Friday!

[yiskah]

It's been a long time since I did this, so I have no idea whether it will still work, but it is FRIDAY and so how about some anonymous comments?

Friends! Let it all out! Share your scandal, your angst, your exciting news! Tell the internet who you fancy! Tell us what you dreamed about last night, what you had for breakfast this morning, what you think of the new coalition Cabinet (if you're British), how sick you are of hearing about the UK election (if you're not).

Please do not be unpleasant about anyone who is likely to read this, or I will magically come through the internet and smack you.

OK GO. Hopefully I will not be left alone with the Japanese spammer...

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I came out of a long relationship a few months back. Bumped into someone I knew years ago, and we embarked on a "thing" that rapidly became the beginnings of a relationship. She's now had a bit of a minor breakdown, and is embarking on CBT next week (not for the first time, either). From one moment to the next, she swings from wanting to see me, texting/talking about sex, and then to freaking out and saying we can't be together. I've suggested we just put everything on hold while she starts CBT and sees how that goes, and that there's no rush for anything to be "formal". I wonder if she is subconsciously pushing me to freak out and destroy any chance of us being together in the future, so she doesn't need to worry about it.

Anyway, I'm an idiot and poured myself into this right at the start, and am now feeling completely broken and empty. I am approaching 40. Christ.

[yiskah.livejournal.com]

Oh anon, I really feel for you. It sounds like you really need to break off contact for a little while at least, because this must really be messing with your head.

[(Anonymous)]

You're right, and I try. And then she contacts me, and the cycle of elation>misery begins again. I feel such a fool.

[yiskah.livejournal.com]

This may seen extreme, but block her from your phone? It may be unintentional, but she is being horribly cruel to you. No matter what she's going through, you can't be expected to be her support network.

You're not a fool; you're reacting in a totally reasonable way to someone who is behaving unfairly.

[(Anonymous)]

Wise words.

Once upon a time I embarked on a thing with a friend who also turned out to be having some form of breakdown while I was on the verge of one. It could have been brilliant, but I couldn't risk my mental health for hers so cut contact for a while. We never happened but we both got lots saner and happier faster when we stopped flailing in the are we aren't we mire.