Emotional Withdrawals?

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#1 Dec 26 - 8AM
Not-this-time
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Emotional Withdrawals?

Hello All!

Christmas is over, I hope everyone had a good holiday with family and friends.

I think since Christmas Eve, I've been feeling, I guess what they call the emotional withdrawals. I cried both Christmas Eve and Christmas day. Maybe it was the holidays or the reality hitting me that I will never associate myself with this person.

It feels almost like Day 1 of NC, however, the best way I can describe it is, there's a layer covering my heart with all my emotions/feelings for him and it is slowly, but oh so painfully being peeled away. Similar to Day 1 (and I am emphasizing the word, "similar"), my emotions are almost as raw. My heart physically hurts. Unlike the physical withdrawals, I feel at times hopeless but I can snap out of it.

Lately, in this forum, I tend to gravitate more towards postings regarding recovery and moving on. In the beginning, I was reading up about NPD.

Has anyone felt like this? And what did you do? Thanks!

Dec 28 - 7AM
LadderToTheMoon
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I Feel the Same

Dec 27 - 12AM
mustmoveon
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Emotional Withdrawals here too..

Dec 26 - 8AM
evonjohn
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I couldn't have said it

Dec 26 - 9AM (Reply to #2)
Not-this-time
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Evonjohn--thanks

Dec 29 - 9PM (Reply to #4)
Redhead1
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The best advise someone gave

Dec 28 - 7AM (Reply to #3)
LadderToTheMoon
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