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02/23/2011 09:24 AM
I FINALLY have closure :)
moodygrl83
moodygrl83  
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So I wrote a letter to bad gma that took me a couple of weeks to get together. On monday I read it to her. The weird (but good) thing is, I seem so much more peaceful and happier! So when I read the letter there wasn't any bitchiness in my voice or anger. After I read the letter the first thing bad gma asked if was she should move out. I said no, and my parents were there with me since my mom and I believe that this should be between all 4 of us. I wasn't emotional, I did get a little bit upset when she denied things that she always has denied but I needed to say what I needed to so I would get closure for ME!

Ever since then things have been going well. There hasn't been as much tension in the house. I haven't had to lock myself in my bedroom, and the BEST part is I haven't been crying anymore. I feel truly blessed that I was able to take control of the situation and confront her but in an appropriate manner.

Goal: Reached Smile

-S
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02/23/2011 11:12 AM  Top
proudmami01
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That is awesome news. I'm glad you feel better and things are better in the house.

I hope you and grandma can put all the past in the past and move on. yes, the past will always be there, but I think you both need to forgive each other and move on and try to have a healthy relationship. There may come a day where you need her... or she needs you.

Tiffany, 27 y/o

Bipolar I
Rapid Cycling
Anxiety Disorder
PTSD

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Adderall 40mg (20mg 2x day)
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Depakote 500mg

Chantix - time to quit smoking, FOR GOOD!

I don't want the world to see me, cuz I don't think they'd understand. When everything's made to be broken - I just want you to know who I am.

02/23/2011 11:15 AM  Top
moodygrl83
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Yes I agree. I just decided to let go, I was stressing alot and not very happy. Now its like I feel light as a feather, instead of having a ton of bricks on me Smile

02/23/2011 01:35 PM  Top
Joy75
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This is great news to hear. You are set free now it sounds like. I'm glad you did that and you are not crying anymore. There is no more tension in the house. I think you did the healthy thing to do. It's like a big weight is lifted off of your shoulders. I'm very proud of you for doing that. Way to go!
Joy, 37 years old

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Bipolar disorder can be a great teacher. It’s a challenge, but it can set you up to be able to do almost anything else in your life. – Carrie Fisher

02/23/2011 06:46 PM  Top
bpjourney
bpjourney  
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That is such wonderful news! That took a great deal of courage to bring that closure for yourself! You should be very proud of yourself. I'm so happy to hear that things are going well and that you feel truly blessed! What a wonderful way to feel! Smile
Anna

You don't get over it, you just get through it. You don't get by it because you cant get around it. It doesn't get better, it just gets different.

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Diagnosed Bipolar I Jan. 2007

Alcohol Free since February 2010

Meds:
Oxcarbazepin (Trileptal) 1500mg
Lamotrigine (Lamictal) 200mg
Topiramate (Topamax) 125mg
Trazodone 50-100mg PRN
Alprazolam (Xanax) 2mg daily / 0.5 4xday


Please note that I am not a psychiatrist or psychologist. My opinions are personal only.

Previous discussions I participated in:
losing the internet
manic panic
Depresed

02/24/2011 03:39 AM  Top
moodygrl83
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Thanks everyone! You know, I just was "hurting" inside and I knew that if I didn't take control that things would get worse. Bad gma still makes rude remarks but I don't let it get to me anymore. She is my only trigger, and for me to have closure and knowing that I was the bigger person means alot to me (not trying to brag-but it took guts to read that letter to her face). I'm getting healthy again, its been close to 10 months since my dx of Bipolar 1 and oddly enough I don't feel the edgyness or like people are talking about me behind my back and even if they are, guess what? I don't care anymore Smile

~*Sticks and stones may break my bones; but names will never hurt me*~

-S

02/24/2011 04:26 AM  Top
bpjourney
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Brag away darlin'!!!! YOU DESERVE IT!!!! Smile
Anna

You don't get over it, you just get through it. You don't get by it because you cant get around it. It doesn't get better, it just gets different.

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Diagnosed Bipolar I Jan. 2007

Alcohol Free since February 2010

Meds:
Oxcarbazepin (Trileptal) 1500mg
Lamotrigine (Lamictal) 200mg
Topiramate (Topamax) 125mg
Trazodone 50-100mg PRN
Alprazolam (Xanax) 2mg daily / 0.5 4xday


Please note that I am not a psychiatrist or psychologist. My opinions are personal only.

Previous discussions I participated in:
losing the internet
manic panic
Depresed
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