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P e p s e e ,
So sorry that I had misspoke about your worries for your Mom having a stroke.

As for my red squirrel, Lol. Thank goodness! Wrong color!

What color is your cat, I will keep an eye out.
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Getting worried about being forgetful. But then, I realize most things are better forgotten.
Then, I forget what exactly I was so worried about, and I am left with worry about nothing'

Then, there are those well-meaning persons, some of them singing: "Don't worry, be happy!" OR, "NO WORRIES!"

Hope you brilliant people are enjoying this "Worries Gone Wild" thread.
I have enjoyed your comments.
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Lizzywho,
Validation! It feels good when someone else has seen the same thing! I wasn't dreaming about seeing that s h o p l I f t e r.

Ms.Madge,
Should we put a time limit on the worries? How long can you worry at one time?

Holiday end,
Maybe, you could stay out of the left field?  Thanks for your contribution.  Procrastination does make worries worse.
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Send, I just spotted this thread otherwise I would have posted sooner.

My worry is that I've gotten so good at pushing my worries to the back of my head to deal with later that soon there will be no more room back there and they will all come pouring out of the front of my head all at once and I won't be able to keep up with them.

But seriously, my Mom's welfare was always my biggest concern and now that she is gone I have to start worrying about me again and I don't really want to do that but it looks like I might have to cause my last Doctor's visit has raised some worry flags for me. I may have no choice anymore. I may have to deal with the extra little spare tire around my middle and my insomnia which are causing health problems. I've got other worries too but I'll start slow and work my way up to them.

Thx for starting this thread Send.
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Bring all your worries here, Gershun.
Maybe that will lighten your burden(s).

It is really difficult to take care of self-worries, when giving people will always care more about others, imo.

I sometimes worry that my head may explode if I don't get my worries out.
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I can really relate to this. cwillie, I carried a copy of the weekly menu in my purse.
I would check to see what was being served when I couldn't be at the nursing home and
call and ask if mom ate. She was only 85 pounds. Now her weight is normal, over 100,
I still fuss a little.
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A political spat over on the whine thread brought out my political worries, this mouse fears sleeping near the elephant when it is in a bad mood :(
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Send, no worries! And my cat is black. I think that's the only reason he's still alive up here in the woods.
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So today, there are so many generalized worries.
One "organizer-type" person has not worked out, so I continued to move furniture by myself.
Still, I seem to be stuck at the point of actually going through the paper clutter.
However, it is good to know that I am officially NOT a hoarder, according to a few that I have consulted. So I was worried for nothing.

Today, I have decided to NOT worry if others are leaving the AC website, because I will survive, even while missing them.

And I worry about the caregivers who are in the trenches, on their loved ones last days, burnout looming, their hearts breaking, stretched to the limits, and there is nothing I can do to ease their burdens, except to say......eat chocolate.

Just writing this, I know my worries need to be let go.
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Send, you are only a hoarder if you have an unreasonable emotional attachment to your stuff (otherwise you are just overwhelmed... or a slob LOL)
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Both, CWillie, I think it's both! I am an overwhelmed slob, Lol, thanks, I think.
: o)
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I'm not a slob but I am overwhelmed
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Que sera sera
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The future's not ours to see.....
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great thread, I wasn't a worrier before caregiving. My attitude was always worry when something happens not before but now I worry. Im worried mom isn't socializing, exercising, or eating a balanced diet. I'm worried I'm not keeping good records of moms finances. I'm worried my siblings will sue me later for, well I don't even know for what except it will involve money. I'm worried moms dementia will
get worse. I'm worried I'm over worrying. I'm worried this situation will last longer than I can deal with it. Wow I never listed all my worries & im sure there's more. Anyway it's helpful just to share, thanks
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Momshelp,
Reading your worries......
It is helpful to share them, I agree.
That is how I felt.
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