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<blockquote data-quote="RN0441" data-source="post: 683065" data-attributes="member: 15032"><p>Colleen: </p><p></p><p>I know exactly how you feel as most of us here do. I can totally identify with your post. I too was/am still a very positive and social person. I wear my heart on my sleeve. It's like you just want to SCREAM out so everyone knows what you feel. But of course we can't do that so we either pretend all is well or hide from everyone.</p><p></p><p>The only thing that has kept me from going into deep despair is that my son is sober for long bouts of time and then I tell myself he is fine. Even though during his sober time he never did anything - didn't work, hardly socialized, barely left the house. I told myself he was "healing" and dealing with his social anxiety and needed this time. He was sober and that was good enough for me but it wasn't really okay or normal. He wasn't doing anything with his life. He was suspended in time and so was I. So my situation is very very strange and seems to be unlike the others on this forum or maybe I'm the only one that has posted about it.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes I think we just have to go through the feelings we have and deal with them and get through it as best we can. I did see a therapist and was on Lexapro for a while which did help. The message from my therapist and the message here really is detach and take care of yourself. </p><p></p><p>We're all in this together!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RN0441, post: 683065, member: 15032"] Colleen: I know exactly how you feel as most of us here do. I can totally identify with your post. I too was/am still a very positive and social person. I wear my heart on my sleeve. It's like you just want to SCREAM out so everyone knows what you feel. But of course we can't do that so we either pretend all is well or hide from everyone. The only thing that has kept me from going into deep despair is that my son is sober for long bouts of time and then I tell myself he is fine. Even though during his sober time he never did anything - didn't work, hardly socialized, barely left the house. I told myself he was "healing" and dealing with his social anxiety and needed this time. He was sober and that was good enough for me but it wasn't really okay or normal. He wasn't doing anything with his life. He was suspended in time and so was I. So my situation is very very strange and seems to be unlike the others on this forum or maybe I'm the only one that has posted about it. Sometimes I think we just have to go through the feelings we have and deal with them and get through it as best we can. I did see a therapist and was on Lexapro for a while which did help. The message from my therapist and the message here really is detach and take care of yourself. We're all in this together! [/QUOTE]
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