The absolute worst thing that can happen to a fixer happened to me this week. This week the hard drive in my computer crashed. I am not a techie but that never stopped someone that is a fixer. YouTube is like crack and meth combined to a fixer.
Off came the back of my Macbook. Screws were laying all over the table. Why stop at replacing a hard drive, why not change the battery too, it's old and getting fire hot when I use the computer too. So old parts laying on the kitchen table, new parts installed now it is off to the Genius Bar to get an operating system loaded. Everything works and the installation of an operating system was free.
This is like mainlining for a fixer. My computer is working again, except that I didn't get a big enough hard drive. So more "fixing" will be in order.
Why would this be important to write about on a blog about addiction? Because us "fixers" don't stop at computers, cars, plumbing, electrical wiring and on and on. We believe deep in our soul that we can fix our addicted loved one too.
There is a world of difference between diagnosing a problem, watching a YouTube video, picking up a screwdriver and replacing the right parts and "fixing" our loved one.
It took this "fixer" years to learn that no matter what I tried and how much "control" I thought I had there is no "fixing" another person until they want to fix themselves.
The worst thing that can happen to us fixers is we dive in the shallow end head first and swim away triumphant. We get that Superman complex and all it does is handicap us when real problems confront us.
It is important we ALL understand our limits and boundaries. Sometimes a "fixer" needs to be a "supporter".
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My name is Laura and I'm a fixer! Youtube sucks me right in every time. I've tried to stop but there are just to many videos and so much stuff that can be fixed!! I'll even admit that I used youtube last year to learn how to set up a Christmas village because I don't have a creative mind!
I am a fixer when it comes to certain things....technology is not one of them. Always an inspiration to stop by your blog. Thank you for sharing. :-)
A good reminder for me. I like to fix things like computers and stuff around the house. I believe I have learned that fixing others isn't going to happen.
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