Posted by Poet on May 10, 2006, at 11:38:11
In reply to I can't stand this!, posted by Racer on May 8, 2006, at 1:33:39
Hi Racer,
You're fighting yourself in an emotional boxing ring. *I'd be happy if I were pregnant Racer vs. I'm only happy when I'm thin Racer.* .
I know how frustrated you feel. The logical part of you understands that you have to maintain your weight for the best chance at getting pregnant and keep that weight on through out the pregnancy. The this might not work and I could be thin and happy part of you is trying to get you to give up. Though again the logical part is trying to tell you that being thin does not equal being happy.
I think much of what you can't stand is the anxiety from having to do something that you don't want to do without being able to predict the end result. It's kind of like me going back to school with a specific career goal and thinking that no matter what I won't get a job anyway. If I were thinner I'd have a job, by the way, I know it.
I've put myself in that emotional boxing ring. You're getting a time out. I'll beat on myself, I'm good at it. I can take it.
Poet
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