Feel the need to withdraw from family
Hi All. I'm 4 months post active radiation treatment and on hormone therapy and Venlafaxine. When I was diagnosed my husband was in hospital with an undiagnosed illness. In fact, my husband is ...
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@caroir , your story totally resonates with me. I lost most of my friends, not all but most. I just do not have one bit of time for them anymore. I received no support from lifelong friend that lived within a 300 metre to 3km radios away from me. Not asking how I was, nothing. I did reach out to one of them to text that I feeling was super anxious. Her reply was "Awwwww" that's it! nothing else. I won't even begin to tell you about my partner at the time. Not worth it. But that one REALLY hurt. I didn't receive a card from work either, I had been working there 12 years.
I had my family (mother, father and sister) Thank God but my parents are in their mid 80's. I will never forget the image of my mother struggling down my long driveway on a wintery Melbourne day carrying groceries whilst my non-working healthy friends were around the corner. And my sister lives right out of town with four kids and works full time so not fair to put responsibility on her. I was so bitter and hurt about it for months, all during treatment. It's only the last few days I have become at peace with it.
I hear you; I get it and it's an awful feeling. Almost like abandonment. I am lucky to live on my own in a way cos if had to live with people I no longer respected, well that would be a difficult thing as I am not very good at holding back my thoughts.
It will pass, it will take a lot of time but it does. It will change you in a way that's positive to you, to your inner psyche. You may not know what it is yet but there will be something.
I send you lots of love and warm energy my friend. I think we are the strongest women (one of the strongest anyway) on the planet after going through all of this. Its bloody tough.
❤🧡💛
I had my family (mother, father and sister) Thank God but my parents are in their mid 80's. I will never forget the image of my mother struggling down my long driveway on a wintery Melbourne day carrying groceries whilst my non-working healthy friends were around the corner. And my sister lives right out of town with four kids and works full time so not fair to put responsibility on her. I was so bitter and hurt about it for months, all during treatment. It's only the last few days I have become at peace with it.
I hear you; I get it and it's an awful feeling. Almost like abandonment. I am lucky to live on my own in a way cos if had to live with people I no longer respected, well that would be a difficult thing as I am not very good at holding back my thoughts.
It will pass, it will take a lot of time but it does. It will change you in a way that's positive to you, to your inner psyche. You may not know what it is yet but there will be something.
I send you lots of love and warm energy my friend. I think we are the strongest women (one of the strongest anyway) on the planet after going through all of this. Its bloody tough.
❤🧡💛