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Byron said: JediMaster said: Thank the Good Lord!!! I'm so relieved to hear this news!!!
Byron, I understand a bit of what you went through. A few years back my (now ex) wife went missing for an entire day. The sheer hell of waiting for some word, of not knowing where she was, was almost more than I could handle. I can only imagine the prolonged agony you suffered. Know that you & your dad were (and still are) in my prayers. God bless!  Thanks, Jedi...and yeah, it's an extremely hard thing to endure..  Since my father had "disappeared" before, it gave us a bit of optimism that this would end up just being another one of those episodes...but as my sister told me on the phone, you just know that one of these times you'll get a phonecall from the police not saying he's ok and is just disoriented, but that something much worse has occurred.. When he left all of his belongings behind (including both his meds AND his hat, which are both big things for my father to leave behind) it took it to another level of fear, worry and distress....I'm just glad it turned out well, even to the point that I think it effected my father quite a bit this time to be missing...he seems more willing to discuss getting a place to live.
What happened to your ex on that day, if I may ask? She had a mental breakdown of sorts. Its a reeeeeaaaaal long story, but she had been having some major depressive episodes, and she just went off the deep-end. She never showed up to work that morning, but just kept on driving. Her cell-phone was turned off, with no voicemail at all. Evetnually (and I'm leaving out a whole lot here in the interest of keeping it short) she showed up at our apartment in the middle of the night, completely disoriented, and asking me how it "got dark so fast". She didn't really recover mentally until a couple of years ago. She completely unravelled until she was a completely different person than the girl I had fallen in love with. We are now friends again, and a bit of the person I once knew now shows through from time to time, but she is still so very different. 
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JediMaster said: Byron said: Thanks, Jedi...and yeah, it's an extremely hard thing to endure.. Since my father had "disappeared" before, it gave us a bit of optimism that this would end up just being another one of those episodes...but as my sister told me on the phone, you just know that one of these times you'll get a phonecall from the police not saying he's ok and is just disoriented, but that something much worse has occurred.. When he left all of his belongings behind (including both his meds AND his hat, which are both big things for my father to leave behind) it took it to another level of fear, worry and distress....I'm just glad it turned out well, even to the point that I think it effected my father quite a bit this time to be missing...he seems more willing to discuss getting a place to live.
What happened to your ex on that day, if I may ask? She had a mental breakdown of sorts. Its a reeeeeaaaaal long story, but she had been having some major depressive episodes, and she just went off the deep-end. She never showed up to work that morning, but just kept on driving. Her cell-phone was turned off, with no voicemail at all. Evetnually (and I'm leaving out a whole lot here in the interest of keeping it short) she showed up at our apartment in the middle of the night, completely disoriented, and asking me how it "got dark so fast". She didn't really recover mentally until a couple of years ago. She completely unravelled until she was a completely different person than the girl I had fallen in love with. We are now friends again, and a bit of the person I once knew now shows through from time to time, but she is still so very different. Wow... That's too bad....I'm sorry to hear about her condition, I can't imagine what she was going thru...and unfortunately I can imagine what you went thru. | |
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Byron said: JediMaster said: She had a mental breakdown of sorts. Its a reeeeeaaaaal long story, but she had been having some major depressive episodes, and she just went off the deep-end. She never showed up to work that morning, but just kept on driving. Her cell-phone was turned off, with no voicemail at all. Evetnually (and I'm leaving out a whole lot here in the interest of keeping it short) she showed up at our apartment in the middle of the night, completely disoriented, and asking me how it "got dark so fast". She didn't really recover mentally until a couple of years ago. She completely unravelled until she was a completely different person than the girl I had fallen in love with. We are now friends again, and a bit of the person I once knew now shows through from time to time, but she is still so very different. Wow... That's too bad....I'm sorry to hear about her condition, I can't imagine what she was going thru...and unfortunately I can imagine what you went thru. Its all good now. She is getting herself together, and I have moved on. She and I are friends, and I'm very grateful for that (I know how rare that can be). She has a long way to go, and I keep her in my prayers. Yeah, when I first read your thread the other day, I flashed back to this whole event. I knew, on a much smaller scale, how you had to be feeling. I was fortunate that mine came to a quick conclusion. Still, we are both incredibly fortunate that our respective situations came to a happy conclusion! We are very blessed, my friend!!!
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JediMaster said: Byron said: Wow... That's too bad....I'm sorry to hear about her condition, I can't imagine what she was going thru...and unfortunately I can imagine what you went thru. Its all good now. She is getting herself together, and I have moved on. She and I are friends, and I'm very grateful for that (I know how rare that can be). She has a long way to go, and I keep her in my prayers. Yeah, when I first read your thread the other day, I flashed back to this whole event. I knew, on a much smaller scale, how you had to be feeling. I was fortunate that mine came to a quick conclusion. Still, we are both incredibly fortunate that our respective situations came to a happy conclusion! We are very blessed, my friend!!! Indeed...  | |
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Byron said: JediMaster said: Its all good now. She is getting herself together, and I have moved on. She and I are friends, and I'm very grateful for that (I know how rare that can be). She has a long way to go, and I keep her in my prayers. Yeah, when I first read your thread the other day, I flashed back to this whole event. I knew, on a much smaller scale, how you had to be feeling. I was fortunate that mine came to a quick conclusion. Still, we are both incredibly fortunate that our respective situations came to a happy conclusion! We are very blessed, my friend!!! Indeed... to both of you!VOTE....EARLY | |
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DiminutiveRocker said: Byron said: Indeed... to both of you! Rightbackatcha!!!!
I gotta say, there are some wonderful people on the Org!!!
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I've been away for a few days and reading this is great news Byron. I cant imagine how difficult the whole thing must have been. When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. | |
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This is wonderful..I cant imagine what you went through.. | |
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Lleena said: This is wonderful..I cant imagine what you went through..
Thanks.. ...and thank you for that wonderful email. I'm sorry I didn't respond.. But believe me, it was so appreciated..  | |
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Byron said: Lleena said: This is wonderful..I cant imagine what you went through..
Thanks.. ...and thank you for that wonderful email. I'm sorry I didn't respond.. But believe me, it was so appreciated.. No problem  I'm glad he's safe Byron. | |
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Lleena said: Byron said: Thanks.. ...and thank you for that wonderful email. I'm sorry I didn't respond.. But believe me, it was so appreciated.. No problem I'm glad he's safe Byron. Me too darlin | |
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I am soooo glad he's safe! My mom has a habit of disappearing every now and then.
If he's really okay, healthy and sane, if he wasn't assaulted, kidnapped or robbed... WHOOP HIS ASS ONE GOOD TIME FOR ME!! | |
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 This is the best news that I've heard all week! I'm so happy that your dad is okay, Byron. I was getting worried when I kept checking back at your original thread and didn't see any follow up news posted. RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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psychodelicide said: This is the best news that I've heard all week! I'm so happy that your dad is okay, Byron. I was getting worried when I kept checking back at your original thread and didn't see any follow up news posted. For those first couple of days, I didn't come online at all... I had no energy nor desire...I pretty much removed myself from everything and everyone...which I now realize was a mistake. After Sweeny asked if I wanted to talk...and we did do just that...I realized how I should have allowed myself to open up sooner. I don't really feel comfortable laying my thoughts, fears and such on anyone else...I'm more the type to keep it internalized, unless I find a "safe" way of doing so, like just writing an email or a text message or something out of the blue, usually during a time when I know the person getting it won't be responding... 
I'm glad Sweeny relayed the news to everyone here.. I'm sorry for not doing so myself...thanks everyone, yet again, for all the support you've given, and all the sincere wishes and happiness I feel within your words.. | |
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I can understand you not wanting to come online, I would have reacted in the same manner. I know exactly what you mean when you say that you internalize things, because I do the exact same thing. It probably drives my family and the people closest to me crazy, but I can't help it, that's the way I've always been. But I'm glad you were able to talk to Sweeny about it, because talking things out does help to make a person feel better. RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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