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starfish1012's picture

:O

With all that being a SM entails...I find that often I forget to breathe. Literally.

Want to share your physical effects of the life of a "step"?

geeps's picture

I have seizures! Well, I've always had them, but sometimes the stress (and lack of sleep) will bring one on. Especially when the SD4's are tired and have gone "Lord of the Flies" and DH forgot to take his ADHD meds. Biggrin

geeps's picture

Thanks Smile

Saying the SD's have gone "Lord of the Flies" is my endearing way of telling DH they either need to take a nap or go to bed!

StayorGo's picture

My stomach just aches as soon as Monday of visitation week starts. As soon as Monday of off week comes, I am fine again. It is a terrible feeling. I have gone so far as to self medicate as to not feel so much anxiety. I also have a ton of headaches and have more nightmares during visitation weeks.

spinknottle's picture

The only think that affected me physically with DSD was when I first came on scene. I found that for a 5-6 year old, she was acting in manipulative ways. I didn't know how to handle it and sometimes would cry up in the bedroom (ex: when she said things like "you don't live here, only me and my dad do" which wasn't true).

There were times when she would say something to me and my stomach would drop or my face would get hot nad blush because I was nervous and didn't want to say the "wrong thing".

Eventually we worked the kinks out. It had a lot to do with me and DH talking endlessly about how he needed to open his ears and support the "Respect everyone" rule.

PoisonApples's picture

It happens because you either keep hitting the save button or you refresh the screen after you've hit the save button.

spinknottle's picture

When I hit the save button it shows me a screen saying "Server busy" or something to that effect, so I hit the "back" button ..........maybe I'll start typing in word and copy and pasting to try and avoid the doubles......I'm sure it's annoying for people to read the same thing over again

PoisonApples's picture

Get a better internet connection.

Typing in word won't make any difference.

You are posting the content to the server more than once so it is getting saved more than once. It makes no difference where you write it, it's the posting not the writing that's causing the problem.

When you hit the back button you are reloading the last page and the post event from that page, which was to upload your comment, therefore you comment is actually posted twice.

To avoid it DO NOT hit the back button. If you get an error go back to a different page, the home page, your blog home, whatever - just any page that wasn't uploading content. See if your post is there. If it isn't THEN you can use the back button if you want to get back to the page that was uploading the content.

I really think the answer for you is to upgrade your internet connection though.

beenthere2's picture

I have developed fibromyalgia due to the stress of living with dh and his son. I ache all over, all the time. My joints hurt all the time.

glynne's picture

I've been sober for over 8 years going on 9. I cannot blame SD for my alcoholism but I can say that I self medicated to live with the stress. It was a truly awful time.

japanspring's picture

Every time BM calls to talk to her son, I start sweating and feel a huge wave of anxiety embracing me. I am thinking what in the world she is going to say this time. When I see her whenever she picks up or drops off the kid, I literally want to puke. My heart starts beating very fast. It’s just like I would an exam. Every time I tell myself “Stop, stop. You don’t have any reason to feel like that. You should pity her. It’s just a woman who abandoned her child and tries to pretend being someone else.” I have developed a sort of phobia, BM phobia.
Unfortunately, I can’t help it.

iwishyouwould's picture

Yes, but i never inhaled Smile

No but seriously... um (none of this is cause of kiddo...all of this is caused by the psycho).. PCOS activate!!! - my cycle is longer than it was a year ago by like a week (i mean the time in between periods) and my actual period only lasts about three days, my cycle totally stopped for two months, and has now become as excruciatingly painful as it was when i was a kid... and of course... migraines, my neck gets so tense that i can pop it by just turning my head, my shoulders are always cramped..nothing helps, not hot showers, a bath, a massage, nothing... i used to never get sick .. now i ALWAYS am tired, or naseuous, or have a runny nose, or just feel physically gross. YAY. kiddo's worth it. I could do without the PCOS and neck pain though.

ateacher's picture

I feel sick to my stomach whenever I know it's her calling or texting. She talks to her daughter like she's a toddler. Makes me wanna puke. I hate the weekends too because she's always on the horizon. I try and try but I tense up this kid is soo needy and immature. Here I am an educator who thrives on teaching autonomy and self-reliance I have to start at the beginning all the time. She needs constant reassurrance. But reading all the other entries I need to keep it together. My H rocks and my daughter is great. The consolation is that my BD and SD are growing together very lovingly.