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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 56553" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>House of Cards - I SO understand. I am not sure really what it is that causes one to not be open - but I know that I am hesitant to tell anyone anything - even my family.</p><p></p><p>I think it has to do with all of the pain that I have gone through, and undoubtedly you have as well. Especially having a difficult child there is a lot of judgment that is projected onto us, a lot of opinions heaped, a lot of criticism - family or not. So when we find a message board like this, I think it is intuitive that we feel hesitant to reach out because we fear that we will be met with the same hand in our face that everyone else has given us.</p><p></p><p>I think I have posted 200 messages, and I still hesitate every time I post - and I rarely post a whole message about my woes, but rather I feel more comfortable responding to someone like you who I can relate to. Believe it or not, I am actually working on this in therapy - to be able to reach out, expose myself, and still feel safe. It is really, really, hard.</p><p></p><p>Hang in there, and keep reaching out. I think the only way to overcome this is to press on.</p><p>And I am so sorry about your son's suicide attempt. I can't imagine how scared you must have been.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 56553, member: 3301"] House of Cards - I SO understand. I am not sure really what it is that causes one to not be open - but I know that I am hesitant to tell anyone anything - even my family. I think it has to do with all of the pain that I have gone through, and undoubtedly you have as well. Especially having a difficult child there is a lot of judgment that is projected onto us, a lot of opinions heaped, a lot of criticism - family or not. So when we find a message board like this, I think it is intuitive that we feel hesitant to reach out because we fear that we will be met with the same hand in our face that everyone else has given us. I think I have posted 200 messages, and I still hesitate every time I post - and I rarely post a whole message about my woes, but rather I feel more comfortable responding to someone like you who I can relate to. Believe it or not, I am actually working on this in therapy - to be able to reach out, expose myself, and still feel safe. It is really, really, hard. Hang in there, and keep reaching out. I think the only way to overcome this is to press on. And I am so sorry about your son's suicide attempt. I can't imagine how scared you must have been. [/QUOTE]
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