Comments on: Love amidst the wrath of a bipolar storm http://pearlleeschroy.com/love-in-the-wrath-of-a-bipolar-storm/ Discover a new way... Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:46:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Manny http://pearlleeschroy.com/love-in-the-wrath-of-a-bipolar-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Manny Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:23:54 +0000 http://pearlleeschroy.com/?p=115#comment-14 Thank you, Pearl. This is beautifully and vulnerably written. Manny Thank you, Pearl. This is beautifully and vulnerably written. Manny

]]> By: pearlschroy http://pearlleeschroy.com/love-in-the-wrath-of-a-bipolar-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-13 pearlschroy Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:18:52 +0000 http://pearlleeschroy.com/?p=115#comment-13 Thank you so much for your comments. Devin, thank you for sharing so intimately about what reveals perhaps a more universal experience than many of us realize. You articulate beautifully the psychology driving your mother's interactions with you. I am curious whether your mother is aware of her impact and whether you have communicated any of this with her. I am thrilled for your declaration to move forward in healing the relationship. You and your mother have a whole new world to look forward to. I'm sure it's already opened up for you as you keep choosing to respond from a place of love. So beautiful! Today, I took my mother to the ocean and watched her laugh and smile as she played in the waves. She was so happy. We shared an entire day being connected, no yelling, no triggers... it was bliss. She and I, both, have had to work and continue to be tested but today the universe smiled on us, reminding us we've come a long way. Thank you so much for your comments. Devin, thank you for sharing so intimately about what reveals perhaps a more universal experience than many of us realize. You articulate beautifully the psychology driving your mother’s interactions with you. I am curious whether your mother is aware of her impact and whether you have communicated any of this with her. I am thrilled for your declaration to move forward in healing the relationship. You and your mother have a whole new world to look forward to. I’m sure it’s already opened up for you as you keep choosing to respond from a place of love. So beautiful!

Today, I took my mother to the ocean and watched her laugh and smile as she played in the waves. She was so happy. We shared an entire day being connected, no yelling, no triggers… it was bliss. She and I, both, have had to work and continue to be tested but today the universe smiled on us, reminding us we’ve come a long way.

]]> By: Devin http://pearlleeschroy.com/love-in-the-wrath-of-a-bipolar-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Devin Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:38:01 +0000 http://pearlleeschroy.com/?p=115#comment-12 Thank you so much for sharing this Pearl. I can relate to the challenges that I have faced with my mother. Being the youngest of five I have always been the baby of the family and that is the way that my mother still perceives me. I know my mother loves me deeply but I also feel her disapproval with the choices I have made in my life and her interaction with me is usually laden with her voicing that in a number of different ways. Often this manifests as an attempt to shame me by telling me I am making the wrong decision or as a guilt trip by telling me how I am letting her down. This tends to put me into a defensive mode because it usually feels like she is attacking the very core of my person. I am just now starting to realize the extent of the affect this has had on me over the years. But now having awareness around it, I am ready to see how I can heal this relationship. I'm not angry at my mother nor do I blame her. She did the best she could and her judgements don't have the same hold over me anymore and instead of reacting with negativity or defensiveness like I did in the past, I can choose to respond from a place of love. It's not always easy though as these patterns of behavior are so much more ingrained then others that I can change more easily. Thank you so much for sharing this Pearl. I can relate to the challenges that I have faced with my mother. Being the youngest of five I have always been the baby of the family and that is the way that my mother still perceives me. I know my mother loves me deeply but I also feel her disapproval with the choices I have made in my life and her interaction with me is usually laden with her voicing that in a number of different ways. Often this manifests as an attempt to shame me by telling me I am making the wrong decision or as a guilt trip by telling me how I am letting her down. This tends to put me into a defensive mode because it usually feels like she is attacking the very core of my person. I am just now starting to realize the extent of the affect this has had on me over the years. But now having awareness around it, I am ready to see how I can heal this relationship. I’m not angry at my mother nor do I blame her. She did the best she could and her judgements don’t have the same hold over me anymore and instead of reacting with negativity or defensiveness like I did in the past, I can choose to respond from a place of love. It’s not always easy though as these patterns of behavior are so much more ingrained then others that I can change more easily.

]]> By: Johanna Klouda http://pearlleeschroy.com/love-in-the-wrath-of-a-bipolar-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Johanna Klouda Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:44:42 +0000 http://pearlleeschroy.com/?p=115#comment-11 Pearl, great work! THank you for courageously sharing your experience. Way to go Coach! ;-) Pearl, great work! THank you for courageously sharing your experience. Way to go Coach! ;-)

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