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- I have begun to realize that the more I focus my attention outside myself, the happier and more positive I feel. When I reach out to others and give of my genuine self, I feel fulfilled. It remains a challenge for me to not allow myself to get swept...
- So tomorrow is Thanksgiving and with the day comes some stress for me. I have a strong need to relate to people on a deep level and I find everyday chitchat to be kind of stressful. I really don't care about the color my aunt painted her bedroom, or...
- I am not sure what is the best way to handle it when a person is disrepecting you to your face. Do you turn the other cheek, tell them that you do not appreciate their attitude, or just sit there til they're done? I am not the type to yell or...
- I have 2 children with completely different dispositions. One is real positive and the other is negative about everything. They seem to have been born that way because one was a happy baby and the other cried alot and seemed to be affected by...
- I have come to realize - with all the help and love that I've received on this site - that basically I am happy with who I am. It is other people who bring me down. What are your feelings on this?
- How can I "be there" for my child without getting swept up in the emotions and feelings of the child? I want to let my kids know that I love and care about them without having their mood affect my mood. Is it possible to do that?
- I just got back from a visit with my father and step mom. For the first 2 days I felt wonderfully positive and with a feeling of really savoring every moment and living in the present. I felt as tho nothing could bring me down and I really felt very...
- Why do I have these negative thoughts over and over again when I KNOW they are not true.
- How do you keep positive self-talk going? I find that during the course of a day my mind is constantly telling me negative, discouraging things.I use affirmations, but I still end up feeling less happy than I started out.
- I have learned so much from all of the support I've gotten from the DAPA group. My primary goal is to change my overall negative attitude of life and people into a more positive one. I see people around me treating me and my kids (and others) with...
- I've heard people talk about being socially anxious in this DAPA group and I want to share a very helpful book that made a tremendous positive difference in my life and the lives of my children.I also suffer from feeling anxious in social...
- I am new here and grew up in a family where I took care of my parents. We didn't have enough money and my mother would yell at my father constantly. I took it upin myself at a very young age to reassure my mother that things would be ok and tell my...
- I only feel "happy" when my kids are happy. Someone told me something that I'll never forget: she said "you are only as happy as your LEAST happy child." Do other parents feel this way?Is there a way to get over this?
- How do you stop the thoughts that run through your mind and ruin the moment? I was at my child's school play today and I kept thinking about how the play related to my life, instead of just focusing on the play. I look around at the audience which...
- I think that I react so strongly to others pain because those are the feelings that I have been suppressing. This is a huge realization for me! Thanks so much everyone for allowing me to see this. From now on I will be keeping track of how I react...