something missing

I was exactly that child, told to me daily and I believed it until age 13. I was told repeatedly that I was not normal, that there was "something missing". I wanted to find out what normal was, and wh…

How to navigate when it feels like your therapist over-explains things? — I never know what to do in general in life when you're in a situation where someone is telling you something that you already know. Since I'm the type of person who is afraid of offending people I usu…

Why do I [20F] feel more passion in dreams than during intimacy with my boyfriend [21M]? — I (20F) and my boyfriend (21M) are having some sexual problems in our relationship. For some context, he has slept with 8 women in total, and I with 2 (him and my ex). I believe we have a very differe…

Am I (20F) overthinking my relationship or is something missing? — I don’t really understand what’s going on in my relationship with my boyfriend. On the surface everything is fine, but I feel it awkward because we only meet about once a week. I understand he’s busy …

It's been a while since I posted anything on here because it's been a relatively drama-free period in my dating life... Sort of... I had three dates in January (a second date and two first dates) and…

I've done it. A few times. There's just something missing with us. He loves me and wants to be with me, but I just feel that I'm settling. He's an amazing person and fantastic in so many ways. But I f…

"I want to continue with this relationship," Oh boy, here we go.... "is there something in our relationship that was missing," It's never about "something missing" or "not enough", she cheated beca…

Sorry this is really long. The first part of your story I read sounds just like my childhood. I do not have experience with as much physical abuse that you have experienced, but my mom and dad were ad…

Don’t reduce, possibly be flexible on comparable education. How about capable in whatever profession he is in and intelligent instead? Gives you more choice. It seems like there is something missing…

She might not have been with someone else but I bet she is looking. I wonder if she watches videos that this happens. It looks like there is something missing.

I can relate. There's something missing within myself as well. Some tool, or some foundation.

People open up to me on dates and pre date phone calls. A two hour phone call is normal for me. But sometimes, even with great, flowing conversation, and a seemingly perfect date, you realize later th…

I understand what you’re saying, sometimes there are reasons. In my case, though, even they later admitted nothing was actually broken and that it was a mistake. The hurt came from how it was handled,…

I know this sounds very elementary but you should start journaling. Specifically write about and reflect on how hurtful your actions are to the people who suffered from them. Write about how it's all …

I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if that’s exactly what happened. People will say whatever they need to say to get what they want. I actually feel bad for that person. Whatever their motivation was,…

My husband, as far as I know, cut all contact with AP once he confessed it to me. She was his employee and quit working there. He was the same as your wife though regarding my feelings. He would ge…

You have just as much right to that money as he does. If this was a planned thing, of course you should have talked about it, and it sounds like you would have. But this was an emergency, and you've g…

I think it's important for us to realize that the fact that we connect rarely with others can also be partly due to the fact that there is a lot of dishonesty in people. We do need to learn to open up…

That’s a good suggestion. She is still getting to grips with it, I’ve took her on a few local rides to help her cut her teeth. She seems to be enjoying riding, takes her bike to work when the weathers…

This is pretty normal actually, crushes happen even in solid relationships. The key thing is you're not acting on it which shows you have good boundaries The jealousy when your friend started seei…

You know.... Something I, myself, never quite got, was my no rush for a relationship. Not that I would find anything wrong in one, but also I didn't feel it as something missing. My bf on the other ha…

Unfortunately, you don’t know what she’s doing however, she does seem happier and she’s easier to be around so one likely conclusion is that whatever she is doing is good for her. If you love her, be…

Your post sums up a fair amount of narc mothers. She will still be this way if she lives to be 95 years old. Anything we really really want to happen soon (vacation, birthday, whatever) always seems…

Sorry it is not possible to answer because we did not observe your behavior in session. I’m not accusing you of misrepresenting what happened, and I can at least validate that either your therapist i…

As someone whose relationship ended about a month ago, i m curious as to what are the indifference that you saw that the relationship couldn't work ? excluding those toxic, abusive and cheating reaso…