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<blockquote data-quote="emotionallybankrupt" data-source="post: 313059" data-attributes="member: 8226"><p>Yes, VA, the single mom thing adds a different angle. I guess there are pros and cons. Nice not to have to negotiate every decision but sure does add to the alone feeling--and the pressure. I HAVE to hold it together to keep going to work, because I'm the only game in town. Also, part of the manipulation here has been to cause me trouble on the job--inventing crisis to make me have to rush out the door at a moment's noice...making me miss work for court issues, etc. Her psychiatrist has actually become MY doctor as well, medicating ME in order to keep my emotions stable at work when the unexpected comes along, and I resent that need more than I can say. On the other hand, though, I'm so thankful there are medications to help me and that they have worked. I actually came out of my divorce feeling very empowered and would never have thought I'd soon need medication just to make it through.</p><p> </p><p>I've often wondered how different the outcome might have been here if there had been a man in the house to stifle the violent behavior. As I told the psychiatrist, having a man might help, but I think is a poor reason to go out and find one. He laughed. Also, when I told him I'd decided to quit dating and get a couple of dogs, he laughed and said that was the best idea he'd heard all day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="emotionallybankrupt, post: 313059, member: 8226"] Yes, VA, the single mom thing adds a different angle. I guess there are pros and cons. Nice not to have to negotiate every decision but sure does add to the alone feeling--and the pressure. I HAVE to hold it together to keep going to work, because I'm the only game in town. Also, part of the manipulation here has been to cause me trouble on the job--inventing crisis to make me have to rush out the door at a moment's noice...making me miss work for court issues, etc. Her psychiatrist has actually become MY doctor as well, medicating ME in order to keep my emotions stable at work when the unexpected comes along, and I resent that need more than I can say. On the other hand, though, I'm so thankful there are medications to help me and that they have worked. I actually came out of my divorce feeling very empowered and would never have thought I'd soon need medication just to make it through. I've often wondered how different the outcome might have been here if there had been a man in the house to stifle the violent behavior. As I told the psychiatrist, having a man might help, but I think is a poor reason to go out and find one. He laughed. Also, when I told him I'd decided to quit dating and get a couple of dogs, he laughed and said that was the best idea he'd heard all day. [/QUOTE]
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