I’ve gone through this myself. The need to get away and be alone is overwhelming, and people can’t seem to realise that their efforts to help often only make it worse.
The woman on the phone was not listening. I had called her for help and quickly realized that she would not be able to help me.
“I told her never-mind. I’ve made a mistake. I’m going to let you go.” She kept asking questions. Every question she asked I said – “I don’t know. I don’t have any more information. I am going to let you go.”
She kept asking. I told her again – “I need to let you go. You cannot help me.” Her overly helpful insistence that I not hang up the phone was about to make me blow up.
Finally, in a harsh tone I told her – “Look – I was trying to be nice but I am hanging up now because there is NOTHING you can do for me.”
I slammed down the phone and ran quickly out of our office in a panic…
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