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Old Mar 25, 2014, 01:35 PM
Anonymous100305
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Write a note in an attractive greeting card or on stationary explaining what happened & telling your friend how you feel. Emphasize that you do want to continue your friendship. Also mention that you aren't sure how to proceed at this point, in terms of your friendship since your friend is now married. There have been big changes for both of you. It will take time for both of you to figure out if & how your friendship will function under these 2 new sets of circumstances. (Don't send an e-mail or a text. These are too casual.)

I do also want to say, Bazz, I keep reading that you: "want your life back." The operative word here is: "back". STOP LOOKING BACK! No one ever gets to go back. All any of us can ever do is move forward from where we are. Either your friends will come around or they won't. All you can do is to make a good-faith effort to reconnect with them. If they don't respond, then maybe they're not the friends you thought they were. Perhaps you will need to make new friends. And it may turn out that your new friends will be better friends than your old ones were.

My suggestions would be: get into a support group if there is one available where you live. Find some volunteer work to do. I know you're seeing a new therapist today. Perhaps a part of your treatment plan can be to work on all of this. From my perspective, therapy should involve more than just sitting around talking about your feelings. It should also involve helping you to move from where you are now to where you want to go. I don't know what your educational background is, but if you have any thoughts regarding pursuing additional education, you could also possibly work on this as time goes by... or you could perhaps give some thought to what type of job you might like to have, once you're ready to return to work. (Having done some volunteer work, in the meantime, will be of benefit when you do begin looking for jobs again in the future as well.)
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bazzinga1990
Thanks for this!
bazzinga1990