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Mental Health Support

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)

2. I am sorry for being so cool...you must have lived through hell

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 29, 2016, 04:12 AM

Apr 2016

being married and expecting to have a normal, happy life, only to be accosted with cruelty and a drunk...

I am just wondering if there was anything in your life that drew you to him?

Of course there are many women and men who have had a great life till...

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Can we all post what we think might be the beginning of our mental illness? [View all] angstlessk Apr 2016 OP

Married & had children with a sociopath elleng Apr 2016 #1

I am sorry for being so cool...you must have lived through hell angstlessk Apr 2016 #2

No; was ready to have children, elleng Apr 2016 #3

Yes, most sociopaths are able to be very accomaditing...I was engaged angstlessk Apr 2016 #4

Sad. elleng Apr 2016 #5

Not sad...I never called him...and it was really a sort of cleansing.. angstlessk Apr 2016 #6

Good. elleng Apr 2016 #7

Good for you... angstlessk Apr 2016 #10

Gotcha. elleng Apr 2016 #15

Showed signs of manic depression early on shenmue Apr 2016 #8

WOW lost your brother. Was he important in your life? angstlessk Apr 2016 #9

Thank you shenmue Apr 2016 #13

I cannot imagine what your bill was angstlessk Apr 2016 #11

$19,000 for two days; insurance covered some shenmue Apr 2016 #14

Depression started at age 7 steve2470 Apr 2016 #12

I had/have parents with NPD nadine_mn Apr 2016 #16

I was under review from Friday till today, which is why i have not commented angstlessk May 2016 #19

I can recall my first depressive episode as a child in 1968. irisblue Apr 2016 #17

Depression may be inherited, but was there a catalyst that brought on the depression? angstlessk May 2016 #20

I've got a family history of major depression and autistic spectrum stuff. hunter Apr 2016 #18

Honey, when you're dead, you stop plucking! angstlessk May 2016 #21