Posted by Catgirl on September 18, 2004, at 20:51:38
I hope that this is an appropriate topic for this board.
My brother phoned me a couple of weeks ago, I presume to see how I have been doing now that I have been separated from my husband for almost five months. I am also dealing with depression and anxiety.
During the course of this conversation (the first in about 9 months), my brother proceeded to tell me that he thinks I could lose my job if my employer finds out I am on anti-depressants, that I am "replaceable" at work, that I have no privacy regarding my health issues, that I have no friends at work because we are "all in competition", and that he has basically has been avoiding me because he doesn't like "controversy."
I was floored after this conversation and felt lower than I have in weeks, literally in tears. I believe that he is taking his own personal issues and making them mine, trying to convince me that my life is even worse than I think.
Now, he is here visiting and I almost can't stand to be in the same room with him. I know I need to confront him, and that's what my therapist tells me also. But I am avoiding it. In fact, I stayed in bed until almost noon today because he is here. In between dozes, I was stewing over what to say to him.
Quick...someone...hand me some courage!
poster:Catgirl
thread:392436
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