Thought for the day…So this morning I shouted, I got my buttons pushed and I reacted in an emotional rather than a therapeutic way. I have a lot going on, and realised (after I acted so very not like me) that I was in compassion fatigue. I am probably close to being in blocked care, which would find me unable to be empathetic to my children and could easily lead to family breakdown. Why am I telling you this? I “know” all the jargon, goodness I train people in it, and yet I am still human and still need to take care of me. I have neglected the most important part of this therapeutic parenting thing, I have neglected me. You see, we have workers in to renovate, I have had a sick kid, and other things have just gotten busier. I let life take precedence and what happened was I neglected the time I need to recoup and to feel better. My stress levels got too high and this morning I went “BOOM”. Luckily everyone is safe, my bark if far worse than my bite. I shouted a bit and then ended up doing repair. I have also advised my fellow moderators that I am taking two days off for self care. Today I am going to a movie and tomorrow I am going to read a book. I wrote this because I want you to know that we all need to take care of ourselves. We may know the answers and be able to help others with our knowledge, but we are also still affected by compassion fatigue and too much stress. We are also still human…so do your best and remember to take care of yourself ok? This is me going to take that break now…find time for you in this amazing world we live in, go drink a cup of tea, watch a movie, or take a nap…remember to take care of “you”.