It's become my Thursday morning ritual to read your newsletter when I'm technically supposed to be working. This one shot right to my heart! I have a very similar situation with my mom. She's one of the only people I look to for support, and I always thought that airing those thoughts to her so that she could talk me down was a good thing. These rants (so often phone calls of me crying in my room) would always end with me feeling better, so I thought that that was working, that was support. This made me realize how much of my time with my mom is spent in this way (I too have a trove of cards of her telling me I'll get through this) and how I can only ask for support by having a true breakdown and releasing all my negative thoughts onto her. While I do think that I will continue to always depend on my mom for assurance (that's what parents are for!!), this made me think about how I can go about it in a more healthy way and how I can learn to ask for support. Thank you for this :)))
It's become my Thursday morning ritual to read your newsletter when I'm technically supposed to be working. This one shot right to my heart! I have a very similar situation with my mom. She's one of the only people I look to for support, and I always thought that airing those thoughts to her so that she could talk me down was a good thing. These rants (so often phone calls of me crying in my room) would always end with me feeling better, so I thought that that was working, that was support. This made me realize how much of my time with my mom is spent in this way (I too have a trove of cards of her telling me I'll get through this) and how I can only ask for support by having a true breakdown and releasing all my negative thoughts onto her. While I do think that I will continue to always depend on my mom for assurance (that's what parents are for!!), this made me think about how I can go about it in a more healthy way and how I can learn to ask for support. Thank you for this :)))