我们花费大量时间担心和等待。 我们经常生活在混乱,沮丧,精疲力竭的漫长季节中。 当然,焦虑。
只要我记得,我就一直感到焦虑,这意味着在加拿大pc方面,我的焦虑情绪会进一步加剧。 在我的一生中,我听到过以下内容:
-放手,放开上帝
-服用冷丸
-冷静
-您只需要有更多的信念
-没关系
让我说清楚一件事: 当你有焦虑时,你不能仅仅“吸吮它”。 焦虑会使人衰弱。
只要我记得,我就一直感到焦虑,这意味着在加拿大pc方面,我的焦虑情绪会进一步加剧。 在我的一生中,我听到过以下内容:
-放手,放开上帝
-服用冷丸
-冷静
-您只需要有更多的信念
-没关系
让我说清楚一件事: 当你有焦虑时,你不能仅仅“吸吮它”。 焦虑会使人衰弱。
现在在艰难的环境中焦虑并不一定意味着 你有焦虑。 有不同类型的临床焦虑症。 但是,情境焦虑在等待领养的人中很普遍。
我不会去玩。 There are no superficial suggestions here like, just have a "spa day" 与 a friend, or jet off to Hawaii, or meditate. Yes, a spa day, a fab vaca, or meditation might be able to help, but my goal is to provide you 与 practical (and from my 经验) help.
For more ideas, I explore 的 "waiting to adopt" phase in depth in 满怀希望的妈妈加拿大pc指南.
1: 列出什么有帮助。
这应该是 个性化 list of 的 things you can do to stay focused on peace, joy, patience, and thankfulness instead of on worry and control. 键入此列表并将其张贴在可见的地方。 And 的n refer to it often! 我保证,这会很有帮助。 我称我的名单为“当焦虑症获胜时”。以下是m清单上的一些启发您入门的东西:
-在阳光明媚的日子外出,呼吸新鲜空气
-schedule a coffee date 与 a trusted girlfriend
-喝绿色或 白茶 或采取 茶氨酸
-避免社交媒体( 为什么的解释)
-听我最喜欢的充满活力或平静的音乐(取决于我的心情)
-在家里整理东西
-散发精油(我更喜欢橙色的能量或香草来镇静)或轻盈 最喜欢的蜡烛
-重复最喜欢的圣经经文
2: Seek 的 guidance of an 采用 competent counselor.
并非所有人都会被领养,因此,如果您选择接受咨询,我敦促您要挑剔!
在我最近的乳腺癌之旅中,咨询对我来说是一个大奖。 My 焦虑 was 在 an all-time high, and it seemed like nothing I was doing was "enough" to tame 的 beast. 我需要认知行为策略。
最近, I learned of 的 container exercise - -调查它! Very helpful to "contain" whatever 采用 issues you are wrestling 与, 的 ones keeping you up 在 night.
Counseling is great because it's an "outside party" who can listen to you 与out judgement and offer suggestions and exercises you can do to help your 焦虑.
3: 加入加拿大pc支持小组和/或创建一个 加拿大pc“村”。
The more perspectives you have, 的 better. 一个伟大的采用支持小组将 所有黑社会成员, inviting everyone into 的 conversation. 它应该是一个开放,欢迎的地方,您可以在其中提问和获得答复。
有人问我,在线支持小组如何? I love that online groups bring about different triad members from all over 的 world. 我喜欢您可以随意参加,也可以坐下来阅读。 However, 的re are some drawbacks: 发布任何私人信息意味着很多人可以访问该信息。 在线加拿大pc小组中往往有很多戏剧。 These groups also tend to have a few strong voices that dominate 的 group's discussion and direction.
因此,我想说的是,请您自行决定加入,并记住那没什么,我是说 没有什么比面对面,手牵手,心连心的关系更有用,更美丽. 因此,如果您从事在线支持,请同时考虑个人对个人的支持(更重要的是)。
4: Get educated.
Oftentimes, 的 source of 采用 焦虑 is ignorance, meaning, a lack of knowledge. For example, perhaps your social worker has given you a checklist in which you must say what type of 采用 you will or will not consider including 跨种族的 采用, older 儿童 采用, and 特殊需求 采用.
您想要快速标记为“否”,因为您很害怕。 你被吓到了。 您有上百万个问题,但感觉太冻结而无法寻求答案。 但是答案正是您做出有根据的,自信的决定所需要的。
I have talked to SO many 养父母s who stepped out in faith, after getting educated, and have 的 儿童ren 的y do BECAUSE 的y chose to learn, listen, and say "yes." If you've read 幸运的少数 (如果还没有,请这样做!),您确切地知道我在说什么。
Personally, we swiftly marked "white" on 的 race openness during our first 采用. 经过一年的等待,我们正在重新评估自己的开放性,我记得我看着丈夫说:“我们为什么不开放比赛?” We spent four months in 的 trenches of 跨种族的 采用 education (and that was just 的 beginning...we have NEVER stopped our 跨种族的 采用 education): meeting 与 跨种族的 families, reading books/blogs/articles, talking for HOURS every single night about race, and more. After those four months, our eyes were opened to 的 fact that not only 我们可以跨种族地采用吗,但我们已准备好这样做。 Of course, 经验 IS 的 best teacher, but 的re's a lot to be said for proactively preparing.
Our daughter was born and placed 与 us shortly after. 现在,我们育有四个异族加拿大pc者。
5: 注意未来可能发生的挣扎,并做好准备。
同样,积极主动是非常明智的选择! After 采用, some women 经验 领养后抑郁. A particularly difficult 采用 might lead a mama to 经验 PTSD. (I shared three trauma 经验s you can explore here: part 1, part 2和 part 3.)
I don't throw 的se around lightly, and I'm not a medical expert. However, I have engaged 与 thousands of 养父母s: and struggling 与 an 采用 before and during is common, and 的 struggle often amplifies after 的 采用, manifesting in post-traumatic stress (though it may or may not extend to PTSD) or 萧条.
您现在如何准备? Constantly "check in" 与 how your're feeling and doing. A counselor (see point #2) can help you 与 this. Also, learn about 领养后抑郁 和创伤。 If you end up experiencing either of 的se, you will be able to recognize 的m and seek help sooner rather than later.
6: 不要暂停你的生活。
您永远不会知道要花多长时间。 One of 的 worst mistakes a woman can make is to put her life on hold (AKA: put her joy, time, peace, energy, etc. on vacation) while she waits for "的 call."
等待加拿大pc是投资新兴趣,与伴侣“约会”,整理家中事物,甚至准备托儿所,进行职业工作,度过梦想假期,提高健身常规的绝佳时机等
坚持只会增加您的焦虑感! If you bank everything on "when 的 baby comes," I've got news for you: once 的 baby comes, you will have way less time, energy, and money. 做父母很难! 它需要很多人。 这是一个转变,需要大量调整。 这是一个值得欢迎的奇妙转变,但这很难。
我不会去玩。 There are no superficial suggestions here like, just have a "spa day" 与 a friend, or jet off to Hawaii, or meditate. Yes, a spa day, a fab vaca, or meditation might be able to help, but my goal is to provide you 与 practical (and from my 经验) help.
For more ideas, I explore 的 "waiting to adopt" phase in depth in 满怀希望的妈妈加拿大pc指南.
1: 列出什么有帮助。
这应该是 个性化 list of 的 things you can do to stay focused on peace, joy, patience, and thankfulness instead of on worry and control. 键入此列表并将其张贴在可见的地方。 And 的n refer to it often! 我保证,这会很有帮助。 我称我的名单为“当焦虑症获胜时”。以下是m清单上的一些启发您入门的东西:
-在阳光明媚的日子外出,呼吸新鲜空气
-schedule a coffee date 与 a trusted girlfriend
-喝绿色或 白茶 或采取 茶氨酸
-避免社交媒体( 为什么的解释)
-听我最喜欢的充满活力或平静的音乐(取决于我的心情)
-在家里整理东西
-散发精油(我更喜欢橙色的能量或香草来镇静)或轻盈 最喜欢的蜡烛
-重复最喜欢的圣经经文
2: Seek 的 guidance of an 采用 competent counselor.
并非所有人都会被领养,因此,如果您选择接受咨询,我敦促您要挑剔!
在我最近的乳腺癌之旅中,咨询对我来说是一个大奖。 My 焦虑 was 在 an all-time high, and it seemed like nothing I was doing was "enough" to tame 的 beast. 我需要认知行为策略。
最近, I learned of 的 container exercise - -调查它! Very helpful to "contain" whatever 采用 issues you are wrestling 与, 的 ones keeping you up 在 night.
Counseling is great because it's an "outside party" who can listen to you 与out judgement and offer suggestions and exercises you can do to help your 焦虑.
3: 加入加拿大pc支持小组和/或创建一个 加拿大pc“村”。
The more perspectives you have, 的 better. 一个伟大的采用支持小组将 所有黑社会成员, inviting everyone into 的 conversation. 它应该是一个开放,欢迎的地方,您可以在其中提问和获得答复。
有人问我,在线支持小组如何? I love that online groups bring about different triad members from all over 的 world. 我喜欢您可以随意参加,也可以坐下来阅读。 However, 的re are some drawbacks: 发布任何私人信息意味着很多人可以访问该信息。 在线加拿大pc小组中往往有很多戏剧。 These groups also tend to have a few strong voices that dominate 的 group's discussion and direction.
因此,我想说的是,请您自行决定加入,并记住那没什么,我是说 没有什么比面对面,手牵手,心连心的关系更有用,更美丽. 因此,如果您从事在线支持,请同时考虑个人对个人的支持(更重要的是)。
4: Get educated.
Oftentimes, 的 source of 采用 焦虑 is ignorance, meaning, a lack of knowledge. For example, perhaps your social worker has given you a checklist in which you must say what type of 采用 you will or will not consider including 跨种族的 采用, older 儿童 采用, and 特殊需求 采用.
您想要快速标记为“否”,因为您很害怕。 你被吓到了。 您有上百万个问题,但感觉太冻结而无法寻求答案。 但是答案正是您做出有根据的,自信的决定所需要的。
I have talked to SO many 养父母s who stepped out in faith, after getting educated, and have 的 儿童ren 的y do BECAUSE 的y chose to learn, listen, and say "yes." If you've read 幸运的少数 (如果还没有,请这样做!),您确切地知道我在说什么。
Personally, we swiftly marked "white" on 的 race openness during our first 采用. 经过一年的等待,我们正在重新评估自己的开放性,我记得我看着丈夫说:“我们为什么不开放比赛?” We spent four months in 的 trenches of 跨种族的 采用 education (and that was just 的 beginning...we have NEVER stopped our 跨种族的 采用 education): meeting 与 跨种族的 families, reading books/blogs/articles, talking for HOURS every single night about race, and more. After those four months, our eyes were opened to 的 fact that not only 我们可以跨种族地采用吗,但我们已准备好这样做。 Of course, 经验 IS 的 best teacher, but 的re's a lot to be said for proactively preparing.
Our daughter was born and placed 与 us shortly after. 现在,我们育有四个异族加拿大pc者。
5: 注意未来可能发生的挣扎,并做好准备。
同样,积极主动是非常明智的选择! After 采用, some women 经验 领养后抑郁. A particularly difficult 采用 might lead a mama to 经验 PTSD. (I shared three trauma 经验s you can explore here: part 1, part 2和 part 3.)
I don't throw 的se around lightly, and I'm not a medical expert. However, I have engaged 与 thousands of 养父母s: and struggling 与 an 采用 before and during is common, and 的 struggle often amplifies after 的 采用, manifesting in post-traumatic stress (though it may or may not extend to PTSD) or 萧条.
您现在如何准备? Constantly "check in" 与 how your're feeling and doing. A counselor (see point #2) can help you 与 this. Also, learn about 领养后抑郁 和创伤。 If you end up experiencing either of 的se, you will be able to recognize 的m and seek help sooner rather than later.
6: 不要暂停你的生活。
您永远不会知道要花多长时间。 One of 的 worst mistakes a woman can make is to put her life on hold (AKA: put her joy, time, peace, energy, etc. on vacation) while she waits for "的 call."
等待加拿大pc是投资新兴趣,与伴侣“约会”,整理家中事物,甚至准备托儿所,进行职业工作,度过梦想假期,提高健身常规的绝佳时机等
坚持只会增加您的焦虑感! If you bank everything on "when 的 baby comes," I've got news for you: once 的 baby comes, you will have way less time, energy, and money. 做父母很难! 它需要很多人。 这是一个转变,需要大量调整。 这是一个值得欢迎的奇妙转变,但这很难。