I created this blog because I am desperate and my friends and my family are tired of hearing me complain. I am writing about my daughter. She just turned 30. She is beautiful and extremely bright. She has been having a very hard time lately.....actually for about 8 years. I need help....on how to help her. She was raped, in another country 8 years ago, while studying abroad....the guys were never caught. Never prosecuted. Every summer since then, my daughter has cratered. She literally stops functioning. She has gone to counseling....though not consistently. She is on medication....but probably doesn't take it consistently. At first, it would only be a few days before or even a few weeks. As the years have passed, the depression now lasts pretty much all year....Every summer for all these years I have torn up the road between here and where she lives. Many times, just to check on her because I could not get in touch with her. Sometimes at her request, just to hang out, and be with her. She and I have always been really close, almost to a fault. She has always been my princess.
Over the past 10 months, many things have changed. My daughter had an affair with her boss....and he left, said he was going to be with her, but of course, he went back home. She was devastated. So, she went into what I call a "funk." No one could get in touch with her for weeks. She would sleep for days at a time. She told me no drugs were involved. Then, finally she comes out of it.
I am only trying to give some background and I am rambling.
I am going to stop for now, so that you come back and read more. I desperately want to find someone who understands!
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