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Old 06-26-2007, 03:26 PM   #1
Mammato2
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Why why why?

Why is it that I can get up in the morning, put on nice work clothes, get the kids off to daycare, come to the office and be completely sociable, pleasant, make everyone laugh, have my secretary tell me I'm her favorite person in the office... but as soon as I get in my car to come home I just fall to pieces? I can barely make it to pick the kids up and get home before I have to go hide in the bathroom and cry? And as soon as they are in bed I turn into Sylvia freaking Plath? Seriously. It's like my public persona is some outfit I put on everyday but by 7pm it's pretty much melted away. I feel like a fraud all day long.

Ok that's off my chest. I called and had the new doctor put me on a cancellation list since their office is only 10 minutes from my office. I hope I can get in earlier, I don't know that I can wait another month.
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Old 06-26-2007, 04:01 PM   #2
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Re: Why why why?

It sounds to me you are just wearing out yourself, very very tired. Like how I was a copule of months ago... I wouldnt say take a proper if you can, I mean a proper one, go away, go on holiday or whatever, just try get away from you normal duites, it might help you to charge up a bit...
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Old 06-26-2007, 04:08 PM   #3
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Re: Why why why?

I do think a holiday would be a wonderful idea. What I wonder is this? Do you feel you need to be a certain facet for everyone sort of thing? Such as with the office you need to be perky and the way you are all the time? Are you a certain way with different people like the kids or friends? I know the face I wear for hubby is one thing while the one I wear for my mom, sisters, and friends is usually all very different. So if that is in some way true then perhaps by the end of the day you just tired of wearing one specific face for such an extended period of time. Does that make sense to you? For me it is hard to get them to see someone else since I can be smart, funny, compassionate, and so forth. But they don't always see all of it since I don't always show it to them. Often it just is what they are use to and little else.

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Old 06-26-2007, 04:31 PM   #4
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Re: Why why why?

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I do think a holiday would be a wonderful idea. What I wonder is this? Do you feel you need to be a certain facet for everyone sort of thing? Such as with the office you need to be perky and the way you are all the time? Are you a certain way with different people like the kids or friends? I know the face I wear for hubby is one thing while the one I wear for my mom, sisters, and friends is usually all very different. So if that is in some way true then perhaps by the end of the day you just tired of wearing one specific face for such an extended period of time. Does that make sense to you? For me it is hard to get them to see someone else since I can be smart, funny, compassionate, and so forth. But they don't always see all of it since I don't always show it to them. Often it just is what they are use to and little else.

Eme

It's hard to say really. It's like there is just two of me. The work/public me is smiling, quick with a joke, smart and compassionate, sometimes fired up when I have to be but always ready to laugh and not take things too seriously or personally. Then there is private me which unfortunately my husband and sister and closer friends have seen. That person is exhausted, irritable, depressed, overly emotional, defensive, etc. I just don't know which person is the real me.

I have ALWAYS felt, as far back as I can remember, that I was a fake. That everyone who loved me just didn't know the real me. I've always felt like I was a bad person who didn't deserve good things but I've never known why I felt that way. I'm talking as young as age six I can remember having these thoughts. Oh it's overwhelming just to think about it.
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Old 06-26-2007, 05:22 PM   #5
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Re: Why why why?

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Then there is private me. That person is overly emotional, defensive, etc.

I have ALWAYS felt, as far back as I can remember, that I was a fake.

That everyone who loved me just didn't know the real me.

I've always felt like I was a bad person who didn't deserve good things.

I'm talking as young as age six I can remember having these thoughts.
Mammato, how was your family life while you were growing up?
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