Reply #6: Thanks, everyone.

[AngryOldDem]

Your words have helped more than you know.

It's just such a terrible, isolated feeling when the people around you don't understand what you're up against at times. One thing that I am not good at -- but trust me, I am learning -- is to speak my mind and not let things stay bottled up if they bother me. That is a survival trait I learned back in childhood that is definitely not working now; I am learning to let people know what I'm feeling, and why. But sometimes I still get the feeling I am in a soundproof, plexiglass cage -- I'm seen but not being heard.

As for therapy -- I'm considering going back.

Things got worse today, too -- I got into a literal shouting match on the phone with the company payroll director over an extremely serious money issue that, if it goes unsolved, could cause me NO END of legal hassles. It was not the least bit fun and it was all I could do to get through my shift.

Thanks again, all; you'll probably be seeing more of me here. You've been warned. :)