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In reply to the discussion: This is a thread about suicide and ambivalence toward it... [View all]crunch60
(1,412 posts)nephew of mine for many years (emotionally) through his bipolar episodes, depression, alcoholism, and extremely difficult times. He felt abused and neglected by his parents, (although there was no physical abuse) he came to dislike both of them intensely. I never said to him, "you shouldn't feel like that". To deny him his feelings would have been insulting.
I did talk to him about his chemical addiction to alcohol, and after years, he is sober.. for about 8 years now. He finally found a wonderful woman to share his life with and they are very happy, and I am extremely happy for both of them. I said to him often, "don't worry, some of us are late bloomers".
He will always have bouts of serious depression, I know that. One day at a time.