Posted by bluedog on November 18, 2002, at 0:56:32
In reply to sad or depressed? no need to respond., posted by BeardedLady on November 17, 2002, at 14:26:11
> No response to this post is necessary. I'm trying to kick myself in the ass. Thanks to all who posted before on those two lengthy threads. I wish to be myself again.
>
> beardy
Do you really think you can stop us from lending you some support....I don't think so!!!!!! [ :) ]Beardy, let me say that I don't think that you are feeling sorry for yourself.
I think what you ARE doing is underestimating the degree of grief that you are suffering from the death of your beloved furry friend. Don't let anyone tell you that it was "only a dog". I know society expects you to shrug off the death of your pet and a lot of people won't understand, but I want you to know that there are just as many people that do understand and I am one of them.
I can say that having gone through the death of our beautiful burmese/russian blue cat last month that, although the sadness of missing your pooch is extremely intense (and will remain so for a while), you WILL get to a point where you will feel a little bit normal again.
The best thing you can do is not to beat youself up about how you feel and absolutely REFUSE to feel guilty about allowing yourself to grieve. It's your RIGHT to be able to grieve and bugger anyone who tries to tell you otherwise.
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