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Helcat@anita and @HoneyBlossom
Thank you both for sharing! I appreciate your experiences and advice. I hope you have a good day.
It is comforting to learn that these thoughts might one day cease on their own accord. Focusing on one day at a time sounds like good advice.
An emotional part of me does feel like pain from the past will last forever, simply because it has so far. But, the logical side of me differs. I do not focus on the pain. My attention comes and goes as I prefer to focus on my life. The pain continues to get smaller. I am hopeful that one day those feelings will resolve. Perhaps this is a foolish hope, or a denial of the idea of living with it. Perhaps these feelings are something that I will need to accept.
I have tried reframing the thoughts. It doesn’t seem to stick though. It may take more time? I will keep at it as I have been able to successfully reframe other thoughts in the past. This one is stubborn though.
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