Posted by Racer on March 18, 2004, at 15:00:26
In reply to Re: Question about insight or lack thereof, posted by coral on March 18, 2004, at 14:11:06
This is short, because I"m too traumatized to concentrate on what I want to say, but you just injected some sunshine and breathable air into my lungs. Yes! I get sarcastic, and withdraw, and generally do come across as Oppositional and Defiant and Otherwise Not Very Nice when I run into this sort of treatment from anyone. That really doesn't help get me taken seriously. And you know what else? It makes me feel worse, too. And you wanna hear something else? Because withdrawing and not trying to communicate is so alien to my nature, it means that I'm more traumatized by the interaction.
So, thank you. That was a reality check, and I needed it. And it's so damned good to know that someone else experiences something similar. It's nice to think that I'm not alone in the universe.
(One of my cats will start wandering around and just howling if she thinks she's alone. It's as if she's singing her soul to the universe, so heartbreaking. That's often how I've been feeling. With Miss BimboCat, we know she does this, because she'll go into the next room and "discover" that she's Alone In The Universe, and then stop as soon as one of us walks in to comfort her. She is rarely so alone as she seems to think...)
Thank you.
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