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<blockquote data-quote="Echolette" data-source="post: 620798" data-attributes="member: 17269"><p>BITS,</p><p></p><p>I am so glad to hear from you again! I know so well the feeling of just staying in bed...anhedonia is the technical term for it...no joy, no pleasure, no satisfaction of needs to fulfill. It is a main symptom of depression...you might recognize yourself in this...I did, when I too was lying in bed in November over the crush of life events, much of it about difficult child</p><p></p><p><a href="http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/05/depression-part-two.html" target="_blank">http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/05/depression-part-two.html</a></p><p></p><p>If nothing else it may make you smile.</p><p></p><p>I agree with "the doctor is in" MWM...I think that the forced acceptance that your difficult child (and your Dad) are basically mean, is hard hard hard. What a yucky place to be, surrounded by "loved ones" who are so unloving, so unkind.</p><p></p><p>I also agree about the personality disorders. I was quite clear as an adult that my dad was bipolar, quite flamingly so...but it took and actual shrink with a degree to point out that his cruelty to us and to my mom (he was a big fan of cutting people out without explanation...he would just begin an era of glaring, not speaking, and not responding to one of us...while still living in the house with us...that could go on for weeks, months, or, occasionally...years!. It was awful, shaming, scary, and incredibly diminishing) is not a product of bipolar disorder...that is a personality disorder. That surprised me but is true. Good going, MWM, you'll get that degree yet!</p><p></p><p>Mostly I just wanted you to know that I am reading along, glad you posted again, that I share and know some of what you are going through, and I hope the comic makes you smile.</p><p></p><p>Echo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Echolette, post: 620798, member: 17269"] BITS, I am so glad to hear from you again! I know so well the feeling of just staying in bed...anhedonia is the technical term for it...no joy, no pleasure, no satisfaction of needs to fulfill. It is a main symptom of depression...you might recognize yourself in this...I did, when I too was lying in bed in November over the crush of life events, much of it about difficult child [url]http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/05/depression-part-two.html[/url] If nothing else it may make you smile. I agree with "the doctor is in" MWM...I think that the forced acceptance that your difficult child (and your Dad) are basically mean, is hard hard hard. What a yucky place to be, surrounded by "loved ones" who are so unloving, so unkind. I also agree about the personality disorders. I was quite clear as an adult that my dad was bipolar, quite flamingly so...but it took and actual shrink with a degree to point out that his cruelty to us and to my mom (he was a big fan of cutting people out without explanation...he would just begin an era of glaring, not speaking, and not responding to one of us...while still living in the house with us...that could go on for weeks, months, or, occasionally...years!. It was awful, shaming, scary, and incredibly diminishing) is not a product of bipolar disorder...that is a personality disorder. That surprised me but is true. Good going, MWM, you'll get that degree yet! Mostly I just wanted you to know that I am reading along, glad you posted again, that I share and know some of what you are going through, and I hope the comic makes you smile. Echo [/QUOTE]
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