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Old Jul 06, 2014, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by birdpumpkin View Post
Totally feel exactly as the title of your post. It seems since our fire in December everyone has moved on and carried on with their lives and expecting me to do the same. I seem to be the only one suffering. People have told me maybe my husband and son just grieve in a different way. I don't know. But everyone in my life, my family, just seem to have moved on and are carrying on just fine while I'm suffering the after effects alone. I cry all the time, am depressed, am scared, anxious, etc. As you said, no one seems to "get it." I always felt change was scary, even before ptsd. You seem to be very brave and positive.

Others did not have the same emotional attachments you had and had other things that were more important to them too. Most likely the cats were "yours" and your other family members did not have the same sense of responsibility to them as you did. You are also talking about two males, verses a female and the emotional attachments are different.
Thanks for this!
birdpumpkin