Re: How do i get others to understand?
My experience is that family can never help with these things.
I've been on the edge today and thought of phoning my parents but there's nothing they can do. It just upsets them and we end up shouting at each other and the whole thing is worse for everyone.
Family are too close. They can't distance themselves. They blame themselves, and sometimes they blame you, but they can't offer constructive help. There's nothing but feelings of blame and guilt all round.
I don't have anyone else to talk to, so I'm on my own. It stinks. It's intolerable but no one said life had to be tolerable.
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It'll take your God-filled soul
And fill it with devils and dust.
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