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Three points: 1) Look up a book called "You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation." It's 35 years old and it was one of the first books to point out that men dominate conversations AND…

feeling numb in dating but longing for intimacy — For the past few years, I've been mostly numb in dating. I don’t really feel anything romantic. I don’t feel sparks. I don’t feel excited about anyone or attached. I don’t miss people when I’m not wit…

My dad (56M) cut me off (21) for sleeping over at my boyfriend’s house. Now he’s blowing up at me and ruining our relationship beyond repair. — \-Sorry had to repost due to not having line breaks. I’ve always had a complicated relationship with my dad. He’s very controlling and has always been a “helicopter” parent when I was growing up. I a…

First Acid Trip (2 tabs) — This happened like a month ago and sorry if it comes off corny: At first, I was just lying in my bed, nervous. My roommate wasn’t back yet, and the walls slowly started to breathe and layer with col…

Am I absolutely insane for being the most heartbroken I’ve ever been for a 2.5 month not even official relationship? — I am 27 years old and I have had relationships that have been years. I just a few days ago something ended just after 2.5 months with someone. And I have never felt this level of pain in my life. Not …

I love my bf, but i genuinely cannot stand his dog, its affecting everything — Okay, I need honest opinions because I feel ridiculous even typing this, but it’s becoming a serious issue in my relationship, For reference, I am a girl, 21 and he is 23, we have been dating for a ye…

Physical symptoms — Hey everyone, Really simple and to the point! I have had anxiety/ocd for pretty much my entire life. I live on panic meds and nothing helps. Now, does anyone get a lump in their throat with anxiety?…

Insane lucid dreams / astral projection experiences ✨🪐 — Hi all! I honestly just want to talk about how crazy lucid dreams are because when I say I go to different worlds and then wake up here most people just don’t understand and I feel like you all will. …

Need to write out what I've been dealing with for 3 months now — I cannot believe how much has happened in such a short amount of time. I met this guy back in mid-December and we had both recently gotten out of relationships in which we were both burned. At first…

Help — 29/F. Was financially struggling for a while and reached out to my father to see if I could move in for a bit as a last resort. Then found a new job and started doing better. But felt like I started t…

I’ve been having lucid dreams unwillingly, I hate it. — It’s not that often tbh like the last one was mid February, but at that time it was quite often like maybe once or twice a week. I’d do anything to get out the moment I realized it was a dream, sayin…

I feel crazy — This past year was my first round of holidays without family. I was alone on my birthday. And I just can’t believe I have to live this life underpaid, with no romance, 3 friends in a nasty body with a…

im feeling weird about my boyfriend having sleepovers with his girl best friend? — Me and my boyfriend have been dating for almost 5 months. We are super healthy and are good at handling conflict, except i don’t know how to approach this one thing. He lives about 6 hours away but g…

Used for sex and gaslit. Finally walked away but it hurts. — i’m 18m and just ended things because i realized my ex was only using me for sex. every time i tried to talk about how i felt or ask for a real connection, she would just gaslight me and deflect every…

ive become obsessed with my "ex" boyfriend — my ex (20m) and i (20f) were together for almost 2 years (and living together for about a year and a half), and broke up about a month ago. it was a mutual agreement due to both of us feeling like the…

What happened to me when I stayed. — I’m not here to tell anyone what to do. I’m just going to tell you what it actually feels like on the other side when you decide to stay. Try to forgive. Try to reconcile. If you’re thinking about …

Do you regress when around them? I don't think regress is the right word but do you fall into a role that is truly not you around them? Like the real you falls apart? — Nmom thinks I am such a dirty, unorganized person. They never taught me how to clean but I did teach myself and when I am elsewhere and in my own space I love keeping stuff clean and having a routine …

My (32f) partner (37m) says I “don’t let him talk,” but he talks in circles for so long that I can’t even respond — ETA: after tonight’s “conversation” it seems like most of you are right. unfortunately this is probably the best I’ll ever get. thanks for all the suggestions. I feel completely stuck in my relation…

How do I break up with my “clingy” therapist? — I’m really struggling. I’ve been seeing this therapist for over a year now and suddenly the vibes shifted and I just can’t envision myself making progress with them anymore, and I want to find a new t…

In desperate need of replies as distractions please, I can’t take the pain — **The affair / cheating:** * Affair Partner (AP) is a friend he knew before me through his ex-gf, they reconnected \~2019 * I’ve known they’ve been on phone calls together throughout end of 2020, som…

Is this mdsa or just normal? — I’m warning it just in case….Uhm abuse in general anyway But mdsa is mother daughter sexual assault, as a kid I thought this was normal but I want other opinions on this, as a child my mother was ver…

She’s seeing another guy and I don’t know how I feel — Some backstory. We started speaking in August last year and stopped 3 weeks ago. Things were intense and great, sex was amazing and all. She introduced me to her family, her cousins and everything, he…

I (35M) feel like I’m only getting half of my wife (34F) lately and I can’t tell if I’m overthinking it? — I don’t think my wife is cheating, but I also don’t feel crazy for thinking something is off. For context, I’m Jake, my wife is Aline, and the coworker I’ll mention is John. Not their real names obvio…

I feel crazy, I need someone with a clear head. — I M35 and my wife F35 have been married for 10 years, we have 1 seven year old together. Throughout our marriage there have been some issues with different things us working through them, I had suspic…

How do i deal with people trying to diagnose me? — HI. I was always someone to do copious research out of anxiety and wanting to know what was wrong with me and that describes so many days of high school(i am graduated now and looking into tutoring En…

my (m43) fwb seems to harbor resentment towards me (m21) lol? — so I met this guy a while ago and we’ve been talking for around a year now he’s gotten me a bunch of gifts and such which I am very grateful for of course and I’m very happy to hangout with them and b…

Everyone says "time heals" but I feel worse everyday. — Today I woke up 2 hours late. Why? Because I was lying, half asleep, BEGGING God to bring him back in my life. I was giving God some "time" to make him text me before I finally do wake up. Maybe I was…

Different — Has anyone ever felt different in the way that they feel crazy for being mentally ill. every time I go to a therapist, psychiatrist, mental hospital etc. they tell me me “I don’t belong here”, “they d…

my dad sent me a home video — i want to throw up i may delete this i definitely didn’t have it nearly as bad as a lot of you on here. so i’m half wondering if the problem is me. to preface, the video isn’t actually bad. but m…

poly + started dating for first time in 5 years.. — met someone who changed my life - while keeping an arms length, at some point I fell hard for them. long story short, I fucked up and sent a text to them that ended up causing them to end things with …

Teen SA rant — The person I'm with now I was with when we were teenagers. I was sa'd by someone that i thought was a friend at a point in time of my life. I'm in my 30s now and the ish at times hit me like it was ye…

My bf (m19) is constantly rude to me (f18) because of hemorrhoids and I'm losing feelings for him. How do I know when it's time to leave? — I've been with my boyfriend for two years, and overall he can be okay somedays however he's almost always irritated, short-tempered, inconsiderate, and rude. Every time we argue, he finds a way to b…

Something weird — I had the strangest experience and feel crazy and thought I would consult people who would know best. Sorry for formatting I don’t use reddit and I’m on my phone and kinda shaken. I also want to prefa…

Wow I’m so sorry you’re going through this! It’s nuts how common our stories are. I always felt like I was being dragged around by Eric and he could never just tell me “it’ll never work out” Just brea…

Well, if you're into them, that's the first sign. It'll be tricky to differentiate between DA and secure for you because they'll both feel like they're moving at a reasonable pace at first, but a DA i…

Also, my ex would do similar things like you described. If I voiced I was concerned I had BPD and shared “why,” he would be supportive in the moment but the second there was conflict he would weaponiz…

I've often wondered the same thing and I think the conclusion I've come to is that if what you're feeling seems out of proportion compared with what most people describe in similar situations, it prob…

Thank you so for NOT making me feel crazy and stupid lol 😂 in her case, she had been in a few situations where she jumped into something too fast with the wrong guys and they ended up cheating or not…

No he's in therapy so it didn't feel crazy, just unexpected and for me too much too soon/disconnected (why is he telling this this now?). I liked the honesty, I just felt out of my depth. 

Met a guy online, I thought we hit it off almost instantly. He asked me out before the end of our first date was over and wanted to see me again two days later. I was a little surprised at how quickly…

Have you seen that book called “Die Broke”? I was sent that in the mail to let me know they were planning to spend their money before they died. Good enough. Then my father made a point of telling me …

I was in a similar boat as you, I broke it off with my ex in October, we didn’t talk for about a month. And then we talked from November-January, a really messy reconciliation attempt that made me maj…

This is what ive been thinking too as of late. I wonder how much this fixing myself has actually helped me and im really not sure. Part of me wishes I could go back to before starting this journey but…

I've never lived alone either. It's actually something my therapist asked "is there a time you've ever felt free?" I realized the answer was no. That was in Oct, and ever since I just got more and mor…

I am so very sorry you are going through this. it’s strange how much this resonates and it hurts thinking someone else is going through something similar. Reading this makes me feel less weird about t…

Personally, I’m extremely paranoid and this became a dealbreaker with a former partner. He was the kind of person who constantly undermined my concerns and made me feel crazy. I could never trust him …

hmm, i feel like for me its maybe in the way she responds to me speaking about two things existing at once (?). for example, i have an alcohol problem that we both are aware about - i have always be…

Girl.. this is literally the TEXTBOOK definition of gaslighting. Please wrap your head around this reality.. he has so little respect and care for you that he’s not only willing to emotionally cheat a…

I know. It’s minimizing and dismissive. I already was made to feel crazy for over a decade, and these types of comments make me feel even crazier.

This is really good advice, OP. This is a very hard situation you’re in, and I’m so sorry you have to experience it. In addition to all the other very good advice in the comments, I’d just like to emp…

That's a really thoughtful question and I can hear the curiosity – and maybe a little bit of worry – behind it. Honestly? Both. At first it was easier to move forward because she made the choice to l…

This is the part you don't hear about often: Abusers are often good partners in other ways. They have to be, in order to get away with the abuse. The abused partner looks at the relationship and sees …

Um so I was going to say go to his work and move/hide/throw away a bunch of stuff and see how he reacts, but he’s a doctor?! Yeah he knows he’s psychologically torturing you and he knows it. He likes …

Thank you for sharing! Ive had some DEEP experiences on weed. I feel it helps me connect to the spiritual but, I don’t need it to do so. Meditation also helps immensely. Currently I’m sober bc my cont…

Well now that you recognize that, you know what you have to do. I recommend that you leave. Your husband is doing this on purpose. Take the clothing thing for example. He moved them once and you told …

You are not an idiot, OP. There is nothing wrong with you. You love big and you still haven't let go. That's OK. You know where you're at in this process. Now it's time to begin looking forward and ta…

Everything narcs say & do is out of self-interest. Therefore everything they say & do is a manipulation, even if they are not conscious of it themselves. What looks like care or concern or niceness …

As a neurodivergent person who used to feel the same way, I switched up the technique of LOA a bit. Instead of lying to myself that I already shifted and then crashing out and feeling crazy when my lo…

Thank you. It's helpful to hear someone say that and not feel crazy (they're completely delusional and admit nothing)

This is genuinely my thought process. Like he’s making me lowkey feel crazy

This is one of the biggest roadblocks to my healing, honestly. Growing up, the people around me who were supposed to love, support, and protect me, instead minimized or denied my experiences. Decades …

Yep, I am 22 and have never had a job, don't drive, etc. I am also autistic and so live at home. I feel like my mom, despite her neglect and emotional abuse when I was younger, still wants an eternal …

I've been here myself, it really sucks to learn that the person you thought you loved, was never that person. It does make you feel crazy, so give yourself a lot of grace here. The heart and brain u…

I used to feel crazy for feeling jealous towards WMAW couples (or any kind of interracial couples where one of them is Asian by extention) but now I am recognizing that I am jealous/feeling grief over…

I need therapy honestly lol. Do you recommend it? I keep thinking it will be a waste of time, like they will just tell me what I already know. I feel like my true therapy would be for the people who…

He is being an asshole to you. He thinks if he keeps this up you’ll eventually relent & just let him cheat. ‘Made to sexually satisfy others’, he thinks pretty highly of himself lol. He gaslighting yo…

Been through this exact thing and it messed me up for months man. Think some people just cant handle being alone so they need that safety net lined up before they jump ship 💀 Its like they're too sca…

I'm going to be honest with you because I was married to this man...he doesn't like you and certainly doesn't respect you. I also have ADHD, struggle with routine and sometimes am messy but don't have…

You are not overreacting at all. There is zero reason for him to be in that bathroom with you at your age. He also shouldn't be laying his head on your chest. That is an intimate act that should not b…

the denying is always so annoying 😭 it makes u feel crazy especially since they do such a good job at convincing themselves that it never happened

Girl I feel this so hard, I have dated THREE men with sleep apnea and it’s brutal. You feel crazy!!! This is what has worked for me: 1. Breatheright strips extra strength. Super easy and when he wor…

Thank you for this, and good timing for me. I had a person just recently re-enter my life. They presented an apology, thank you, and a promise they were sober, thus not capable of past issues. It w…

I'm so, so sorry. I know this pain well. I found something similar, but on Craigslist. I can't even put into words how gut-punching it is. How much it makes you feel crazy. You have to start question…

You’re fucking right, I figured out every insecurity and trauma in one night after 5 years of tripping and blocking it out and now everytime I break I feel crazy and when I acknowledge it’s trauma and…

Unless you have concrete proof, the cheater will lie and gaslight you. This is why you feel crazy. You had a gut feeling which is the biggest red flag. But having someone verify your suspicions should…

No their main goal is to gaslight and manipulate you until you look like the bad guy. The one thing that narcs care about is their self image and their comfort. The reason you feel crazy arguing w…

OP, Your wife is hiding something obviously. 1.Stop confronting her, it does you no good and she makes you feel crazy (gaslighting). 2. Do some actual covert surveillance. Hidden cameras she doesn’t…

If I suspect a partner of cheating, even without evidence, I’m out. Gut feeling is enough. If my gut feeling is telling me this it means trust is gone. In the past I suspected I was being cheated on…

damn that's brutal. the whole "it's complicated" line when you asked if she was dating maya... like no it's really not that complicated at all. you dodged bullet though. someone who can compartmen…

You’re welcome! Thank you for reading! I’m glad to hear that your words aren’t as harmful as his. It actually sounds like you communicated your worries pretty well. I think it’s valid that you’re fee…

I had a friend recently do this - we were very close, and then he got busy and as the months have gone by I have reached out and he kept acting like he was just busy. And it makes you feel like you're…

You will always feel crazy when you are the sane one in a dysfunctional system (family).

This is pretty common if you look historically into many people who become spokespeople for a lot of social issue causes because it feeds a certain aspect of ego and need to feel superior and a need f…