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How many people will react toward their friend like this....?
My friend needed space because I was being depressed and negative plus she has not told me but I think she thinks I have a problem with clonazapam. We are going to meet tonight. To make a long story short her mom died about a year ago and I went to her mom's house every weekend for almost 9 months and helped her clean house now my mom has terminal cancer she was real supportive in the beginning but a few weeks ago she just refused to respond to my text message or email or calls.
So I felt hurt and had no Idea why she did it. I was not in my right mind the other night and we went out and I got rude. I apologized but she needed space. I am ok with the fact she needed space because I was rude.
Question: Is this normal behavior? When she did not respond to me and she blocked me on FB I called her from a phone number she did not know and I confronted her. How many people would have called from a phone number your friend would not recognize just to get your friends attenti
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- MzCalypsoLv 77 years ago
The problem is that your mother's illness is giving her a flashback. ALL the pain of her own mother's death is landing on her again. Your "confrontation" was cruel and selfish. I know it's horrible that your own mother is now in the same state as hers was, but the truth is, everyone has limits. She just can't deal with this, it's too much pain.
I'm sorry your friend lost heart and you have my deepest sympathies - I lost a relative to cancer just last month -- but instead of confronting your friend, just accept that she has reached her limits. You're stronger than she is. That's true in any relationship, and yes, I know from experience that it is goddamned tough to always be "the strong one."
But you can't get blood from a stone and you can't get help from someone who has emotionally collapsed. Check the social services in your area and see if there's anything like respite care for caregivers. Talk to Hospice. And again, my sympathies.