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Mental Health Support

mopinko

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23. a lot of people understand that their loved ones share their burden.

Reply to MissouriLibrul (Reply #19)

Mon Nov 18, 2019, 01:15 PM

Nov 2019

if they cant see how they can carry their own burden, it must be hard to imagine that your loved ones are not equally crushed, if not moreso.
esp if some actions of their own touched off the crisis, sparing them further grief would certainly seem like a mercy.

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where did my empathy go? [View all] Kali Nov 2019 OP

I'm sorry for your loss vercetti2021 Nov 2019 #1

Wise words, couldn't never said it better than you. Best wishes to you always! SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #4

Lost the will to go on vercetti2021 Nov 2019 #13

My heart is with you, and I'm with you. Best wishes to you always. It was heartbreak, ... SWBTATTReg Nov 2019 #18

I appreciate that vercetti2021 Nov 2019 #21

That's a brave accounting from someone who has apparently "been there"... hlthe2b Nov 2019 #5

Been there more than twice vercetti2021 Nov 2019 #14

I would say so! Make it count, my friend! hlthe2b Nov 2019 #15

I am sorry you have been in that place, and I understand this intellectually Kali Nov 2019 #6

Because it's all mentality vercetti2021 Nov 2019 #9

I think people underestimate their importance to others lostnfound Nov 2019 #16

i do believe many feel their families are better off w/o them. mopinko Nov 2019 #11

Exactly vercetti2021 Nov 2019 #12

and there are way worse things to hold onto. mopinko Nov 2019 #17

Never read it vercetti2021 Nov 2019 #22

Peace to family TEB Nov 2019 #2

thank you Kali Nov 2019 #7

I'm really sorry. My Mother's adoptive father did similarly when she was a girl and it affected hlthe2b Nov 2019 #3

I understand the anger too. Kali Nov 2019 #8

It is difficult to put yourself in someone BigmanPigman Nov 2019 #20

One of my old lovers killed himself WhiteTara Nov 2019 #10

Dear Kali... MissouriLibrul Nov 2019 #19

a lot of people understand that their loved ones share their burden. mopinko Nov 2019 #23

Kali, I remember when my sister told me she had cancer angstlessk Nov 2019 #24