Another day of struggling

[Cammy]

My whole life is swallowed up with having to spend the next year and a half withdrawing from a benzodiazepine I only took for six weeks or so. Nothing I've ever been through can compare. I represent tens of thousands of accidental addicts. The suffering and disability to these people is indescribable. Now, it is really about TIME, patience, careful slow withdrawal, and trying not to lose our empathy for people who are suffering less but who feel like their world is coming apart. I moderate on a depression/anxiety site. It is really getting hard to comfort people who are obviously not even 1/100th as distressed as I am 24/7. I have to dig deep into my empathy pockets and remind myself that from their perspective the world is falling apart. Obviously to them this is the worst thing they've ever experienced. Obviously they haven't done much if any real suffering before. I know this sounds terrible, but I just want to smack some of them with their whiny little issues. Maybe it's time to not moderate on that type of site anymore. I am working more effectively on sites with others going through benzo withdrawal. I guess that's where I need to be right now. I guess in a way I have lost my empathy for people whose biggest gripe is that they have trouble saying no when relatives want to stay the weekend. See what I mean?