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Jealous-me
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Joined : Feb 2011
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Posted 6/26/2011 11:50 PM (GMT 0)
Hey, I have been on this website before, but I dealt with jealousy. I got over that but now I have a new problem that i have had for as long as I can remember. My problem is that I over think things. Sometimes the topic can be good, like winning the lottery, but recently its been about
death and being raped. I was always worried I was going to be raped, it was a nightmare to me. To this day I keep a hammer under my pillow just in case. It used to be that I was afraid of going to the kitchen at 2:00 am just to get a glass of water. I have gotten better with that topic though, even though I still think about
it occasionally. But now my new topic is death. Not death for my self or death of a friend or animal, but the death of my parents and sibling; but mostly just my parents. My friends dad died yesterday, which has made my thoughts worse. I KNEW her dad, I have talked to him!! I thought she was joking at first when she told me. I just can't believe it. Then I thought, "What if that had happened to my mom or dad??" It used to be that I would be worry-free while calling my mom when she was driving, but now I wait over an hour until I'm sure she is not driving. I also tell my mom and dad that I love them a billion times before they leave to go somewhere. I just love them to death and I can't imagine them gone. I don't think they are going to be gone any time soon, but they are in their late 50's...and I'm only 13. I don't think it's healthy for me to think about
this. So I was wondering if there were any mental exersizes that I could do when I start thinking of these things? Thank you a million times!!
~Jealous-me
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Joined : Feb 2011
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Posted 6/27/2011 3:36 AM (GMT 0)
I'm so sorry to hear you are consumed by such fear. People live and people die. I like to look at it as "making way for the new babies to have their turn at life". Earth would be uninhabitable if us oldies didn't die off eventually! We can have an understanding of the cycle of life but that is separate to grief. Grief is something your friend will be feeling atm. You might not have been close enough to her father to miss him, but yes, it seems to have reawoken you to the reality of thefragility of life. We never know when or how we are going to die, but we are all guaranteed to experience it at some time. It is the natural order. No matter how much we understand that, it is still painful when someone we love dies. We are used to having them around and their death leaves a gap in our lives... the process of that "hole" healing over is what grief is about
. Possibly you may be able to support your friend at this time. She would probably welcome someone to talk to about
"what do you think happens to us when we die?". I wouldn't tell her about
your fears because she has had a major trauma and she needs people to be there for her atm and not demand her comfort and support with their own stuff. I think you need to talk to your parent/s about
your fears and describe to them how your fears are impacting on your life. I'd be really interested to hear their take on what you are experiencing.
eleveno
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Joined : Jun 2011
Posts : 29
Posted 6/27/2011 1:07 PM (GMT 0)
Hello Jealous-me I am sorry how you are feeling now. I already have obsessive thinking with bad stuff as well as good stuff.
I think you must see your doctor to discuss these issues.
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