02-19-2018, 10:24 AM
(02-17-2018, 10:51 PM)Naomi Wrote: Thanks RM. I've become expert level at putting on a fake persona for the world. I act how I need to in order to get through social interactions. That's no way to live, being fake all the time. It's quite exhausting. And it's not really living, it's just existing. It's one of the main things I am hoping treatment can help me with. It's "easy" to just take meds to feel better, but I don't want to do that forever either. It's already been far too long.
I hear you, Naomi. You will get back there some day. I am trying to get back to the same place. Just know that there are tens of millions of people in the exact same situation. Do you ever start to feel that everyone else is "normal" and doesn't have these problems, especially in the medical setting? Everyone seems to have it all together and they all seem so comfortable in their own skin. It is not always true. I have counseled hundreds of nurses, cops, firemen and doctors, yes, doctors. They are forced to put on that same face that we have to put on, and then go out there and deal with the public every day. So, hang in there. We are not alone. RM