I have been so angry lately, and I know it's part of the process.
Mad like I got once just a few months after my Mom died. It was December I think, and my freinds were worried about me and wanted to get me out of the house. I hadn't been out much-which for me is a bit odd, I am a very social creature. Much like my mother!!
My friend dragged me out to dinner with one of her friends, a young lady I hadn't met before. She seemed so nice, but I was a bit quiet because I didn't want to get dragged into the inevitable conversation too early into having met this young lady.
Then, of course, my mother's VERY recent death came up. I didn't know the young lady so I didn't really feel all that comfortable talking about it with her. I still got weepy fairly easily at that point and didn't want to start crying at the table in a restaraunt. That would be embarassing. Funny thing is, she said something that made me so mad that I didn't cry. I pretty much just clammed up for the rest of the meal.
My good friend brought up the fact that I had been gone for several months because I had been taking care of my mother who had cancer. When the young lady started questioning me about my mother I told her she had passed a few months previously. The young lady said to me "Ohmygosh, I am soooo sorry! I know how you feel! My dog just died."
I wanted to smack her. I know people form very special bonds with their dogs, as I own a dog. As matter of fact, I have my mother's 'designer' dog whom I have grown extremely attached too.
But HOW does the death of her dog relate in any way to me losing the woman who brought me into this world? I wasn't rude, and didn't say much after that-because like Mom said "If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all".
These days I feel angry like that all the time. I resent people for telling me I need therapy. The people who say this to me also tell me I need anti-depressants. I don't want to not feel anything. I have taken anti-depressants and I felt like a zombie. I hated it. All I wanted to do was sleep. I sucked at work, my friends couldn't even get me to come out of my room half of the time! I would rather feel this and go through this process than be numb and not feel anything.
I think my biggest anger? I'm FURIOUS at my mother's Dr.'s. I know Dr.'s aren't gods. I know they can't fix everything. But with her history, how could they have missed this? She stopped eating, she lost 3o lbs in a month and her skin looked almost yellow. It was so obvious to me that there was something wrong and I don't understand why they kept looking at her and 5 minutes later sending her home.
I'm also angry that I can't talk to her. I'm having a tough time without her. I am sensitive and feel so much, like my mother. Complete opposite of my Father and Brother, who give me a really hard time for being sensitive. I cannot remember a time in my life that I wasn't sensitive. My mother NEVER told me to 'grow a thicker skin'. Or 'let it roll off of your back'. She taught me that it was important to feel the things I felt-because it was part of living.
So, you know how I feel?

MAD AS HECK.

that's how I feel.

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Eric Guyand Comment by Eric Guyand on February 11, 2010 at 12:19pm
Being sensitive is a part of your personality and in my humble opinion it needs no fixing. I am sensitive and have a wide range of emotions - some try to call it bipolar. It is my unique personality and I also get mad as hell when people try to tell me I need bipolar medication or anti-depressents. In other words, they are telling us that there is something wrong with our personalities and prescription meds will fix it. I totally reject the idea that prescription drugs are the answer. With the Walmartization of our country you can virtually go to any town in America and they all look eerily similar - big box stores and consuming zombies. Life would be really dull if the pharmaceutical industry is successful in making us a nation of zombies on anti-depressents. Many people need anti-depressents, that is for sure. But many people don't - they just need to talk, be heard, be listened to, be hugged, be appreciated, be loved unconditionally for who they are. There is nothing wrong with you, there is nothing wrong with me - I get mad, I get sad, I get happy. Thank God, I feel all the emotions I was born with. I wouldn't give them up for nothing.
Marsha "Marcy" Welch Comment by Marsha "Marcy" Welch on February 1, 2010 at 6:52pm
Thank you-I'm doing the best I can. I found this website yesterday and talked with a few people. I found myself feeling a little better just knowing that there are people out there who know what I am going through.
Diane Lamas Comment by Diane Lamas on February 1, 2010 at 6:43pm
Hello,
Sorry, I meant to post sooner, but time got away from me.
I can understand your anger. I lost my mom in November. She was 81 and we knew she had conditions that might take her at any time, but it was still a shock.

As far as your friends saying you need therapy, have you ever thought of an in person grief support group? Sharing how you feel with people going through the same may really be helpful. They are often free, or charge very little. Check the hospice groups in your area or the local hospital, they should be able to help you find a group to attend for a while. It may help a lot.
Meanwhile, please take care and be good to yourself.
Diane L.

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