Saturdays Chip - MOM Syndrome/ Perspective

[Tiger]

I offer the following because it seems hard to find a "current chip"

During my early AA years as I continued to slip in and out of AA my sponsor suggested I seek a physiologist for help. I went for a year and can't remember anything but the first visit

During that first visit after I told him my story he replied "your a victim of the MOM syndrome". I replied "you mean I was the only son of a loving Irish mother who spoiled me" "no" he replied "all your life you made mountains out of molehills"

Boy, how right he was. In my life everything was a federal case. I had no perception on the "happenings of life" as in *what does this mean over a lifetime" or "and this too shall pass"

Years of sobriety has given me a perspective on the "happenings of life"...both good and bad!

So,,,,,,,are you a victim of the Mom Syndrome or do you
have a perspective on these happenings of this thing we call "life"?

Tiger

[Lin]

Thanks for posting a chip today Tiger! Saturdays aroudn here are not very much trafic. LOL

MOM syndrome>? totally! I could blow things so out of proportion that I thought I was gonna explode. The least little thing woudl put me over the edge.

One way i ahve diminished it is to journal. If i write down what is bothering me and read it. I often see that I was jsut making a big deal out of someting small. Dont sweat the small stuff! is a slogan that gets me thru alot of things these days.

Great hearing from you!

LIN

[~graced~]

LOL I read the choices and I thought 'SHE KNEW MY MOTHER!'. The woman had one perspective--EVERYthing was huge and horrible.

Today things are pretty 'right sized' for me. I'm pretty conscious of what COULD be happening and I'm grateful for what's not. I've also developed a huge sence of gratitude for what IS....cuz nothing is all bad. And I'm clear, things that I saw no purpose in had LOADS of purpose in my life. Just because I can't 'see' at that moment in time, doesn't mean there's no value in the circumstances.

My first lesson in A.A. was "there's more than one way to look at things"--which was a HUGE thing for me. I was always, ALWAYS right and there was nothing wrong with my perception/vision.
The good news is, I've had a whole lot of help in discovering that's THE furthest thing from the truth!

I still rely on folks to challenge my perception--simply cuz I can STILL go there. I still don't know what's 'good' for me. Today I know that and I'm glad to say that I don't see anything as all 'bad' and don't always look for the worst in others outta the gate.

There's no mountain that can't be climbed and that view from the top is an awesome one--so I try to persevere regardless.