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Originally Posted by hopeful
Could you imagine actually saying that to anyone. I would like to see the look on that persons face.
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Don't have to imagine - BT-DT. In a couple of cases, it was the last I saw of those faces for quite a while. Looking back, and having been on both sides of that fence, I don't blame them at all (and I shoulda taken pictures
). There was a person in a live support group I was in for a while that we tried to strike up a friendship with, but they couldn't turn it off...
ever, and that made any kind of socializing very difficult. We discussed it a few times, but it never stuck, and eventually we grew apart again. I'm
always available for support, but I've found that
for me, I've got to maintain some separation too.
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I think people actually do care. They just can't do anything for us so they feel helpless.
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Absolutely people actually do care, and it's not just "people" who feel helpless that they can't do anything for us; we scare the bejeebers out of our own
doctors too. (And remember what I said about blogs in my above response?)
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Blogs/21266?
That's one of the things I really appreciate about my therapy dog. He's the one member of my support network who seems to know he
can do something (lick the tears [
and skin] off my face), and is there to do it, any time, day or night. He's also good feedback, because when I'm so bad off I cry out, he gets scared (thinks he hurt me) and runs for his crate.
Doc