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Aug 01, 2008 at 07:22 PM
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(trigger because cutting is mentioned)
Okay, so I am accepting that at the very least, there is this young part of me that wants to be taken care of. T takes care of her, and when he does that, it makes me feel like maybe *I* can take care of her. And then there is scary teenager me, who wants to hide in the closet and cut and listen to music way too loud and just generally stomp around being shut off and angry. I've been stuck with the teenager all week - but I felt the young me coming back in therapy today. I want to take care of HER this weekend, if I can keep angry teenage me at bay. What do you do to take care of your young ones?? I feel so....fragile, I guess. Like I can FEEL angry teenager waiting in the wings. I just don't want that. |
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Aug 01, 2008 at 07:51 PM
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I have a young child and a teen too. I'm interested in the answers here too because I do not know how to take care of my little one, and if I let "her" do something then "I" feel like it's not appropriate.
Hope we can find some answers! Take care of all of you. 
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Aug 01, 2008 at 07:55 PM
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I am going to go out and get myself something with whipped cream! Like a sundae or something.  I want to see how it feels to do something nice for young me. I do feel a little scared that it will trigger me into a bad place, but I don't know why. So, I'm just going to be gentle with myself and see how it goes. Wish me luck
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Aug 01, 2008 at 08:01 PM
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I wish you luck!
Have a good ice cream, with lots of whipped cream!!! YUM. (and don't feel bad about it, ok?) __________________ complic8d"Don't say I'm out of touch with this rampant chaos-your reality I know well what lies beyond my secret refuge The nightmare I built my own world to escape." ♥evanescence♥
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Aug 01, 2008 at 09:23 PM
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Good luck. Sometimes I like to watch animated Disney movies to calm us all down (although that's partly because I love Disney myself
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Aug 01, 2008 at 09:50 PM
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Griffe said: Good luck. Sometimes I like to watch animated Disney movies to calm us all down (although that's partly because I love Disney myself ). </div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> Hey That's a good idea My whipped cream was YUMMY, by the way! I'm glad I did that. 
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Aug 01, 2008 at 10:07 PM
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Glad that it worked out
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Aug 02, 2008 at 08:48 AM
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We just watch Ice Age the Meltdown the other day and loved it. What a great idea.
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Aug 02, 2008 at 08:39 PM
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Do you have children earthmama? If so, maybe you can think about what you have done to comfort them when they are hurting. If not, perhaps you can observe others with children and see how they comfort their children. I think it takes different things at different times, depending on which part of the brain is active. Maybe you can keep coloring books and movies and bubble baths, etc around and use those as desired. Whipped cream sounds good too.
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Aug 03, 2008 at 06:09 AM
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I DO have children - three boys I know I was not taken care of as a little girl - although sometimes my mom would buy me a doll or something after a particularly ugly episode at home, and those gifts always made me sick- still do, just typing about it here.So! I'm not sure what a little girl likes. I DO like to color and already have some coloring books. I think what i would like the most is if someone would just be nice to me for no reason - just because i'm me. |
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Aug 04, 2008 at 04:34 PM
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hey i am an angry teen who cuts and aint nobody around to take care of me. i take care of me. i'll end me too if i want. nona
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