Dear Sylvia,
I think also that you now have the peace and "head space" to think clearly about what was happening then.
When you are in the eye of the storm it is very difficult to think clearly. At those times it is usually better to walk away and have physical space and peace in order to think more clearly.
You only learn as you go along and experience things. You are reading something that you now see so clearly - that may not have been the case before you experienced it.
So forgive yourself (if the guilt is overwhelming you) for handling something in a way that you might do so differently now. And not to say that even with that knowledge you might not always have been able to say "it is the disease speaking/acting". We always forget that usually the decisions we made at the time were based on the situation as it was then - hindsight is a wonderful thing, of course. Otherwise if we all had the skills in place then there would be no need for TP or books, would there?
Be kind to yourself - you deserve it x
I think also that you now have the peace and "head space" to think clearly about what was happening then.
When you are in the eye of the storm it is very difficult to think clearly. At those times it is usually better to walk away and have physical space and peace in order to think more clearly.
You only learn as you go along and experience things. You are reading something that you now see so clearly - that may not have been the case before you experienced it.
So forgive yourself (if the guilt is overwhelming you) for handling something in a way that you might do so differently now. And not to say that even with that knowledge you might not always have been able to say "it is the disease speaking/acting". We always forget that usually the decisions we made at the time were based on the situation as it was then - hindsight is a wonderful thing, of course. Otherwise if we all had the skills in place then there would be no need for TP or books, would there?
Be kind to yourself - you deserve it x