re: GUILT

Ownmeny(AT)aol.com
Mon, 16 Nov 1998 20:53:38 EST

I can definitely relate to the guilt thing. I feel bad now being in my room
reading this when I could be playing with my son.

I also experience a lot of anxiety over what people at work think since I
rarely "show" that I'm miserable (sometimes I am - not always). I think I
worry so much because I am so judgemental and I'm really working on that. I
need to learn to say "screw it" as far as what other people think!
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Other issues that I'd like to raise are my wife's guilt feelings over not
doing more around the house and with the kids; her frustration that most
people around her (including me at times?) don't appreciate or acknowledge her
condition because it's not so visible anymore and she has recovered quite a
bit; and our uncertainty about the future because no one can predict how her
recovery will go.**