Originally Posted by
cmc 
Moving or any other major change can be both exciting and stressful. My stress alert signals can go off when things are rosy or grim- when that happens I've learned to be gentle with myself much like I would respond to a friend in the same situation.
Most of the time my emotions are telling me something about myself that I need to pay attention to but sometimes they are just fleeting thoughts and soon pass. Something that helps me when I'm overwhelmed or procrastinating is to take just a few small sure steps toward the task; instead of placing demands on myself that I'm just not ready for.
It sounds like you have a good idea of how/why and what is going on with yourself and that awareness is a gift not everyone has or takes advantage of. Take care.
Thank you.. I lost sight of 'baby steps'.. easy to give that advice to others but sometimes a little harder to follow yourself.. lol
I'm focussing on the big picture and not seeing the little steps that'll get me to the end.. you are absolutely right. I promised myself I'd be gentle with me during this and I'm not. I'm being hard on me. I'm expecting something to be done in 5 minutes that took me two or three months to do when I moved in with him.