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Originally Posted by GoGo2
Hope your Zoom meeting was good. I am not feeling so well, so I looked into the forum and found your post. You wrote one sentence that made me want to answer you instead of writing about my own problems. That sentence is this one:
"I do understand that stress can kill as surely as anything and I need to get it under control. "
May be I misread you, but you cannot control stress. The best way you can relate to stress is to take a good look at your life and see what has to change. After making a decision about changes, you have to sit down and make a plan for how to make those changes, step by step. You so often talk about moving out. How do you actively do that (if that is what you still want)?
The next is to learn relaxation techniques that you can use when a stressful event occurs. Then get enough sleep, physical exercise, healthy food and some good and healthy relations with other people.
In short: You have to give up one sort of life style to build another ... How will you do that? (And Jennifer, for God's sake, please stop using Ritalin. Ritalin is for ADHD and not for people with bipolar disorder. Google it).
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Thank you for your post. I use Ritalin as prescribed by my med provider. I have stopped the Ritalin as of the time of the chest pain. I do want to move out and I do believe that would be in my best interest. Yes, you misunderstood my statement about stress. I was in fact referring to stress management techniques which I could better utilize. I am stuck emotionally in moving out versus staying. If I move, I will feel responsible for sending brother and mother to nursing homes. I haven’t worked through that guilt at this time. At the same time, I realize something must change. It’s a very tough decision for me. I plan to strengthen my stress management techniques, exercise better self care and limit contact with my sister along with setting better boundaries. I appreciate your concern.