I agree Marcella....that if your not functioning as you know yourself to do and if the air, so to speak, doesn’t clear over a period of time... it’s time for help.
I got help when there were many family deaths happening, through natural causes, kids going off to college, and a relocation all at once. You can get overwhelmed and not know it until you find yourself in a closet in tears.
What a wakeup call that was to me! Called a friend who was a Psycologist who actually said he was waiting for my call. He knew things were pilling up and he and his wife also knew I wasn’t taking the time to mourn the losses....there wasn’t time!
I think if you can’t see you have a problem...generally your behavior will signal somethings wrong. For me sitting with a pillow in my closet was NOT normal!
“For me sitting with a pillow in my closet was NOT normal!”
That’s a good example - you weren’t able to live your life in a positive way anymore, you were stuck in the closet with a pillow and that certainly wasn’t normal for you.
Just reading about it sounds like you had a terrible set of events hit all at once.