I need answers please!!!

Hi All, It's that time again. Yes, for me to vent. My support systems are in order, my weight is pulling off fast, but fast in who's eyes? Not mine that is for sure. Oh you look so good, to who? Not me. I know you feel good, No not really. Sure I can eat just about anything and not get sick, at least for now. Be thankful they say, oh but I am thankful. So what are you trying to say they ask? I am doing this thing because I have no choice at his point I say. But in the meantime can anybody tell me when does it get better. I have talked with my therapist, I have talked with my Lisa C. I have talked with Lisa D. I have talked with Wendy, I have talked with Debbie and tons of others. But when do I feel better I ask. Now what I need to know is the real deal. I need to talk to someone who is having the emotional difficulties that I am having. I am not sure what is wrong, is it just me, am I the only one that feels this way. I mean I read post after post after post and I hear all the glitz and glamour, but I have yet to come across anyone that has really displayed any real emotional trauma. If you are out there please respond because I need to talk. If you do not wanna tell your story on air please email me privately. I just need to know am I the only person that feels this way. I can give very good advice, and I can give lots of support and say encouraging things and mean them from the bottom of my heart, but I can not take my own advice, I am terrible at being my own support person. I am not trying to scare and new post ops or pre ops, this does not affect everybody the same, but for me it is beyond anything I could have evr conceived mentally and before I loose my mind I just need to know is it me? Am I the only person that feels this way? Adrienne

Adrienne, What sort of things are happening? Are you depressed? Mourning the loss of food maybe? I am assuming that you are post op...but it does not really matter. I found that once I did not have food to medicate me, I had an awful anxiety problem. I have always struggled with depression,and am on a daily dose of Zoloft for it. The anxiety is a problem though. I think I used food as a tranquilizer! Anyway, feel free to reach out to your WLS friends for support. You can feel free to email me privately. Kim O

*hugs* if ok.  i am horrible being my own support too and find it very hard to ask.  it sounds like you aren't sure what's going on but you feel like you're coming apart or you are having strong feelings that are difficult to bear.  i haven't had the surgery yet, so i dont' know how i'll react, but i have felt that way (both ways) before and sometimes it takes me a while to sort out where it is coming from.  and yes i have a history of trauma.  so i don't know if you are asking to talk with someone who has that, or if what you are experiencing now is just so hard.  i know when i don't know why i am feeling something, a lot of times it goes back to that.  i know also that eating definitely and maybe being overweight (not sure) are ways of keeping a buffer between myself and my feelings and/or other people and i know i will lose that if i get the surgery, or that i can screw up my surgery if i don't change those coping behaviors, which is going to be a loss.  it's one i think i can deal with, but i know i might feel like i'm going nuts sometimes because i already do have times like that (when i'm triggered).  so anyway - psychobabble i guess - but i did want to reach out and reach back to you since you were  brave enough to post.