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Re: Surviving... » yesac

Posted by Penny on June 29, 2003, at 20:29:10

In reply to Re: Surviving... » Penny, posted by yesac on June 29, 2003, at 11:54:37

Here's hoping HP V lifts your spirits some! I found it an excellent escape from the real world - thinking about reading it again, or maybe re-reading the whole series. Unfortunately, I have a sociology independent study course I'm doing that requires some attention, as does prepping for the GRE, but those both seem too overwhelming right now.

But don't be too hard on yourself about the book you're struggling through right now. Even if it's not deep reading, it may just be what you don't need to be dealing with at the moment. Some escapism will probably do you good!

> > Not to mention the fact that my roommate hasn't called me, which means if I don't call her she's going to make my life a living hell when she gets home. (She's housesitting). She will tell me she feels like I don't really care about her, etc. etc.
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> She sounds like an intense/demanding roomate. Is this person just a roomate, or is she also a friend?

Actually, she's my best friend. We've been friends for 10 years almost - since freshman year of college. I actually spoke to her tonight, after finally calling her since she hadn't called me, and she has been pretty busy all weekend, but there was an undertone in her voice...she's taken offense at something I've said or done, but she's not telling me.

So, she said something in the conversation about deciding how she's going to handle some things, and it seems to me that every time she says that, it's not a good thing. I've asked her to be honest with me and tell me when she has an issue with me WHEN she has the issue - not weeks or months later - but she has yet to really do that. She holds things in and then drops them on me. She's told me that she sometimes holds things in because she's worried that I can't handle them at the moment, but the not knowing what's going through her head is much worse.

So, I don't know what I'm going to do. Talked to my mom tonight and told her about my grandmother's letter, which she found very odd, and while I was talking to her (in Walmart - again - no less), I was saying something about people not understanding about depression and this woman stops me and says, "I understand. I really do." and we proceeded to have a conversation (while my mom listened from her end) about the hell we've both been through. After I walked away, I told my mom "See what I've been trying to tell you? It's not just me..."

It was all very interesting. On one hand, I'm kinda glad they don't get it, as if they did, it would probably mean they had been through the hell themselves. On the other hand, if they could just accept that what I tell them is the truth and not a figment of my imagination, that would help.

take care.
P


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