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Puzzledtraveller

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6. Thank you Tab.
Thu Oct 8, 2015, 03:52 PM
Oct 2015

It is difficult to assess what you are feeling. I have been sort of in a zone, not quite denial but in a delayed processing phase and in some way I'm waiting for some great impact that may not come. That of course causes me to question my emotions and why am I not breaking down into tears. I am also feeling physically out of sorts and that creates a paranoia that something is wrong with me too. I became aware that this cycle can get out of control and it helped to read your advice. It has helped to ground me to the news and stay in the moment and not the infinite abyss of what-if's. If anything I do have a greater awareness of what I need to change in my own life but also to not let a sense of urgency push you over the mental cliff. I have to get this down in specifics and deal with them as they are and one day at a time. It is your response and that of others here that has helped me understand this.

Thank you again Tab.

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I am sorry to hear about your mom. Solly Mack Oct 2015 #1
Thank you for your kinds and considerate words. Puzzledtraveller Oct 2015 #4
I am so sorry to hear about you Mom and glad you decided to post in this forum and share ... slipslidingaway Oct 2015 #2
Thank you. Puzzledtraveller Oct 2015 #5
Welcome Tab Oct 2015 #3
Thank you Tab. Puzzledtraveller Oct 2015 #6
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