Hello, Thisworld, sorry you're going through such stress.
The proverbial question most psychiatrists ask is "how important is this person?". That's the 64-dollar question. Chances are (as you suggest) she was too important in your life. I wish we could know just how many times doctors have asked that question in an effort to get people to see that they are placing too much importance on one person in one's life. Another way of saying it is that we sometimes "put too many eggs in one basket". That's another favorite of theirs, I think!
The best way to ease the pain is to talk to a psychotherapist and get out of your system the feelings that have emerged such as "...a knife jabbing into an
open wound". These things need
healing, and psychotherapy will speed the time needed to clear these feelings from your mind.
Chances are you will never forget this person, but you will have done what you needed to do to keep your sanity and to find another person with whom you might share your life happily. I've
yet to meet someone who hasn't had to go through what you're enduring to grow into full maturity.
In my view, you dad is incorrect in asking that you hate her. It's
far better that you forgive her. After all, it isn't benefitting her for you to forgive her; it's really benefitting you because it frees you from the haunting memories and the painful feelings and lets you move on with your life. One day you will wake up and feel sorry for her.
Try reading a little book called "Forgiving and Moving On". It has some wonderful ideas about how to forgive and what benefits that has for you. Hate is actually a frustration of the drive for love; what you need to do is lose your hatred for her and concentrate on loving a healthy person who genuinely cares for your depth and principles.
I hope you will get the therapy needed. I apologize if I have repeated someone else's thread on this, but I have not read through the other folks' comments.
Take care.
It's Genetic
Post Edited (It's Genetic) : 2/23/2012 1:22:31 PM (GMT-7)