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<blockquote data-quote="Nature" data-source="post: 740334" data-attributes="member: 19011"><p>Hello Feeling,</p><p></p><p>I have thought of you often over the past couple years. What we experienced at the hands of our sons, the fear, the pain and the PTSD that went along with it. - I love my job and would function somewhat normally at work and would focus on it 100%. However, after my work day my mind would not stop thinking 24/7 about my son. The evenings were the worst and as my partner works long hours I was alone until the evening. I lived in total fear for several years, still had my panic button, alarm system and large dogs always near my side. I isolated myself and ceased to experience any kind of joy. I stopped celebrating any holiday .. Thanksgiving, Christmas.. became like any other kind of day. My eldest celebrated the holidays with his father (different dad than my youngest.) I started developing ailments that in retrospect probably are all stress related. In the evenings I would cry a lot over what had become of my son, I would think of your children and many others of those who I felt a kinship with on this forum. The only thing that gave me solace were my animals. I have been involved in rescue for many years and have a private sanctuary with a variety of special needs/senior pets.</p><p></p><p>Slowly, I started doing things that I enjoyed previously or hadn't done before. I took up dance after the urging of a friend to go with her. I started visiting a friend or two again, my parter and I started socializing more and rejoined a club we both had enjoyed in the past and I went on my first vacation since 2010. Leafy, if you're reading this I visited Hawaii after receiving an invitation from my dear friends who live there. Gawd I love it there and am blessed to have met so many wonderful people. As for my friends, I have never met a gentler kinder couple in my life and would often tell them my happiest moments was when I stayed in their home when they previously resided in the Pacific Northwest. They had moved to Hawaii many years before and had always left the door open for me to visit.</p><p></p><p>I spent New Years at the Volcano (partner who visits his family abroad yearly had also urged me to go on a vacation). I use the word urge a lot in these past sentences because I did need a push to get out of my slump. I smiled and felt joy for the first time in years. Now after my long ramble back to you. I am so thrilled you are going on a vacation!! You need it! It will revitalize you - you mind, body and most importantly your soul. Yes, we often hear or give the advice to take care of YOU and it's so true. It gave me time to heal and view things with more clarity.</p><p></p><p>So enjoy your vacation my friend, , experience the sights, marvel at the architecture, eat the wonderful food and feel the weight of the world lift off your shoulders and learn to smile again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nature, post: 740334, member: 19011"] Hello Feeling, I have thought of you often over the past couple years. What we experienced at the hands of our sons, the fear, the pain and the PTSD that went along with it. - I love my job and would function somewhat normally at work and would focus on it 100%. However, after my work day my mind would not stop thinking 24/7 about my son. The evenings were the worst and as my partner works long hours I was alone until the evening. I lived in total fear for several years, still had my panic button, alarm system and large dogs always near my side. I isolated myself and ceased to experience any kind of joy. I stopped celebrating any holiday .. Thanksgiving, Christmas.. became like any other kind of day. My eldest celebrated the holidays with his father (different dad than my youngest.) I started developing ailments that in retrospect probably are all stress related. In the evenings I would cry a lot over what had become of my son, I would think of your children and many others of those who I felt a kinship with on this forum. The only thing that gave me solace were my animals. I have been involved in rescue for many years and have a private sanctuary with a variety of special needs/senior pets. Slowly, I started doing things that I enjoyed previously or hadn't done before. I took up dance after the urging of a friend to go with her. I started visiting a friend or two again, my parter and I started socializing more and rejoined a club we both had enjoyed in the past and I went on my first vacation since 2010. Leafy, if you're reading this I visited Hawaii after receiving an invitation from my dear friends who live there. Gawd I love it there and am blessed to have met so many wonderful people. As for my friends, I have never met a gentler kinder couple in my life and would often tell them my happiest moments was when I stayed in their home when they previously resided in the Pacific Northwest. They had moved to Hawaii many years before and had always left the door open for me to visit. I spent New Years at the Volcano (partner who visits his family abroad yearly had also urged me to go on a vacation). I use the word urge a lot in these past sentences because I did need a push to get out of my slump. I smiled and felt joy for the first time in years. Now after my long ramble back to you. I am so thrilled you are going on a vacation!! You need it! It will revitalize you - you mind, body and most importantly your soul. Yes, we often hear or give the advice to take care of YOU and it's so true. It gave me time to heal and view things with more clarity. So enjoy your vacation my friend, , experience the sights, marvel at the architecture, eat the wonderful food and feel the weight of the world lift off your shoulders and learn to smile again. [/QUOTE]
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