I do not think you are crazy at all Jamie Lee. I believe you are experiencing what the rest of us are experiencing.
Emotionally wise...i can be there all smiling and happy and all of a sudden a strong sense of sadness will fall over me. I have no idea why. It also happens with frustration and then I end up in a rage and my husband will ask why I am so angry. I cannot tell him why. I am better at this because I have taught myself to sit back and go back one moment at a time and pinpoint when it actually started. I am now able to identify the source.
This aspect of my life (the emotional roller coaster) is the one area of my life that makes me feel like I am crazy. I am at the point of acceptance and forgiveness of my perpetrators, but this is one effect that continues to reign in my life.
Jamie Lee and others, you are not crazy...you are normal as normal we can be as victims.
As for compliments, I do not accept them well either. I tend to tell them they are wrong or laugh at them. I feel guilty when others do things for me. I do not feel worthy of their kindness.
Sandy
Posted on Mar 28, 2002, 10:29 AM from IP address 64.12.107.24