Empty feeling.....

Hello to all, this is my first time posting here, and I am feeling totally lost and confused. I am a single mom who recently left my ex-husband for the fifith and final time, I have a wonderfully bright, beautiful, healthy six year old girl, a good job, a wonderful pet dog named Polly and a loving and supportive family. I have no reason to feel so lost and empty, so depressed, and yet I feel that way. I find myself drowning in this feeling, and it is taking away from my life and my daughter's life. She misses me as a mom, and I miss so much because of how I feel. I mean I just sit around and do nothing, I hate HATE feeling like this, can anyone sympathize? Any advice would be greatly appriciated. Thanks

hi lgreen and welcome. i'm glad you've come.

it sounds like you might be dealing with some depression over the major life changes. Also, it sounds like this might've been going on for an extended period of time which wears on our emotional resources.

have you thought about seeing a therapist to "talk through" the grief you might be feeling? i know i married and divorced young, and even though it was my decision, I grieved heavily as it was a loss of hopes and dreams even though i knew it best.

we're here.

KD

Hello Igreen I am also new to this site. I can understand how you feel. I also just want to lay around the house and do nothing. I have a six year old son that came up to me and asked me if I was going to cry all day. I did not know how to respond to that. I also have a 14 year old daughter that is wonderful and 17 year old son that is Bipolar. I just want to run away and hide form the world most days. I don't know how to make things better. No matter how hard I try I just make things worse. My husband and I are not getting along because all we do is fight about our 17 year old son. Sometime I want to leave the marriage and leave the kids with him. Does anyone else have any answers?

Hi.. I think we all go through a grief process when a relationship ends.. regardless of how it ends.. we have invested time and emotions into it, and it sounds like you went the extra mile by giving it chance after chance...

Is it possible that after everything you went through to save this relationship, you feel like a failure? I did.Is it possible that you feel like a fool for investing as much as you have into it only to have to walk away from it? I did.

Is it possible that you feel guilty for taking your daughters family unit from her even though you couldn't do anything different? I felt that way about my son....

Just a few things to give some thought to.. things that could be causing your depression. All understandable and natural repsonses.

I agree that therapy can be a wondewrful way to work it all out... and if therapy isn't an option then talking about it here or with friends is the next best thing... so talk away...

It will get better... have hope..

Thanks to Kimmydawn and unwanted>>>>>
Unwanted, your life sounds so familiar to mine, I mean it is unreal;
thanks so much for the support