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« on: December 03, 2007, 11:28:39 AM »

Hey folks. Been quiet on my end for various reasons. I am still riding an internal rollercoaster, and I really would like it to stop.

I posted last week about how I was feeling good, and was flirty. Now, that has been replaced by missing having someone there. I hate to say it, but I find myself thinking about her alot. I know that I dont want her back in my life, but I want those "feeling" moments that you get with someone else. I want to experience things with someone, and since she was my last, and longest relationship, I keep thinking about all the good times we had, and all the fun we managed to squeeze out of that terrible relationship. I guess they call this lonliness. It is somber, and really, kinda tough to get through.

I miss having someone to come home to. Not that it was all that pleasant, but she was there. I miss getting a hug every once in a while. I miss having someone in my life that I know, and that knows me like that. I miss having someone to talk to, and talk back to me. I miss the little things, like looking over and seeing her asleep on the couch, or playing a game. I guess I miss the human interaction that comes with the long relationship. I find myself trying to get it from here at times, or friends. But it just isnt the same. I know that she is bad for me, and I will have no true happiness with her. But, I have called her, just to hear her voice, and that didnt go too well. It just reinforces why I am so much better off.

I know this too shall pass, but I wonder if any of you guys have experienced it at all? I wont become weak and try to get her back, but I long for the companionship. I guess I am finally mourning the passing of the relationship, rather than handling the drama of it all. I am not sad, hurt, nor am I the happiest person right now, just somber. I guess numb would be a good way of putting it. It is a liberrating feeling knowing that I dont ever want to be with her again, but it also has its moments of saddness, knowing all that I had prayed for, and hoped will never come into fruition. It has been 11 months. 11 painful, confusing, and trying months. The only thing left is to move on, and face my future. I think that is where I am at.

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« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2007, 11:40:08 AM »

Don't know if it helps...but, I think I am in much of the same boat as you Quick...the holidays especially start bringing out that wishing I had someone to share it with, look forward to seeing, get a hug from...etc...

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I miss having someone in my life that I know, and that knows me like that. I miss having someone to talk to, and talk back to me. I miss the little things...

I think that describes it very well...Companionship...that is what I miss (course most of the time we were together he wasn't even providing that) but, without anyone, it certainly does get lonely.

Last good hug I had was from you guys in NY...

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« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2007, 11:48:43 AM »

PD, you made me cry.  I've been feeling exactly the same way...

The weird thing is I've hardly ever cried over any of it;  I'm that jaded.
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« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2007, 11:58:56 AM »

Thanks Elphie. (((((Elph))))))

Bitzee, it really is ok. We are where we are. The good news is, it isnt permanent. We have all been through alot, and we will all live to love again. It is just that we all have to heal completely before we move on, or carry our wounds into the next relationship. We deserve so much better than to start something else out while hurting, just to let our hurts inhibit us, and guard uo from another person that may not want to cause us harm.

Cry, my dear Bitzee, it isnt bad, let it out. It is a part of the process. It is good for you to let it out and show emotion. The most important thing to remember when we are here, is that this is not it, it will get better, each and every day we step forward is a day closer to the place we want to be. The hardest thing for me to remember is that during our journey, we will have bad days. They are there for a reason. I think they are there to humble us, and not let us forget what we have come through. But, then again, I may be wrong. I dont know, Im still going down the road.
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« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2007, 12:12:50 PM »

First let me (((((hug u)))))) and let you know I understand completely, I could have wrote your post myself , it has been 14 mos. for me and not an easy 14 mos.  I understand what you feel as somber, numb, I feel exactly the same way, I get melancholy and think about some good things, but then I remember how I felt that fear and helplesness welling up again when I remember the rages, abuse, etc.  Unfortunately I have had to go serious LC and have had to keep our children from him as he is in his state of severe depression without a job, and told our 6 year old that he will probably be living in a shelter.  I let things go on with him for 19 years with our kids and see the emotional scars that our 19 yo and 15 yo have, and I refuse to let his illness affect them anymore.  The hardest part is when people say, oh how could you not let them see their father, I now tell them none of your business.  Sorry to get off track about your feelings.  Just know that you are certainly not alone.  I get flirty alot, then I get like you say "somber" and don't want to be bothered by the same man that I was in fact flirting with the week before because I get in that mourning stage like you.
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« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2007, 12:17:54 PM »

i know what your feeling quick...hey i will speak here as us... cause sht we are the same in our paths...i just have the extra little added psych wards. , and ro's

yes quick your heart wants it... but i think weve reached the point... where our minds are protecting us...i think my brain makes me slam my hand in a car door when ever my heart starts to feel something towards her...

it cant be quick...not for me not for you... weve seen the movie a thousand times... and there is only one survivor  us...

look at things pd... how long are we together...has anything changed..., if i wanted her back , i just got to call... same for you... but you dont...

you want the memeoreis ...the sunsets, the laughs, but on the same token you dont want the rest of the bullsht...the lack of trust , the raging, the daily i dont want to go home feeling...

you have the memories... thats all they will ever be...and thats whats keeping you in the game...but your not seeing the big picture...

and the song remains the same...i know i rambled her a bit pd...but you need to realise , wiegh the pros and the cons...

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« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2007, 12:24:39 PM »

I hear you brother.  ((((PDQuick))))

Whenever I think of her I force myself to think something awful of her and that I am glad we don't have children that she will torture later in life.

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« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2007, 01:05:15 PM »

I dont want her back, just mourning the person I had hoped she would be. Thats all. Mourning the person, I thought I had. It seems to be a common trait to all of us here.
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« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2007, 01:09:04 PM »

hopes a funny thing... isnt it quick...

eventually ... the flame flickers out...and your left in the dark till the sun comes up...

(i dont know where this sht is coming from..maybe some of lennic has rubbed off,)

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« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2007, 01:13:02 PM »

That is funny on several levels Tony. I explained to my ex, just before she got married, that each of our loves were like a fire. Mine was like an oak log, it is hard to get started, but once started, will grow and burn hot, long and consistant. Once it is time to go out, the flames gradually die, and the embers burn for a long time. Her love was like a cottonball. Ignites very quickly, and burns hot for just a short while, and when it is out, it is out quickly, and with nothing left.

I am sitting here, with a smoldering ember bed, and she has gone through several cottonballs.
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« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2007, 09:05:35 PM »

It's funny (not ha ha but interesting) how this part of the roller coaster still exists for us.  Maybe it's the holidays, maybe it's just the cycle of things, but I am spending some time thinking about what once was (or at least what I thought once was) and finding myself lonely and sort of grieving the loss of the dream.  We've been having some weird weather here and the flu is making a raid and when you don't feel good, the sense of loss seems to be amplified. 

Take care and good luck. 

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« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2007, 11:10:09 PM »

Hey Quick --

I don't know what to tell you except that what you are feeling is normal and it's part of the process.  I can tell you this (because I'm a little ahead of you in this crap) that the day does come where you don't mourn the relationship, you don't think about what it SHOULD'VE been, or feel saddened by the fact that your fantasy relationship was a bold faced lie.   It took me a very long time, but the day really did arrive when I just didn't think of it that way anymore. 

It doesn't help the sadness and emptiness that you're feeling right now, but just know from someone who's made it to the other side, it will not always feel this way.  I promise!

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« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2007, 12:36:06 AM »

This too shall pass.  Let it go and accept yourself and the life you have made.  Use the memory of the past to choose a wiser path in the future.

Each day brings a new beginning.

You will survive.
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« Reply #13 on: December 04, 2007, 04:21:16 PM »



Dear PD:

Sorry for my late response..work gets in the way too often of the more important things in life: like reading/posting...

Read of yer troubles...repeat after me: This Sucks...

You betcha and no sugar coat ever make s##t taste like mocha fudge no how...if ya get my meanin', if ya get my drift...

It Sucks, plain and simple...

The dream was always cooler...haddta be...we not be stupid Y chroms and select cheap-flash on purpose...if we only knew

The hard part for me is that I was into XX chroms since bein' a young'un...last Christmas marked the first time in 42 years that I have not had a XX chrom under the arm durin' the season...

Big hole there...

It hurts much less this year than last, but hurts nevertheless..can't tell ya it will die away completely...

Otherwise she didn't really mean that much to ya or ya didn't give it yer all...which as I read/know ya have...

It is precisely because of thls that I believe you/I can always conjure up that pain...but it will be to a lesser degree over time...

Forget it/her and there is more bad news...ya got Altzheimer's 

Least that's what I be thinkin'


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« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2007, 06:10:55 PM »

Speaking of roller coaster, I said to my ex in one of his crying, pleading re-engagements that I am not going to live on the roller coaster.  He said WHAT you were right there riding it with me.  I agree with him in one respect, because if I didn't get on that coaster with him, boy did it hear it.  Never heard the end of it.  On and on and on.  So I say yes I did get on and ride, but not because I agreed with him, just because of plain ole fear of the reprecussions.
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« Reply #15 on: December 04, 2007, 09:00:24 PM »

Hey PDQuick... You have posted a lot of insightful and supportive comments on my threads... Let me try and return the favour...I think what you need to do right now is step back and seperate the whole issue of BPD from the issue of grieving... What you are feeling right now are the same feelings you would feel if you lost a wife of 20 yrs.. the void.. can I replace it.. will i ever find THAT again...the BPD didnt cause you to feel like this.. the loss did.. whether a death or that toxic thing called BPD.. the loss is the same with different reasons and different emotional chaos.. nonetheless.. it is a loss.. try to approach it that way.. Im out 9 months.. never thought i would get here.. we all grieve at our own speed and in our own ways.. you too will come out the other side to love again.. and have THAT love... might be in a different package but u will and it will be healthy... take the time to breath .. gods speed
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« Reply #16 on: December 04, 2007, 09:32:23 PM »

Confession of the "non poster."  Smiling (click to insert in post)

Yup, I've been feeling the exact same way as everyone else. I think ti comes with the season. I actually thought about breaking NC to say hello. WTH am I thinking? After all the mental, emotional and financial crap she put me through, how can I even think this way? It's not like I ever want to get caught up in her drama again. It seems the stronger I get mentally the more I want to see what's going on up there in good old Charlotte.

So PDQ, yeah, call it lonliness, the season, whatever...

Where's Lennic when you need him?

He'd say something like:

It's better to have loved an entire ocean and lost in the current of life than to catch a flight on a hummingbird's wing destined towards Jack Nicolson in "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"

Then again...Maybe not! LMAO!  <:-) Smiling (click to insert in post)  

Happy Holidays all...I think we need each other to get us through the holidays. I'm glad you posted cause it's nice to know I'm not the only one.

One last thought: Sometimes I think and wait for the explanation in an email or letter I know will never ever come. It's just not in their conscience. That's tough!





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« Reply #17 on: December 04, 2007, 11:35:04 PM »

That is funny on several levels Tony. I explained to my ex, just before she got married, that each of our loves were like a fire. Mine was like an oak log, it is hard to get started, but once started, will grow and burn hot, long and consistant. Once it is time to go out, the flames gradually die, and the embers burn for a long time. Her love was like a cottonball. Ignites very quickly, and burns hot for just a short while, and when it is out, it is out quickly, and with nothing left.

I am sitting here, with a smoldering ember bed, and she has gone through several cottonballs.

Wow,does this post ring some bells for me.

I had a Personality Dis woman in my life thru all of 2006 .WE broke up a year ago. I am having an "anniversary reaction" . She is toxic in the extreme and I know that I never want her and her rollercoaster back, EVER, BUT i still yearn for the "good things'' that we had together.

I am about ready to post my story here and I hope that you wise folk can help me unravel this train wreck. My counsellor avoided " naming " whatever her disorder is. I am left in confusion and hurt. I am a physical scientist. Categorizing is in my nature and in my training.

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« Reply #18 on: December 05, 2007, 01:27:07 AM »

...and there they stood back to back, facing each other, sword in hand...or something like that... Smiling (click to insert in post)

For me, don't miss the x and don't want to know...but the dog...
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« Reply #19 on: December 05, 2007, 02:27:49 AM »

Weird you posted this because I know exactly what you are feeling.

I am starting to want to be with someone again.

I am starting to want to be part of a couple. Not enough to do much about it but enough to make me feel like I miss some of the good times. Not enough to want him back but enough to remember how it felt to be with someone and having fun. Or better, wanting to be held again and be intimate with someone.

It is hard to articulate but I am with you.

I saw my ex earlier for a visitation with my daughter and he did a great job of reminding me why he is wrong for me, not that I was considering getting back with him, but he reinforces it every time I see him.

Together we can get through this. :-* :-* :-*

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« Reply #20 on: December 05, 2007, 03:43:10 PM »

Hey Quick, just want to let you know that I know exactly what you are feeling. Everything that you described in your post, I am feeling.  I could cry my eyes out today.  This is so tough...

Hugs to you Quick. (and everyone else that is struggling.)
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« Reply #21 on: December 05, 2007, 04:23:46 PM »

Hi PD,

Your firewood analogy was very eloquent.

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« Reply #22 on: December 05, 2007, 05:21:51 PM »

Thanks all of you, Im really glad we could talk about this and not keep it locked inside. It isnt good to hide things from ourselves. It isnt right to keep it all bottled up inside.

The longer I am out of this relationship, the more I am realizing just what it really was, or wasnt, and what it was all about. I see, very clearly now, that she really never changed in the dynamic that I thought. She stayed pretty true to herself. Yes, she raged, and then quieted, cheated, lied and manipulated, but she did all of this consistantly. It was my perception of her that changed so much. It was my wanting her to be what I thought she could be that kept me there. It was my desire for the perfect compliment tp my life.

She would lie to me and tell me things would be different. I would believe her. She would do things behind my back, and I would find out about them, and she would deny it, and I would believe her. I believed her because, in her lies, was the perfect companion. I wanted the woman she pretended to be, not the one she actually showed me she was. I wanted the woman in my mind, not hers. That is why I believed the lies, because it fit my image. I discarded the truth because it wasnt the person I wanted.

It was my delusion, backed up by her lies that kept me there. I believed in my dreams, and not in my eyes. It was me the entire time.

I say all of this, because I dont want her back, and I do see clearly now. I miss her, I think, but what I miss is the illusion that my mind and her lies made. You may as well say that I fell in love with, and miss, a ficticious character in some forgotten book.

Now, the next question, am I the only one, and if so or not, what do I do with this knowledge? Am I looking for another compliment to my life that will just fill the void, rather than paint the picture with beautiful colors? Am I going to settle with something less than what I need to cast this stone from my stomach? I think I have already, and it turned out that this time, I stood true to myself, and didnt give in. Finally, a step for me, but is that it? I wish for ESP to see the future. To tell you guys the truth, I am scared of this lonliness, as it lead to the last catastrophe.
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« Reply #23 on: December 05, 2007, 06:28:09 PM »

Dear PD:

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I wish for ESP to see the future.

No you don't..not really...It'll just give you more stuff to be anxious about...not less.

Until you get a handle on, and control of, your anxiety, you will make desparate moves, and you will live in terror of an anticipated bleak tommorrow and remain rooted in a bleak recent past...

Least that's what I be thinkin'


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« Reply #24 on: December 05, 2007, 07:08:17 PM »

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« Reply #25 on: December 05, 2007, 08:42:55 PM »

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I miss having someone to come home to. Not that it was all that pleasant, but she was there. I miss getting a hug every once in a while. I miss having someone in my life that I know, and that knows me like that. I miss having someone to talk to, and talk back to me. I miss the little things, like looking over and seeing her asleep on the couch, or playing a game. I guess I miss the human interaction that comes with the long relationship. I find myself trying to get it from here at times, or friends. But it just isnt the same. I know that she is bad for me, and I will have no true happiness with her. But, I have called her, just to hear her voice, and that didnt go too well. It just reinforces why I am so much better off.

I know this too shall pass, but I wonder if any of you guys have experienced it at all? I wont become weak and try to get her back, but I long for the companionship. I guess I am finally mourning the passing of the relationship, rather than handling the drama of it all. I am not sad, hurt, nor am I the happiest person right now, just somber. I guess numb would be a good way of putting it. It is a liberrating feeling knowing that I dont ever want to be with her again, but it also has its moments of saddness, knowing all that I had prayed for, and hoped will never come into fruition. It has been 11 months. 11 painful, confusing, and trying months. The only thing left is to move on, and face my future. I think that is where I am at.


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I missed all of this too, PDQ...  I missed all of this when I was with him.  I reminded myself that, if I really wanted this kind of intimacy again, I had to divorce him and eventually meet someone else.  I couldn't have what I wanted, what I missed, if I stayed in the relationship...   and depended on him for that kind of intimacy.  You didn't have that stuff with her... not with any consistency.  She was not a partner, not a companion, except here and there, and less as the years went by. 

If you want that kind of stuff, just keep putting one foot in front of the other.  Better to be by youself for awhile than to be miserable. 
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« Reply #26 on: December 05, 2007, 08:43:50 PM »

Do you have a dog or kitty?
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Two dogs are better, emw... especially two big ones that keep your feet warm when it is cold and snowy out!
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« Reply #28 on: December 06, 2007, 03:54:12 AM »

To tell you guys the truth, I am scared of this lonliness, as it lead to the last catastrophe.

PDQ - the fact that you can write this should give you hope that you are not going to just settle for second best.  I think you are one of the most self-aware people around here and I have learned so much from your posts.  You take responsibility for your own stuff without beating yourself up and you are brave and honest as well as compassionate.  You have been incredibly hurt and though you have been angry, you have not become bitter. 

I've been missing ex too - red flags in longterm marriage now I look back but mostly good until last few years when we hit OZ bigtime.  I was low last night and pulled out my journal from two years ago.  Reading about the madness, pain and guilt (knew nothing about BPD - thought it was all my fault) probably made me feel more sad but it also banished the feelings of wishing we were back together!  Still, the problem we probably all have is that in amongst those bad memories are all the good ones - those times that kept us hanging in there.

I won't necessarily miss him at Christmas (wasn't his favourite holiday).  I will have as many Christmas tree lights as I want and not feel bad about how much I spend.

PDQ - it's no doubt frustrating having those flirty feelings then being low but at least you've still got it in you!  As those who are further on than us keep telling us, it's not going to be easy but we'll get there.  Who knows what 2008 will bring for you...all good things i hope.



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« Reply #29 on: December 06, 2007, 04:43:47 AM »

Hi, I think we all know what this feels like.

I found myself thinking about her when we met and how much I thought of her then. I allowed myself the enjoyment of remembering a good moment. And then a healthy new part of my brain jolted me back to reality in a way that it never used to.

I think it's too early since the split and I'm still too hurt to really dream about wanting her back. I am enjoying my own company.

Sure the holidays will suck sometimes. But at least they'll be real.

One day, we all might find real people to share life with. Here's hoping!

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« Reply #30 on: December 06, 2007, 05:44:40 AM »

...Now, that has been replaced by missing having someone there. I hate to say it, but I find myself thinking about her alot. I know that I dont want her back in my life, but I want those "feeling" moments that you get with someone else. I want to experience things with someone, and since she was my last, and longest relationship, I keep thinking about all the good times we had, and all the fun we managed to squeeze out of that terrible relationship. I guess they call this lonliness. It is somber, and really, kinda tough to get through.

I miss having someone to come home to. Not that it was all that pleasant, but she was there. I miss getting a hug every once in a while. I miss having someone in my life that I know, and that knows me like that. I miss having someone to talk to, and talk back to me. I miss the little things, like looking over and seeing her asleep on the couch, or playing a game. I guess I miss the human interaction that comes with the long relationship. I find myself trying to get it from here at times, or friends. ... I guess I am finally mourning the passing of the relationship, rather than handling the drama of it all. I am not sad, hurt, nor am I the happiest person right now, just somber. I guess numb would be a good way of putting it. ...

Lost

maybe

its not the loss

of your love

that I mourn

bitter

angry

hot

dissonant

maybe its

the loss of love

itself

sweet future

searing past

memories

to be made

fingers entwined

across the distance

between the lounge chairs

before the sunset

of our days

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« Reply #31 on: December 06, 2007, 05:54:13 AM »

...I see, very clearly now, that she really never changed in the dynamic that I thought. She stayed pretty true to herself. Yes, she raged, and then quieted, cheated, lied and manipulated, but she did all of this consistantly. It was my perception of her that changed so much. It was my wanting her to be what I thought she could be that kept me there. It was my desire for the perfect compliment tp my life.

She would lie to me and tell me things would be different. I would believe her. She would do things behind my back, and I would find out about them, and she would deny it, and I would believe her. I believed her because, in her lies, was the perfect companion. I wanted the woman she pretended to be, not the one she actually showed me she was. I wanted the woman in my mind, not hers. That is why I believed the lies, because it fit my image. I discarded the truth because it wasnt the person I wanted.

It was my delusion, backed up by her lies that kept me there. I believed in my dreams, and not in my eyes. It was me the entire time...

Now the tears are streaming down my face so hard - racking sobs...the truth in this..change the genders and there I am.  I hear how I've changed - as if that's a bad thing - to grow up - to start to erect boundaries and safety nets.  To look at how things really are, as opposed to how we wish they were.  That's what you started to do, and that's good for you - self preservation.

I have to take care not to feel guilty about growth and change - these are what life is all about, and the alternative - stagnation - is the true death.

I'm sorry to see you feeling so 'seasonal'.  You express it well though, and that has to be cathartic, which is good.  You have offered me words of wisdom - you are smart and sensitive.  Please know, deep down to your feet, that you are not alone.
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« Reply #32 on: December 06, 2007, 06:13:55 AM »

The truth in this all is that it hurts. It hurts because we see that it was us. But, in that hurt, those tears, and that pain, lie the answers and the solutions that we are longing to find. Fairy tales are best left to the story books. Life is real. People are real. Our hopes and dreams are real. But, we cant project our image of another onto another. This is what hurt me so bad, not the leaving, not her getting married, not the abuse, but the truth of realizing that the person I loved existed only in my mind. I have yet to meet her. She is faceless to me. The woman I chose to see those things in, never possesed any of her qualities. I gave them to her in my mind, and paid the ultimate price for it.

The biggest lesson I have learned thus far through all of this, is to take people at face value. Watch their actions, and notice their words. I believed in her words, and ignored her actions, and it allowed me to perpetuate the dream. Actions are the true window into the heart and soul. Words are just breathy sounds emitted by a mouth, and carry little value to me now. I think I was sheltered as a child to some extent, and never learned this lesson until now. I hate that I have learned it the way I have, but there are worse ways to learn this lesson, so I should be relieved.

Optomism is a mindset that can get the weakest person through the strongest storm. I choose to see the light, rather than focus on the dark. It is the pathway to having learned a lesson, rather than forming a regret. If we all choose to see the light, and learn from this, we will become stronger, more knowledgeable people. If we focus on the darkness, we will fall into another abyss and wonder why. So here is to a life lesson. May the next one be more gentle on us all.
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« Reply #33 on: December 06, 2007, 06:31:01 AM »

Spoken with clarity and vision.  I wish you well.
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« Reply #34 on: December 06, 2007, 10:01:40 AM »

I believed in her words, and ignored her actions, and it allowed me to perpetuate the dream. Actions are the true window into the heart and soul.

This is what I find hard.  Hard because I feel I put my health at risk by believing his words (more than once).  Hard because I tried to convince our children that 'this time it's different' because I believed their dad's words.  Hard because he wasn't always like this (but then neither was I!) and I really thought we had an exciting future ahead because we'd both messed up, grown from the experiences we'd had and kept finding our way back to each other. 

I believe he meant what he said when he said it.  Just as he now believes something different.  His 180 degree turns are the actions that demonstrate that what he says doesn't stay true for long.

Mind you, he could say the same about me.  I've given the impression that I'd be around for him no matter what, wait till he sorted himself out etc. and I am VERY near the point at which this is no longer true.  Scary and heartbreaking as it is, I have to find a way of letting go of the dream and of who he was/could be rather than who he is NOW.  I want to say I still love him but I don't know who it is I love.

Interesting what you say about being sheltered as a child.  This was the case with me and I guess I always thought things worked out. 

PDQ - you're well on your way I think and wise enough not to rush things.  Who knows where you'll be next Christmas...somewhere wonderful with someone wonderful...?  


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« Reply #35 on: December 06, 2007, 10:28:14 AM »

Well, I almost loved mine to death. Literally. It almost killed me and I have a 6 inch scar to prove it.

It is so intense so much of the time that when you stumble out of Oz you are in a daze.

Then the truth sinks in and it can feel devastating.

I don't think you will make another mistake PD. You know what it is now. You know when something feels wrong. You are too self aware to repeat this.

You are not the same man you were before. You have experienced agony and you have disclosed some painful things you had to deal with. There is no way you will ever walk down that path again.

Since you recognize this as a dangerous area then the best thing to do is work through it. Sit with the loneliness. It will pass and you will be wiser for it.
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« Reply #36 on: December 06, 2007, 10:45:47 AM »

I agree with HGG.  One thing that is dif - we know about red flags now.  And about gut feelings...

Nothing wrong with a little lonliness.  Try to spend the time loving yourself.
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« Reply #37 on: December 06, 2007, 04:20:44 PM »

you can't go wrong loving yourself.

By the way, I had all my addictions just now.  Dr. Pepper, swiss cake rolls and now a thread hijack.  What a great fix!  HGG
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« Reply #38 on: December 07, 2007, 08:48:45 PM »

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it cant be quick...not for me not for you... weve seen the movie a thousand times... and there is only one survivor  us...

You trying to make me cry or somethin Tony?

Pd, it's so hard to really give up, but we know what's wrong now. Survival is the only way.

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Now the tears are streaming down my face so hard - racking sobs...the truth in this..change the genders and there I am.  I hear how I've changed - as if that's a bad thing - to grow up - to start to erect boundaries and safety nets.  To look at how things really are, as opposed to how we wish they were.  That's what you started to do, and that's good for you - self preservation.

I'm sorry to see you feeling so 'seasonal'.  You express it well though, and that has to be cathartic, which is good.  You have offered me words of wisdom - you are smart and sensitive.  Please know, deep down to your feet, that you are not alone.

Quick, our hearts all break. That's why we're here. I've been exactly where you're at but weighed out my options. It hurts that THEY (the BPD) don't even know how bad we hurt and will never understand we waited for them, but BPD is incurable and everlasting. I was thinking today I couldn't believe I was still 'stuck' in this after all this time. It's a mind___. We're here for you.
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« Reply #39 on: December 08, 2007, 05:26:51 AM »

There are a few things in life a girl can count on. The rise and set of the sun. The seasons changing. And Saraband hijacking a thread. All is right with the world.


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« Reply #40 on: December 08, 2007, 09:11:42 AM »



tbc - beautiful poem, thanks

Thankd you!  :-*
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« Reply #41 on: December 10, 2007, 02:06:56 AM »

Dear PD,

You have a way of speaking from the heart that just cuts right to the core of it all...I so appreciate what you share here.  It's very emotional for me to read what you've written - "like a letter to my soul" (as with many others here as well) I've been away for awhile...thinking I was fine, more or less.  I'm not.  So, I'm posting again, crying again, and hoping that being here again will get me through again. 

Loneliness is a strange companion.  I hate it but I know I need to let it be for now.  The loneliness is tangible, cold, and scary.  But it can teach us so much about ourselves.  Like you said, it was us all along, living in a delusional world that we now have to mourn once and for all.  I do miss parts of him, the companionship, the affection, the cuteness...you know.  Maybe I miss being needed in that codependent way...amongst other things. 

I saw him today, standing there in that self pitying way, smoking and looking sullen.  It shook me to the core.  I thought it wouldn't, but it did.  I don't miss the misery, but I miss the ecstasy.  Yet I know they are intrinsically intertwined and you can't have one without the other when it comes to BPDs.  So, thank you for prompting more tears that needed to be released.  Thank you for being so authentic.  I wish you much peace and comfort. 
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« Reply #42 on: December 10, 2007, 07:55:41 AM »

I believed in her words, and ignored her actions, and it allowed me to perpetuate the dream. Actions are the true window into the heart and soul.


Wow, I can't reiterate how important this message is.  Mr. Quick, profound, my dear.  This is something that should be repeated throughout this board.

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« Reply #43 on: December 10, 2007, 01:45:24 PM »

So true Jewls and Q.  Maybe within the first month everyone should make a list of all the actions...not the words.  I just thought of that and said oh, oh.  Lust can be so intoxicating...what an idiot I was.  Don't feel bad Q, my list is worse.
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« Reply #44 on: December 10, 2007, 02:01:46 PM »

Mine's pretty bad too.  Man the lines I fell for - unbeliebvable, and that should have been the key.  Instead we were married very soon.  Nearly twnety years ago.

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« Reply #45 on: December 10, 2007, 03:21:54 PM »

I think the loneliness after a BPD relationship is a lot more acute than that of a "normal" one, because so much more of our psycic energy goes into maintaining a relationship with one.

Even in the best of times, we're still investing our thoughts, feelings, and concerns into them...wondering what their mood will be, wondering how they are doing today, enduring another one of their tirades, processing another of their crazytalk moments, bearing another insult, yearning for something good to come our way from them.

Then when they're gone, we're left with only ourself, only we've learned to not even like who we are because of all the abuse that was heaped upon us. We've become alienated from our own self, and it takes a while to get reacquainted with us.

But after a while, you actually begin to be OK with the loneliness, because you realize it's better than the traumatic togetherness you had with your ex. Shortly after that, you begin to enjoy yourself again. Begin doing those things that make you you.

That's where I'm at now. I am OK with not being in a relationship or even dating. I wish I had someone somewhere to look forward to seeing, but I don't and that's OK.

But the one thing I don't miss is my ex. Holy moley...the last person I'd want to spend a second with is my ex. She is such a repugnant pile of steaming cr@p that I'd rather be single til death comes than see her. But that's just me.

PDQ, you'll be all right. You have an indomitable spirit, and some southern belle will very much appreciate that.

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« Reply #46 on: December 10, 2007, 03:25:59 PM »

Thanks Jeffree, but what if I want a yankee girl? LOL!
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« Reply #47 on: December 10, 2007, 03:29:49 PM »

Then you better get used to being one lonely ol' buckaroo!

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« Reply #48 on: December 10, 2007, 03:32:09 PM »

Its ok, my ex was a yankee from Pittsburgh. Should have known a Cowboy and a Steeler wouldnt mix!
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« Reply #49 on: December 10, 2007, 03:35:33 PM »

That should have been your first and only clue, dude.

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« Reply #50 on: December 10, 2007, 03:38:40 PM »

Hey, that super bowl went 13 years worth!
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« Reply #51 on: December 10, 2007, 03:57:43 PM »

Hey, I read you, PDQuick!

I think the holiday season is a tough time to go through. Brings back too many sweet memories of when things were OK.

Incidentally, last Christmas - the last Xmas together - was quite good. No fights. No rages. I still marvel at how well everything went. But it must have been the calm before the storm. I think even then something had already broken   in my attachment to him. I remember on New Year's Eve, at the stroke of midnight, we were all out on the pier with his family in Lisbon, everybody kissing and hugging and saying "Happy New Year! Happy New Year!" And I simply forgot to wish him a happy new year! I think subconsciously it was a deliberate mistake. Things were OK at that point but something had already died in me. I had begun to detach and break away.

A month and a half later, I was out.

Like you, I sometimes get lonely, and that's when I think about him. Like you, I don't want him back but I do mourn the companionship, the moments when the disorder didn't stand in our way, when we fad fleeting moments of joy, scraps of happiness handed to us by a mere stroke of luck.

You know, there's something amazing about our need to cling on to all things familiar. It doens't matter that there was often chaos and crazy-making and raging and abuse. It was still familiar. The familiarity of the life we once had with that partner makes us long for that life, for that past, or rather for the illusion we had - and still have - of it.

But, PDQuick, you'd better run a reality check and realize that the picture was far from being so rosy. Only today I was telling my father I didn't ever   want to see ex-partner again because of this, that and the other. Pining for that old illusionary familiarity ain't gonna help, buddy. The reality of it all was far, far worse. And you know it. Just close your eyes and reminisce...

You say you'd like "a few hugs every now then". How about "many hugs all of the time"?



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« Reply #52 on: December 10, 2007, 08:07:32 PM »

Gads, Jerry, wouldn't that be lovely?   Smiling (click to insert in post)  That made me happy just thinking about it!  Thank you.
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« Reply #53 on: December 14, 2007, 07:05:03 AM »

It is a nice thought to be hugged all of the time. I used to recoil from my ex because his hugs felt like tentacles to me.

Jerry I am surprised that you were able to have a good holiday. I have never had one with the ex.
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« Reply #54 on: December 14, 2007, 08:07:18 AM »

Good hugs are the best and if you get one with a side of a good kiss it is even better.  ahhhh
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