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any similar strange experience before sleep ? — tl;dr- While napping and feeling the wish fulfilled,I entered a strange state: floating, vivid scenes, sounds not mine, and legs flinched . I stayed conscious throughout and it had happened twice. I f…

I realize Im not allowed to be anything less than above average with this condition. — I dont have a family who watches out for me. I don't have financial privileges. I'm by myself in this mess. Im not accepted regardless of how I am. - Other people will have a social life and people t…

My story, just have a need to vent somewhere — 25 years old desperately trying to finish his uni to maybe finally have some independence, crying in the bathroom stall at the internship again. I guess I'll just put my story here to cope. Througho…

My partner and I mirror each other's emotions, and it's starting to hurt — TRIGGER WARNING: MENTIONS OF EMOTIONAL ABUSE, SEXUAL ABUSE I'm not sure if this is 100% a vent or a rant, but I def need to say this *somewhere*, and maybe get some advice or tips ? For some context…

hi! I am a new comer here. my name is lexi. I have been in therapy the past two months trying to work on my anxious attachment as it’s been hard. my ex partner of 5 years broke up with me a little ove…

Something like this happened to me when I was in my late 30s. My ex-wife left me in 2018 after a *very* difficult 12 years of marriage (and two kids), and I spent a year struggling to get over her wh…

Then first let me ease that fear. If she genuinely cared about you, and especially loved you, they most certainly did not move on quickly. It takes time to work yourself out of love, and it's a misera…

I prefer a bald head over someone desperately trying to hang onto the last few dozen strands of hair.

I am so sorry. I have never been to a therapist but being labeled as a narcissist while desperately trying to advocate for yourself must be awful to go through 🫂. Please drop him edit- I don't know …

Hey there, I’m so sorry to hear your story. It all feels very familiar to me. The script flip, the casual cruelty, the deception, the distance—it’s all so confusing and disorienting. Especially sinc…

I once had a lucid dream, that felt like playing a game. Me and some other unknown people were stuck in a place, where war was happening. I ran out of bullets and I needed to leave that place immediat…

I'm so so sorry. if it's any comfort, coming from an avoidant who is desperately trying to heal/never do this to anyone again, the discard never has to do with you not being good enough. if your ex fe…

This was true in my case, sadly. He moved on while I was desperately trying to fix us. He’s now happy with someone else.

Yeah, I don’t think this is casual misogyny actually, because this is pretty hardcore and obvious misogyny. But casual misogyny is often more insidious, I do agree. The thing is, OP is actually luck…

Previously I always felt she looks evil in such moments. But now that I see things more from a distance, she looks lost actually. It looks like she's trying really hard to control the situation again,…

You would be justified in divorcing him right now. But maybe once you could try a scorched earth strategy: If he moves your clothes, throw ALL his clothes onto the floor in a mess. If he moves your ma…

Yeah I thought this sub was going to be people manifesting success and stuff, not crazy people masturbating to their ex who has the blocked on everything(probably for good reason) desperately trying t…

The first step is noticing this in yourself, you've done that and that's great! Now it's about what to do about it, and understanding how exactly this works within you.  What a lot of narcissism com…

I grew up like this, and as a parent myself now, I struggle with it. I am genuinely interested in a lot of the things my kids enjoy, but I cannot make myself feign interest in what some random Youtube…

Make. A. List. Make a list of all the horrible and awful things they did to you. Your brain is literally tricking you into thinking about the good times because it is desperately trying to get back …

Read Dr. Claire Weekley. She’s stating that the actual only way to get rid of a general, undirected anxiety is to actually live and sit through it until your system regulates. Don’t do anything, don’t…

I didn't understand either and in the beginning it was impossible anyway, my whole system was highjacked. I couldn't eat, couldn't sleep and when I did I dreamt of him, couldn't think of anything else…

Im sorry you’re going through this. I have no idea whether she’s having an affair based on your story. Ignore anyone on Reddit who says she’s definitely cheating. There’s simply not enough informat…

Porn addict desperately trying to normalize his behaviour by spamming the thread?

I've been feeling this way and keep desperately trying to figure out what the hell I actually want to do with my life. I've got nothing. I keep reaching out to people for help, keep relying on friends…

For now I only heard about people saying that desperately trying to get away doesn't help much not saying it'll be like this for you but a lot of people shifted while being content with their cr

I was undiagnosed fat autistic kid born to parents with undiagnosed personality disorders and eating disorders who had a child with personality disorder who they were so scared of that they refused t…

The White people are desperately trying to turn Nashville into the next cool thing because too many minorities in NYC/LA and they can't afford it. Moving goal posts. Doesn't surprise me that your comp…

No, it’s not fucking sensible. None of this was sensible. You never should have gotten back together with your ex, much less started having unprotected sex with her again. You guys were divorced for n…

They are all vain. We were both gorgeous in our teens. Got back together in our late 60s, for 2 years. We’ve both aged well, but he is desperately trying to hold back the ageing process. Thinking of g…

>You are so desperately trying to make this not your fault and *it is*. Like it just is. THIS. OP is talking about this as if it is something that happened TO him rather than events HE created. ZER…

At least hes been honest, which not all cheaters are when it comes to coming clean about the future. I would recommend to read Ester Perel, she explained a lot why people cheat. 90% of the time it's…

I stayed mum for a long time. I was ashamed and felt responsible (he made a point to exploit that), but perhaps more than that, I didn’t want to damage his reputation because I was desperately trying …

You spend your childhood simply dissociating, isolating, and getting through it. Spending all of your 20s desperately trying to psychologically and physically get away from the trauma and function i…

He is frustrated and desperately trying to make them cave in, but I don't think it will change how things are going much tbh

I threw out or sold a bunch of hobby related stuff (some nice wood, electronics stuff, guitar stuff) when i was desperately trying to save the relationship. Wish I hadn't as it made zero difference to…

My mother still doesn’t know anything about me. I remember being younger and desperately trying to introduce myself to her. It fell on deaf ears every single time. Once in a while she’ll ask me a real…

Thank you for this post. It’s another one of those interesting synchronicities for me today, since I was writing in my journal earlier this morning about just that. Humor within the NHI experience. I…

I think I can understand where you are coming from. I have little expierience only one partner but I sometimes wonder if things could be different. Not that I want anyone else but more like what’s it…

I’m a week in and so far I’ve been to the gym, played a video game, and visited my sister all different days after work. I’m desperately trying to occupy my free time after work. It terrifies me comin…

Considering the many posts from people seriously considering taking their own lives, I think most CPTSD sufferers are at the point where we’d welcome whatever solution reduced our pain the fastest, re…

Consistency is key, as is honest communication. It’s hard to communicate, and it can be hard for us to be completely honest because it’s so hard for us to trust. We’re all a little different in what w…

Thank you for this.. I understand and I'm coming to terms with my situation more and more everyday. This is also eating me alive, he doesn't know all that I've uncovered and that he's left me no choic…

Maybe this will be helpful. I've been in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction for a very long time. (46 years) As a result, I've met and have gotten to know many others in recovery. Most of my clo…

I have manifested a ton of SP's so I think I can say how it has felt and worked for me well. I have manifested one of them literally walking into my house! She didn't even know me lol. Like some crazy…

I think they just mean because he’s not interested or doesn’t find her private area attractive. I thought that about my ex because of the way he treated me. I mean, you just pray and hope that it’s so…

I was separated from my mother by my father, who kidnapped me when I was about a year old, and then dropped me off with his parents. I didn't see her again for 10 years. When we reunited, she was ma…