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Old 01-11-2010, 10:00 AM
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Bernadette
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Whooooooo - just reading your post made me exhausted!!!

The only way to stop the obsession is to stop the obsession!

Some tricks I have used in the past:

Looking at the clock or setting a timer for 10 - 15 minutes max and telling myself OK B you can freak out and worry about all this until X time and then you are going to _________________ (fill in blank with something that you need to do for yourself).

or I say this ad infinitum until it pushes every other thought out of my head:

God grant me the
Serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage
to change the things I can, and the
Wisdom
to know the difference.

It helps me to remember that obsession is a symptom of codependency and that if I am going to break those sick habits of mind it takes practice. I believe that my obsessing is a way to not face whatever is cooking on my side of the street.

peace-
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