Pfrog is still working on this.

Sometimes I do well ... Sometimes I don't.

I'm not doing well with it right now as I've had a tremendous amount of physical and emotional stress on me this year ... I'm aware of when I started slipping back into the poor coping skills, and I plan on thoroughly discussing it with my therapist so I can put it in perspective and get rolling in the right direction again.

Mind you, the physical and emotional pain I've been in this year are not an excuse to go there, but since those were my first learned coping skills, it's easier to return there by default whenever things start going south for me.

I know I feel better when I don't go there, but I'm not gonna beat myself up over it either ... I'm simply doing the best I can, and that's okay too ... Sometimes I think we need to give ourselves a break because the harder we are on ourselves the more we seem to return to those poor coping skills and the more power it gives them.