Let God.
Today's meditation read from "Meditations for People Who Worry" seems especially pertinent to that theme. Just sharing. . .
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Respect/Honesty
When my mother worries about me, I feel disrespected, like I can't really handle things myself. ~Karen
One of the most important gifts we can give another human being is the gift of respect. Respect is not in high demand nor is it in great supply these days.
Respect is honoring another person's being, whether we like it or not, and recognizing his/her right to be that way. Rspect is an awareness of differences that welcomes their experience and anticipates being enriched by them. Respect is not about allowing other people to be who they are. It is the recognition that one does not have the right to approve or disapprove of another. We can have our feelings about what others do, and we do not have approval to give.
Respect is the awareness that others have their lives to lead and that each of us has a personal relationship with the Creator that does not need to be mediated.
When others, especially our children, deal with life differently than we would, or have stressful situations to face, we can respect them by assuming they have everything they need to handle that situation.
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I still can't hear nor read lips through a mask and still believe children, especially socially marginalized children such as my foster children, need to socialize with other children, despite senior citizen vulnerability to flu bugs, but. . . Respecting as best I can. Works in progress. . .
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I haven't written in my diary on my computer since May because I thought that my computer was dying. I got away from writing but my computer is hanging in there. I think that I will start writing in it again. It's so therapeutic.
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First, I hope everyone is doing well, and continuing to fight that good fight! Keep up the great work on yourselves; I'm rooting for all of you!So, I started doing therapy at the beginning of the year, when I was in my most depressed state, but with my therapist, I made big changes and steps in the right direction. But, over a month ago, she couldn't take my insurance anymore, and I had to stop...
The bolded, italicized line, if taken literally could be taken to poor extreme of a type of neglect though, since as parents we still need to provide resources and allow for opportunities for our children, to then feel confident that they have everythign they need to handle whatever they face. And perhaps we can talk about the sometimes subtle difference between worrying about a child versus observing them with an open and honest mind to see if they do need some guidance.
Overall, thank you for the share. I especially found this part very helpful, thought-provoking, and enlightening: "Respect is not about allowing other people to be who they are. It is the recognition that one does not have the right to approve or disapprove of another. We can have our feelings about what others do, and we do not have approval to give."
I do not have the right to approve or disapprove of another, just understand and respect their experiences. I wish I could meld that concept into my husband's being! ;)
Good luck with the husband melding. I respect my hubby's right to be who he is, but ply proper social distances on the days he cannot return the favor. Over the course of our 40 odd years together, I have demonstrated that I am not above going intercontinental on the "proper" of my social distancing.