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Old Apr 12, 2010, 09:26 AM
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haha I love this emoticon!

Anyway...

You aren't alone in having people treating you to get over it. It just makes my blood boil. I get the whole 'just because other people in your family are alcoholics doesn't mean you will be', 'we need to get you drinking', 'everything in moderation is okay', 'you need to meet all the bad guys to find the good ones so get out there and start meeting some', 'let me set you up with someone, I'll find someone good for you', 'why can't you just pretend to be happy and then you will be', blah blah blah. I was trying to tell a friend once about my PTSD, man she pissed me off. When I was trying to explain the way I feel in intimate situations, i.e. if a guy puts his arm around me or whatever, she just laughed, and then she said 'oh I wasn't laughing at you I was just, laughing...'
I rarely even talk about it to people anymore, it infuriates me to hear these things. Some people just have a ridiculous lack of empathy. It dumbfounds me that so many people just don't get it, yet I have the capability to try and understand when someone is suffering.
I don't understand why people just expect things to be solved with that advice. 'Why thank you, you've solved all of my life's problems, the world is good again.'