Posted by baseball55 on December 22, 2013, at 19:07:16
In reply to Re: Avoidant Attachement Disorder, posted by stargazer2 on December 22, 2013, at 14:27:48
Wow, stragazer. I am so sorry for your pain. For me, therapy helped a lot - just acknowledging my life, which I had buried completely. But I had other supports. A long marriage, a teenaged daughter who was very together. I also had a drug and alcohol problem, so I started going to AA. That was incredibly helpful. It gave me a second chance to make friends and develop relationships outside of my daughter and husband.
If you have no addiction problems, then these twelve-step groups are not for you. But have you thought about/tried, group therapies? There are also support groups and on-line groups for people with depression, bipolar, etc. Reaching out to others provides hope and connection. I have also tried to do volunteer work. It's not so easy to find things in a big city, but if you live in a smaller area, you might find some happiness and connection volunteering at a food pantry or community health center -- something like that.
It's hard to do this on your own. You need supports. Something. Even if it's with people you can't really share your feelings with -- a hiking group or something. Getting out and interacting with people helps a lot.
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