Posted by ChicagoKat on September 29, 2012, at 20:10:13
In reply to Re: I'm in trouble » ChicagoKat, posted by phillipa on September 29, 2012, at 19:05:47
> Kat did you ever google the rainbow's bridge site? It's so lovely. Phillipa
Phillipa, the loss of my pets has affected me so deeply I can't visit the site at the risk of losing it. My pets became everything to me when I was little b/c my mom emotionally abused me, my dad was an alcoholic and they had viscious arguments. To this day I lose it at the thought of losing my pets, both when I was young and when I was an adult. My mom didn't even offer me comfort when my pets died, she yelled at me to stop crying and made me go to school the next day even though I was crying all day and the kids made fun of me. She didn't understand that I would have died for each of those pets, that losing them was like losing a parent, and, most importantly that I had loved them FAR more than I did her. In fact I hated her then. I hated her most of my childhood. My therapist and I are working on it now, but it's going to be the toughest nut of many to crack.
Thanks for the suggestion thhough.
Kat
poster:ChicagoKat
thread:1026549
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20120922/msgs/1027057.html