Posted by ClearSkies on December 29, 2007, at 9:59:54
In reply to I miss my T so bad., posted by llurpsienoodle on December 29, 2007, at 9:09:49
> That I begin crying even before I can get a strong mental image of him.
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> and my kitty too.
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> -LlAw, Llurpsie. It's hard to be so far from home and to miss those things so strongly. Try to focus on the soothing things you brought along (I think you mentioned lavender?) that will give you a whiff of familiarity in such foreign surroundings. It served me well to become an observer rather than try to engage this past week with all the strange goings on. Imagine ClearSkies in her virtual pith helmet, taking her field notes in her virtual tent at night! In reality it was a couple of scribbled lines in a well-used notebook before going to bed, but it helped me.
And sometimes, when we are feeling really badly, it's all we can do to watch our breath go out and then in again. Do this and count backwards from 30 for each breath ("30 count in, 30 count out; 29 count in, 29 count out"); I find that I get lost after the 26th count, or bored maybe?, but it's helpful for me to concentrate on something other than my misery for a short while. Give this little exercise a try. And if you can't, well, you will keep on breathing, won't you? The breath won't mind whether you're able to count it or not.
Take care. I miss you too.
ClearSkies
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