for my own good.

I (21M) have survived two decades of severe physical, emotional, and financial abuse from my Indian parents. I'm finally exhausted and need to tell my story. I am not free yet. — # TL;DR: I'm a 20-year-old only child in India who has endured severe physical, verbal, emotional, and financial abuse from my parents since toddlerhood. They have beaten me, medically neglected me, …

How do you “win” the breakup? — I need genuine tips for how to glow up after a breakup. Not only physically but also mentally. Long story short: Me and my ex were together for almost 8 years. He is an avoidant and discarded me on a…

How do you “win” the breakup? — I need genuine tips for how to glow up after a breakup. Not only physically but also mentally. Long story short: Me and my ex were together for almost 8 years. He is an avoidant and discarded me on a…

Emotionally abusive parents — I'm going through a really rough patch right now, and I last thing I need is my AP constantly nagging and texting me that I'm horrible and i made a mistake. i have always been emotionally detached fr…

Being an avoidant is hard to fix — My mother was a meth addict who used prostitution on and off for years and is still an alcoholic to this day. my father bailed before I was born. I watched my mother have hundreds of sexual relation…

No self-esteem or worth to get better — I'm still on this journey, but question if I've made and real progress. I'm not doing my best work in my 4 year relationship, and I continue to fail. I struggle to take accountability and communicat…

Ngl y’all, I suspect my life is worthless. — Yes, I’m diagnosed with this hellhole of a disorder. I wanna talk but idk where to go. I ain’t had nobody to talk to fr since I’ve moved across the country which makes me depressed. I’m currently sic…

I’m too smart for my own good. Being smart has meant being responsible. Again, I don’t want to be a downer, i’m just explaining what my dating life or lack of it has been like.

I'm too curious for my own good. I keep meeting people who have red flags for erratic behavior. I think to myself, "Now this is not a stable person," and then I continue talking to them because I want…

I agree,and adult should behave like an adult. Social media is a very small part of life. I hated the fact that he excluded me from his, claiming he never used it. I now see that as a huge red flag ( …

I'm going through the exact same situation. It's 3 AM here right now and I'm on Reddit because of the insomnia I'm having thinking about her. Today's her birthday and I'm going to be thinking about he…

I did and still kinda do believe it's for my own good. But most of the things they mostly do it out of spite for me not listening to them. And the genderism is horrible 

I’d ask why they lied on the profile before leaving. I’m too curious for my own good.

I did the same. Ended a good relationship ship of a year within a week. It was going good she was the best girl I would ever get in my lifetime. She was depressed for 2,3 months. She tried to get back…

It’s a misconception that introverts don’t like having people around, at least for the majority of us. We don’t like having people who aren’t *our people* around because they require more energy from…

Cutting contact is the only way you can move on while feelings are still high. Let yourself grieve. I’m crying so much and spending all evenings in bed, I just wish he would come and be here. Hold m…

I thought getting beaten was normal. It was all for my own good.

You don't even know me. You don't know what the hell I've been through. Yeah, I genuinely do think others are more normal than me. More fundamentally choosable even if they're not the most likable. Me…

I moved far away for college because I genuinely hated my mom. And I planned on never coming back. Back then I didnt know anything about narcissists, I just knew how I felt and that I needed to get aw…

Thank you. I've been told I'm too nice for my own good. I've tried everything I can think of to keep him in my son's life. Not to be the bigger person but so that my son doesn't suffer. I know as he g…