Posted by garnet71 on April 15, 2009, at 1:23:42
In reply to Someone please, stay calm, and help me., posted by SadNina on April 12, 2009, at 19:47:53
((((Nina)))) Sorry about your Grandma
You remind me of someone I know.
"I am crying as I write this because I know our culture lends itself to being able to forget about people, and I feel I am being pulled under and this is not what was meant for me."
I too know about dysfunctional families and have spent some holidays alone. Depression sux, but depression with no support is 10 x worse. I was all alone with depression for a long time, and if my boss at the time had not taken me under his wing, who knows what would have happened to me. Friends who have never had depression don't seem to understand as good as their intentions might be.
You need to find yourself a family, and the way to do that is to find some NA or AA meetings. They are a family and they will understand. Really-I've known a couple people in similar but unique situations as yours is, who were resued by NA/AA. Someone will take you under their wing - and that is what you need right now. Please don't try to tough it out alone.
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