Posted by likelife on February 15, 2003, at 18:03:35
In reply to When do you start feeling like a grown up?, posted by Dinah on February 15, 2003, at 1:39:16
I'm thinking, next year, I'll start feeling (and acting) like a grownup. Of course, I thought the same thing about this year, so who knows...
You're right, everything does seem so big and unmanageable. I've given up on looking at the big picture, because when I do, it just causes me to run for my bed. Every now and then though, the picture comes streaming back into my conscious, and I get generally terrified. Maybe giant blinders like horses wear would help.
You have, however, managed to do this thus far. Maybe it wasn't exactly in the ways you hoped, but here you are. (And if this sounds like paternal bs, I apologize).
I think, at the heart of it, we all want someone who will perpetually take care of us and let us stay home from school and take our temperature and put a cool cloth on our foreheads. How many of us have been perpetually searching for someone to do just that? I know I have for a long time, and perpetually come up short on my search. My therapist keeps telling me that I need to get on board with myself, and realize that I can take care of myself (and this includes eliciting care from others if need be).
Hang in there.
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