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Seeing happy couples hurts

I am staying away from "romance novels" right now because the idea of reading about 'two people geting to be vulnerable with each other and have a caring partner and get a guaranteed a happy ending' m…

r/CPTSDcomment4/8/2026
I created a podcast to help further the conversation between science and spiritually - Here's Ep 1 of Inquisitive Spirit!

I created a podcast to help further the conversation between science and spiritually - Here's Ep 1 of Inquisitive Spirit! — **EDIT: HAD TO REUPLOAD. USE THE LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST** Hello fellow Wanderers, Almost a decade after my spiritual awakening, the genesis of my quest, I have only recently realized that …

r/experiencerspost4/4/2026
Bi-Weekly Thread - Advice for Relationship/Friendship/Dating/Breakup

I am navigating a post-breakup friendship. I really thought long and hard about keeping this person in my life because yeah I know myself and the last thing I wanted was to spiral into an insecure dyn…

r/AnxiousAttachmentcomment12/18/2025
Do you know the reason WHY have you been contacted?

I have really wondered about this my entire life. I felt so alone as a kid, and had no real context to identify what I was experiencing. Shortly before her death my mom asked if my interest in the ph…

r/experiencerscomment3/22/2026
My (31M) GF (28F) Informed Me That She Kissed a Stranger At an Outing While Playing Truth or Dare 2 Months Ago. How do I navigate this?

You mean all those bad AI Asian romance novels advertised online are not describing real adult behavior! I’m shocked!!!! 🤣🤣🤣 But seriously, I just see the ads, with excerpts, and truth or dare pl…

r/relationship_advicecomment3/24/2026
Anyone not have many childhood memories?

Without a Single Joke: 98% of my "Childhood Memories" are TV + Videogames. Tbf, I grew up isolated per se: Edge of a small town. Coined "the weird kid" in school -so any "friends" either got bullied …

r/EmotionalNeglectcomment3/27/2026
I was conceived from rape (f26)

I don't know for sure that I was a result of marital rape. I know it happened. And I know my mom told me, when I was about 13, that if she'd had her way, I wouldn't have been born. I think about it, a…

r/CPTSDcomment4/9/2026
Alternatives to sex during/after divorce?

Fantasty romance novels? Half joking but that’s how I’ve gotten through the last 1.5yrs separated but cohabitating with my ex. 😆

r/Divorcecomment4/11/2026
Daily sticky thread for rants, raves, celebrations, advice and more! - April 11, 2026

How many romance novels do I need to read before I call it quits on finding a sexy companion altogether? A lot of these guys just feel like checklist composites in the partner category... but in the …

r/datingoverthirtycomment4/11/2026
How do I (31M) convince my (29F) that her reading is unhealthy for us?

Sounds a lot like the book by Dr. Anna Lembke called Dopamine Nation and her own addiction with romance novels that she discusses. Spoiler, the answer is usually a 30 day cold turkey withdrawal - it’…

r/relationship_advicecomment4/11/2026
My (33M) partner (32F) revealed something about herself in a moment of vulnerability that feels like more than I can non-judgmentally accept...

This is perhaps the worst idea I have ever heard. Even more so in an exceedingly new relationship. “I know we really only just met each other, but let me tell you the dirtiest shit I have never told…

r/relationship_advicecomment4/12/2026