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Leed · May 14, 2012, 08:25 AM

Hi ~ Is there any way you can get in to see a counselor? Sounds like you may need to talk to a therapist, at least for a FEW sessions. I think it would be good for you. Being an introvert, I imagine you have alot of things that you've kept hidden for many years -- and those things need to get out. The longer we keep certain things in, the sicker we get. By "sick" I mean more depressed.

I was like that as a youngster too -- I had no one to talk to either even tho I had 3 sisters. We didn't talk. Everything was kept "quiet." My parents were alcoholics, and that wasn't discussed by anyone. They fought all the time, and we were terrified. We never got beat but we never got acknowledged either.

I got into therapy as an adult, and I'm so glad I did! All kinds of things came out of me. LOL There were things that I'd even forgotten about that I suddenly remembered! It was SO freeing to get it all out -- to get RID of it all. It felt like the world had been lifted from my shoulders, like I'd been cleansed.

And I didn't know who *I* was either!! I didn't have a clue until I got into therapy. I finally found out -- and realized I wasn't the awful person I thought I was. LOL

Please try therapy. You won't regret it, and your emotions WILL go back to normal -- it might take a little while, but not long. You'll be glad you went. I wish you the very best. God bless & please take care. Hugs, Lee