Whereabouts in Canada are you located? I volunteer with an organization that refers people in crisis situations to almost any resource they could possibly need; I'm in Barrie, Ontario. If you're not in Ontario, I can still probably find something or somwhere that'll help.
As for the counselling, again, I guess it depends on where in Canada you are. I know that here in Ontario there's free counselling almost everywhere (covered by OHIP), and that OHIP tends to cover most psychiatric treatments and such as well (it's the only way I was able to see my psychiatrist last year).
I'm so sorry your friend was so horrible about it. Nobody should be pressured into something like this, yet it seems to happen all the time.
I went through the same thing after my abortion (I still do, sometimes) when I saw little kids and pregnant women and stuff...when I was still dating the father, we were driving someplace and I saw a group of small children and burst into tears. He got upset with me for crying, and when I tried to explain why he just said I was being silly (he also accused me of wanting to keep the baby so that I would have proof of an "us" on a couple of occasions). We broke up the next day, lol.
If I were you (and I'm not, but this is what I did in a slightly similar situation), I would put some distance between yourself and that friend. You don't need somebody that unhealthy in your life when you're having a hard enough time as it is.
As for the counselling, again, I guess it depends on where in Canada you are. I know that here in Ontario there's free counselling almost everywhere (covered by OHIP), and that OHIP tends to cover most psychiatric treatments and such as well (it's the only way I was able to see my psychiatrist last year).
I'm so sorry your friend was so horrible about it. Nobody should be pressured into something like this, yet it seems to happen all the time.
I went through the same thing after my abortion (I still do, sometimes) when I saw little kids and pregnant women and stuff...when I was still dating the father, we were driving someplace and I saw a group of small children and burst into tears. He got upset with me for crying, and when I tried to explain why he just said I was being silly (he also accused me of wanting to keep the baby so that I would have proof of an "us" on a couple of occasions). We broke up the next day, lol.
If I were you (and I'm not, but this is what I did in a slightly similar situation), I would put some distance between yourself and that friend. You don't need somebody that unhealthy in your life when you're having a hard enough time as it is.
And hey, if you need to talk, we're all here.
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