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Old Jun 20, 2010, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by raiieanna View Post
God. You know, when I try to tell people I'm not feeling so hot, so up, I'm depressed, they tend to try to analyze WHY I feel that way. That's not what I'm looking for. That just makes me feel even worse. What I want, what I need, is for someone to simply be there, to tell me, you're just having a day. Lean on me, cry it out, and I'll be here to hold and comfort you. That's all I want. Sometimes, that's all I really need is a good cry and someone to listen to me whine.
You expressed my feelings so well, and I don't think we are alone in just wanting pepole to "hear" us not try to fix us, to be there for us, not to judge us.
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