I want alll you guys (and ladies) to know that I would be a total basket case without your help and examples. Thank you.
I will stay strong. And empathy will be hers to claim if she wants it.
Many of us would be basket cases or mad men or mad women if we did not understand what was going on. Our mind, my mind for example was stuck on love logic for my situation, thinking why would this person do this if they love me, and the mind would rationalize it. The mind would rationalize the spew and living in the spew or the reality that the WAS presented for me in my case was a very crazy place, because it just doesn't make sense. After I understood what was realy going on, and not having to lie to myself or make up reasons for it - there is nothing to be crazy about. Still anger and occasional depressive thoughts from the fact of it would creep in. Today, I realize that the WAS is just someone who doesn't really give that much thought to me, they don't really think about me, and when they do its usually really messed up stuff.
When it gets really bad, the "letting go" tactic is obviously the right way to go.