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How to Create a "New Identity"? — How to Create a "New Identity"? I've long understood and concluded that we don't attract what we want, but what we are. There's a really cool example in my country, Brazil, where a girl pretended to…

How should this sub respond to reddit's api changes, part 2 — We stand with the disabled users of reddit and in our community. Starting July 1, Reddit's API policy blind/visually impaired communities will be more dependent on sighted people for moderation. When …

Bundle pricing and host suggestions — Sup y'all, I'll start by mentioning that I did read through the FAQs regarding pricing as a web developer. This post is regarding bundling and host selection. I recently worked with my brothe…

Being an Entrepreneur is bloody hard — That's a quote from Dan Pena and it's absolutely right. The bum boys on Instagram, YouTube and all the rest that pretend like it's easy are 1000% full of it. The true life of a business person and e…

What I'm realizing: I relate closest to others with deep trauma and that is a troublesome recipe. — TW: addiction, suicide, physical and emotional abuse, CSA. I have CPTSD, routine struggles with depression and anxiety and the corresponding executive dysfunction. I grew up with an alcoholic parent…

Meta Dating Monday - Flowers, Candy and Wrestlemania — Welcome to Meta Dating Monday! With Valentine's Day just around the corner and my kids now old enough that I no longer have to sit there trying to write names on lumpy candy bags, I can finally focus…

Getting over approach anxiety — A few days ago, I went to a local restaurant by myself to have supper. This cute woman with a pom pom on her toque was sitting in a booth across the way, with a couple guys that looked like they coul…

My father is sabotaging my career and medical treatments through "smear campaigns" and monitoring. I feel like I'm living in a Truman Show nightmare. — ​I (25F) am an Indian doctor currently preparing for NEET PG, and I am living with a family led by a malignant narcissistic father. My mother and brother are complete enablers. I’m writing this becaus…

Did anyone elses parents correct your reality growing up? — I just realised that whenever i would be upset and overwhelmed because of my parents pressuring me constnatly they would instead tell me that i am feelig overwhlemed because i am just too overwhelmed …

I (28F) cut off my in-laws after how they treated me before and during my wedding, but I get anxious when my husband (27M) still talks to them. How do I move on? — TL;DR: My mother-in-law and sisters-in-law insulted me, fat-shamed and color-shamed me before our wedding and caused major drama during the wedding itself. Now they act sweet in front of my husband. I…

My boyfriend and I had an argument over his marriage demands, and now he claims he means none of it... — Tl:dr: My boyfriend of two years has a list of requirements from me after we get married, and after our argument over it, which lead us to break up-- he said he didn't mean any of it and wants to go …

Any clue what could have happened? — I took a heroic dose of dmt last year. I had every intention to communicate with whatever I may have seen during the experience. I hit my rig until I couldn't anymore, I had been sitting on my brother…

Parents spending all of their inheritance — This might come off as entitled, but essentially our family has always been relatively poor. About 5 years ago, a relative died and left my parents and their siblings $5m each. The relative had save…

I have done absolutely horrible things. I might be the worst human being to ever live. — 20M. This might be the longest post you'll ever read. I believe I have OCD and do nothing but ruminate 24/7 about my past. I have been in isolation for the last 3 years. It started as a fear of adult…

You can be pretty and still fucked up. Attractiveness will not save you from this disease. — I am not model-tier attractive, but I have modeled for local brands and have a very unfulfilling "successful" dating life. Everyone in the internet, and in real life claims that attractive people "hav…

My (29F) brother (34M) asked me if he ‘still has a sister’ because I’m not excited enough about his baby. How do I fix this? — My (29F) brother (34M) and his girlfriend (31F) are expecting a baby in May. I’m happy for them because I know they really wanted a kid, but I don’t feel particularly excited about becoming an aunt. W…

I just need to rant, Y'all. I'm so angry!!!! — My 83YO Ndad is selling the farm/family business Emom left my brother (48) and me (52) in an irrevocable trust. Dad is tickled pink with himself for installing legal loopholes to fuck us over. His IQ …

DO NOT GIVE UP — DO NOT GIVE UP!!!!! I have so much to say. But ima try to keep it short ish. I just wanted to make a quick post about my journey. I’ve been “manifesting” for five years. I actually have not. Those f…

muslim girl trynna move out without family knowing — hi guys, i’m not gonna talk too much and ill try to make this as concise as possible. im 23 and i’ve been wanting to move out since my mom decided my big brother could become a father figure and tha…

I’m can’t even open my bedroom door without being monitored. — This isn’t about parents, but rather my brother. *Every single time* I (or anyone else in the family) open my bedroom door, I hear my brother from his bedroom take a loud irritated breath, and harshly…

I hate everything — I got threatened with marriage because I seemed like I gained weight through video call. And because I had the audacity to wake up late. And my brother is a piece of shit that sees nothing wrong ever …

Heart Chakra opened, and I feel very very calm — Last night I laid down to meditate. After a while, my thoughts began to drift away again. They felt strangely random almost like they didn’t belong to me. I saw a woman and her child. She looked noth…

please, take your time to hear my story, because no one else ever did — My mom gave birth to me when she was 41 years old, I have a sister and a brother, my sister is 27 years old, but she has mental problems and behaves terribly immature, so she is always making screamin…

Me (32F) leaving my husband (39M), MIL (70F) became distant. How do I approach her? — I (32F) recently made the decision to separate from my husband (39M) of 9 years after a long period of ongoing marital issues. Now that it’s clear that the separation is actually happening, things hav…

Buffalo Boys(2018) and Grisse (2018): about Indonesian resistance to Dutch colonizers — WARNING SPOILERS!!!! Buffalo Boys is an Indonesian movie about two brothers who return from working on the American transcontinental railroad to overthrow a Dutch colonizer who killed their father an…

***I m 40+ F.. Never married, no kids. — Never married, never lived with a man for no more than few days, like I haven't done budgeting for couples groceries, no plans where to live,what to eat or asked a man ' where did the salary go?? ' et…

First post here, don't normally do this but I need help. 27M — Gday all, firstly just want to say hi to all who come across this post, and also forgive me if my grammar is bad. I was never really good at it... What is mentioned in here could be quite triggering …

why am i angry all the time and how do i stop that? — In general, I have always been a quietly angry person. I feel like my anger bubbles in my chest and weighs me down; I don’t know what I should do about that. Usually, I get angry at my parents, their…

Boyfriend of 3 years keeps storming out during every disagreement - feeling lost — I'm a 28F and my boyfriend is 30M. We've been dating for about three years now and I'm starting to wonder if this pattern we're stuck in is ever going to change. The main issue is that whenever we…

My mom who disowned my for being gay is ready to forgive me, oh and for me to financially support her and my dad after he retires of course. — I don’t speak to any of my family anymore because they disowned me for being gay after i was outed. It hurt at the time but honestly the more time i spent away from them the more i realized how awful …

I just lost my brother. Is listening to the tapes a bad idea? — My brother just passed away unexpectedly and there are some unresolved things I want to work through early on. Part of me hopes to see him, speak to him, with the help of the tapes, part of me just w…

When does “just being single” cross into being non-monogamous? — If someone is having sex with multiple people, on an ongoing basis, I always thought that was polyamory/ENM. I myself automatically go exclusive after the first time I sleep with someone, and verball…

I am 18F and I’m exhausted dealing with my Indian mom who practically worships her narcissistic, manipulative younger brother and lets him control my life while treating me like garbage. — My mom (44F) has two younger brothers. The one I’m talking about is the middle child. He’s married and has a 10-year-old daughter. In my opinion he is one of the most narcissistic, selfish, and arroga…

Sometimes they’re so cartoonishly evil you have to laugh — i visited my older brother yesterday. We have a bit of an age gap, so we aren’t totally privy to each others childhood. He asked me if i remembered a “song” that Mum used to sing about her dying. I st…

My mother sent my childhood abuser to my home, after I have been successful at making sure he never knows where I live. — Conversation is below. I have been very careful making sure my brother never knows where I live, as he beat me as a child so much police intervened and I was such a mess I was mandated to go to thera…

What can I do when my (20F) husband (20M) is convinced I cheated on him because I’m pregnant again and refuses to listen to me. — Me (20F) and my husband (20M) both just turned 20. We have a baby boy who just turned 1 in January. We had been dating in high school for 2 years and I found out I was pregnant in May of our senior ye…

effects of social isolation in childhood (as an adult). This is insane and i’m not crazy right? — I was a prisoner for lack of a better term. I went to school, the store, and home. I can’t tell you how long i spent in my room alone or else i’d need a strait jacket for both of us. Day in a…

I made my husband confess to OBS and here’s what happened — For your education and entertainment purposes, this is the story of what happened when I forced my husband to confess to OBS. Quick backstory: (you can read the full post on my profile) my husband h…

Breakup with my partner and best friend — Its one of the first time im using reddit so im hope it'll be alright. I've had a best friend. He's been my confident for 10 years, he was my safe person, I was relying on him for everything. 3 year…

Nonordinary Perception — I'm so glad I found this community, I've posted in the paranormal and the witchcraft communities and been called fake, liar, crazy, and all kinds of names for sharing my paranormal experiences, so I'm…

Worth the wait — About 6 years ago, I (34F) hit rock bottom. My life was in shambles after an abusive relationship, so I had no other choice but to go back to live in my mother’s house for a while. At this point, I wa…

Calling AM on her bluff, even if it means she becomes homeless — \*\*\*\*Warning this contains Abuse, this is not for everyone if you’re under 18 please do not continue reading this. I’ll try to make it brief. My AM was a single parent of 5 kids. That’s where he…

Husband always accusing me of cheating. — \*\*TL;DR;\*\* My husband (29M) and I (26F) have been married for almost four years, and we’ve been through a few trust issues since we got married. We’ve both been known to paint things a certain w…

My (26M) brother (35M) has impregnated my ex wife(F27) and is engaged to marry her. How do I move on going forward? — I started dating my ex wife(key) when I was 14 and she was 15. Her parents were shitty so we lived together with my family throughout our relationship(my mom, older brother(jay) and older sister) so h…

I normally don’t like to talk about my issues outside of therapy because I just want people to see me as normal, but I’m 36 and still can’t get past the effects of trauma from my childhood. — I grew up with a mom who is obviously mentally ill, very likely borderline personality disorder at the very least. I grew up white trash in poverty surrounded by drugs and trashy people my whole life …

She cheated after 14 years — This is my first ever post on Reddit and it’s a long one so apologies in advance for any formatting errors. I have been with my fiancé for 14 years, we have been engaged for the last 4. Our relations…

Fear of the death of the people you care about — I have been suffering from anxiety for almost 4 years now. It all started with my narcissistic relationship. Everything was OK on a surface level however, lately I have been experiencing the fear of t…

Childhood “wasn’t that bad” — I meet so many people (including my brother, oof) who say that their childhood “wasn’t that bad.” They seem to really want to stress this, and they end up comparing it to the world’s worst childhoods.…

How do I tell my AM that I don’t want to buy a property with my younger brother — So with everything being expensive af and home ownership in Australia being cooked, the only real way in is being is if you’re rich or with a double income. My AM wants me (26M) to buy a property wit…

Finding out about an unknown child from an affair 28 years ago — I’ve found out I have been deceived for 28 years by 50M after DNA test I F47 and husband 50M. 29 years together, was contacted by my BIL 3 days ago , had spoken to a F27 who had take a dna test tryi…

Processing my NDE and the paranormal experiences that followed — I can’t sleep and i’m feeling the need to document a sequence of experiences I had from February 2019 through 2020 that forever changed my life. I’ll try my best to keep each section somewhat brief, b…

Also if you use any substances, they can affect your brain function too. I'm not a doctor or anything, so don't take what I say as gospel brother. There's a sub that is centered around dream interpret…

Just a few questions here - I'm new to lucid dreaming. I garden quite a bit, so I can grow Artemisia douglasiana and a few other helpful herbs and make a poultice or something. I usually don't rem…

yes , it took me like 2 months to master it , all i did was lay on the back look up and close my eyes , i would invision seeing myself fly around my neighborhood while doing this practice , , this ga…

You posted on here after only 5 days of training. Training takes 110 days or until it’s in your hand. Even Neville Godard’s brother’s desire took 2 years of persistence to come to fruition.

My brother i think it's good you posted here bc you can begin to recognize you have anxious attachment. It was one date. Even if she's brushing you off and lost interest, she doesn't necessarily owe …

Reading this make me feel like it's my twin brother from another mother.

Preach, brother! That's what I was saying to my friends for years. Don't listen to (almost) anybody. In the SaaS industry (that's the one I am familiar with) I think only Rob Walling (Microconf, Tin…

As a partially recovering, sometimes struggling DA, I get it man. What you have done will speak volumes to her someday should this relationship continue. I wish you the best of luck brother. 🤙

Congrats brother or sister. 30 kills at an 80 percent win rate is incredible ! I know its a bit late to ask How do you know your results came from Law of belief and not from pure conventional di…

I don’t know you or your whole story or your life. But it kinda sounds to me like your 2 year old is just going through a totally normal adjustment period for being 2 and now having a baby brother. Sh…

Well, i can share, why not? It's not a big secret. My both parents really love me, but they both were extremely unstable during me growing up. With my mom it would go from obsessive love to silent tre…

Thank you for your perspective! It sounds close to truth for me but only with the partners that start getting gradually cold. I don't remember panicking like this with my AA ex🤔 About my parents - no…

Wow, you have done a significant amount of research. I am just now learning about these Avoidant Attachment Styles. I'm not real sure what my SO has, and I'm also not sure which attachment style I hav…

I really appreciate your honesty. I agree that over consuming info makes it so much more confusing and changing our beliefs of others is a difficult journey. I am trying to have a relationship with …

You’re welcome. A lot of people in these communities shut down questions and are quick to say “you’re not doing it right” which is just nonsense. Of course you can change people. There are infinite …

Forgive me for being thick, but I think I just became even more confused. I read both posts and just finished reading the link to the post by Marsh273, you shared. I have read quite a few of them in …

how long have you and your bf been together? i have an anxious attachment style. i have been with my bf for 3 years, in the beginning he had an avoidant attachment style but as he grew in to a man and…

I'm a guy of 50M and am in a relationship with a woman who is 46F We are 2.5 years in a Living-Apart-Relationship. She lives with her childs, I live with mine. We see eachother once a week for one, t…

Sorry, I just edited the reply so I might've changed what you were replying to. But that's great! Emotional intimacy is very similar to me as physical intimacy. If, on the first date, someone wanted…

Text of original post by u/f1rstpancake: TW: addiction, suicide, physical and emotional abuse, CSA. I have CPTSD, routine struggles with depression and anxiety and the corresponding executive dysfun…

Brother, listen closely. What you’re facing isn’t weakness — it’s a battle you’ve been fighting for years, and the fact that you’re still here, still searching for healing, already proves your stre…

Do you think it's possible to gauge long-term compatibility within a month or two of going out with someone? Even then, what does "long-term compatibility" mean to you? Because people grow and chang…

For real, it's like a never ending doctor's exam. Constant poking, prodding, and analysis that doesn't go anywhere and yet they think you're the odd one if you get irritated lmfao. >It feels like a c…

I get the feeling that normal people just won't get it. I have this innate desire to seek out people who have been broken like me.  But that being said, in the past year my brother married a happy s…

I've heard (and taught) all this stuff so many times. I just...have a lot of snags around it all. Let me go through each of your points. I have other hobbies and interests, but it's hard for me to ac…

\- You can absolutely fully break down in front of someone. Yes, people are fully breaking down in front of the people close to them - just not, like, all the time. Most people cry a little bit regula…

Hi everyone. I’m posting here because I genuinely want outside perspective and grounded advice, not validation. Background I (male, 22) have known my partner (female, 19) for about 3.5 years. We are…

Yeah, my older brother was autistic with many extra issues and was incredibly aggressive towards me. I was a smaller girl and could not defend myself but nobody cared. He was the center of the world, …

Sorry to hear it, brother. If you want to talk about it, what's been going on?

I have a counselor but it's a much deeper issue than that. It wasn't just her, everyone has treated me bad. My parents, brother, friends, and her. My life has just been filled with people who don't ac…

I'm 18. I'm barely an adult and these feelings I don't see myself getting rid of. Yes of course I crave that love, because no one ever gave it to me. Everyone that was supposed to, and everyone that I…

It’s actually something I’ve been thinking of a lot lately, too. I never really wanted children, but my cousin and his wife had a baby recently and I love the little guy. I almost feel bad because I h…

My friend’s brother had a stroke at 37. A once vibrant man can’t walk or talk anymore, and was in a coma for 17 days over the holidays. He can’t work and may never be the same. Just in case anyone n…

My brother in Christ - >After our first date she agreed to a second but just wants to keep things friendly > sent a photo of myself from work today and got accused of fishing for compliments and t…

My brother-in-law always poked fun at me when I gave him one of those lines "anything is fine". I would ask him for help, then he asks me what time. I tell him any time is fine. Only for him to reto…

Been there brother, I dated a very smart, charming beauty model end of last year. I wanted to want her in all the ways you mentioned and just couldn't. Very odd.

It’s worse brother I don’t know what gals be doing on the apps but it isn’t right swiping

Interesting timing,I have gotten in conflict with my partner about this. We have been seeing each other for a year now. On most weekdays, because we live half an hour apart ,we chat on the phone al…

Hi: I 32m and secure attachments and I tend to date alot of AP females. The love of my life is an AP attachment. She’s not borderline because of 1) she only does it to me and 2) she does it because of…

Went with my brother and family to get him fitted for his tuxedo for his wedding When discussing whether they should shell out for a custom tuxedo my mom offhand said “it’s probably the only wedding …

My other brother is estranged and I have been single for a very long time so it's not exactly a stretch

Hahaha my mom said the exact same thing about my brother’s wedding recently 🥴

I use WhatsApp to communicate with my brothers for the most part - I guess it’s not weird to me because a few of them have lived internationally over the years.

aww hey fellow 19 year old :)) as a people pleaser and someone with extreme conflict avoidance i have wound up in many a situationship (and a couple "relationships"). they lasted longer than they sh…

Same brother. Get matches, conversations go well, ask them out, they disappear. I've been ignored, unmatched, stood up in person, and ghosted, OLD is frustrating.

I (32F) have been official with my boyfriend Luke (32M) for about 3 weeks. He’s across the country for his brother’s small wedding, I’m invited to the larger wedding in the spring and have already met…

I started dating a guy, about half a year ago, I'm not sure when exactly. We both have kids.. When my partner met my kid, my ex was there, my ex was aware, my ex and I communicated about this relati…

None of this is any good: >When I met his kid, he communicated with no one >his ex had to learn from her child that he has a girlfriend now. I think that's disrespectful >he brings me aroun…

Did they catch you big brother style? Do you think they take Monopoly money?

Oh, for sure. And that weird combo of flirting with nagging, negging a little bit, always confuses me. I grew up with three big brothers. So roasting always reads as very platonic and brotherly to m…