Pushing through Guilt
This one is tricky.
The wrestling with this one originates with the mother and the womb: Did I not eat healthy enough?
Did something happen that day I slipped on the ice and fell on my pregnant belly?
And the questions persist right up to this very minute. We won’t belabor the questions; we all know know how they echo in our heads. How do we stop the incessant clanging?
Let’s be honest… a lot of crying prayer on this one.
We’re still working on it. It’s a process. We imagine there are different answers for all of us, but if you can borrow anything useful from us, we’re willing to share this very short list:
- Researching and recognizing the physical aspects of mental illness in the brain and evaluating the prevalence in our own family history.
- Repeating the mantra:
It is what it is
orThis is what we have
and working really hard to accept that. - Remembering the kindest, most healing words spoken to us by a counselor, and reminding ourselves:
We’re doing the best we can do.
Please, if you have any greater insight or cures, contact us.
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