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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 758867" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>Totally, I get how you must feel and I feel for her too. Believe me. I am old enough to be her grandmother, and when I think of this kind of vulnerability. wishing and wanting to be loved, and the fear that it would be withdrawn, just imagining it--feels unbearable. </p><p></p><p>And when my son has suffered loss, it is not only that I wish he wasn't so affected. I feel the distress in myself. I know. </p><p></p><p>I think your daughter did the healthy thing, to return to school. In her way she got back in the saddle. It is not a sure thing she will become depressed. It may be that she will be able to nurse her wounds, give it some time, find other things to focus on, and move beyond this. We don't know her depression will deepen. And she sounds like a smart girl. She may seek out therapy. But meanwhile, you need to take care of yourself. To identify ways that you can think and act that will help you not to be sad or excessively worry. In a sense your task is similar to hers. To try to find things to do, attitudes to hold that shelter and protect and nourish you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 758867, member: 18958"] Totally, I get how you must feel and I feel for her too. Believe me. I am old enough to be her grandmother, and when I think of this kind of vulnerability. wishing and wanting to be loved, and the fear that it would be withdrawn, just imagining it--feels unbearable. And when my son has suffered loss, it is not only that I wish he wasn't so affected. I feel the distress in myself. I know. I think your daughter did the healthy thing, to return to school. In her way she got back in the saddle. It is not a sure thing she will become depressed. It may be that she will be able to nurse her wounds, give it some time, find other things to focus on, and move beyond this. We don't know her depression will deepen. And she sounds like a smart girl. She may seek out therapy. But meanwhile, you need to take care of yourself. To identify ways that you can think and act that will help you not to be sad or excessively worry. In a sense your task is similar to hers. To try to find things to do, attitudes to hold that shelter and protect and nourish you. [/QUOTE]
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