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Originally Posted by Don Ro
What we've seen here over and over again is a one-sided story.
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BTW, there are good and not-so-good in every walk of life, in every profession - including the psych community.
I've witnessed it myself first hand - as a client/patient (I finally learned what to look for in a therapist) and then as a crisis center co-director and co-counselor for 4 years.
Here's my short and sweet take on so many of the cases in which I was involved:
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Husband: "What's he got that I don't?"
Wife: "Self-awareness."
Husband: "What's that?"
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Some women will hang on for years and years hoping for a change that they never see on the horizon.
Someone comes along and the woman finally decides to save herself - her life.
She goes for it.
Go ahead - beat her up for it.
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I've seen this first hand and things didn't work out the way she thought they would.
My ex left me for someone she met on-line. Without going into the details this should give you some idea of were her head was at.
Long story short, she moved interstate to be with him & I ended up raising our three children on my own.
(He was a musician with no regular income)
Was I happily married to her? ... No but I was a father of 3 young children so leaving wasn't an option. You make do and do the best you can.
Did she at any point surprise me? ... No.
She missed the best years of our children's lives to be with someone who stayed around until her money ran out.
And then he shacked up with another married women 10 years younger than my ex.
So my ex moves back and she can't understand why the children wont move in with her.
She's a chain smoking alcoholic, 60 pounds over weight and she'll be 55 soon.
Looking back, I have regrets but now I sleep very well at night.