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Old 02-27-2010, 09:53 PM
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BrendaB
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Originally Posted by Ditter43
Scherrie, They say when it rains it pours....that's certainly been true for you. Stress really does a lot of damage to us all, with or without fibro. Learning to let go of the stress is hard, learning to let the stress flow around you instead of through you, priceless!! (but doable sometimes)There are all kind of visuals that you can use to help yourself get into the right frame of mind . When I was still working and the stress was getting to me, I would close my eyes and picture my self standing with crap flying past me, but none of it touched me. As a nurse, that was an easy visualization!! :lol: Find one that works for you..You will be surprised how much it can help.

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What good advice. :-)
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