Posted by zenhussy on October 25, 2006, at 10:05:09
In reply to I'm such an idiot, posted by mair on October 24, 2006, at 22:08:56
"I've also been feeling like I owe it to her to hold myself together while she's going through all this. (you know, the low impact, low maintenance patient) A huge fear is that I'm going to start deteriorating for any number of reasons and not only will I not have her to turn to, but I'm going to feel incredibly guilty/ashamed about getting depressed while she's away."
well...hate to break it to you but there isn't a trophy or medal for lowest impact patient or low maintenance client either ya know ;)
any time you're beginning to feel guilt show up here to this board and you'll get a good dose of reality about depression and its distortions.
"When all is said and done, I've probably made a much bigger deal out of nothing all because I tried to avoid answering one question."
almost everyone does something similar to that at one time or another. yeah that might sound trite but sometimes there is comfort in the truth that we're not alone in being human....messes, emotions, confusion and all.
much love to you mair.
poster:zenhussy
thread:697494
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