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His behavior is awful. I wish I could think of a stronger word to describe how awful that joke & his behavior were, but I'm honestly stunned just from reading this. I had a missed miscarriage early …

Coming to terms with possible childhood emotional neglect - curious how others turned out — As I’ve gotten older and started reflecting on my life, I’ve slowly worked backwards and realised that I might have experienced childhood emotional neglect (CEN). What’s funny is that it actually sta…

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…

How do you end an engagement when you both live together, share a lot of expenses, and the wedding is less than a year out. — i’ll start this off my saying i truly feel like a horrible person. I (22M), have been engaged to my girlfriend (23F) for about a year now. I rushed into the engagement in our first year of dating and …

My husband (34M) told his friends about my miscarriage as a “joke” and now says I’m overreacting (32F) — I don’t even know how to explain this without sounding insane I had a miscarriage 3 months ago. It was early but it still wrecked me. My husband (together 5, married 2) knows that. He saw how bad it …

I got into medical school but my mother is still ashamed. — I (24f, Filipino) recently got accepted to medical school away from home. For context, I had a conditional acceptance for my local medical school that did not work out in the end. After 3 cycles and 4…

the narcissist catchphrase bingo list — edit 1: jesus christ my initial 32 I wrote already look like they arent a lot lmao (the comments in total added 45 UNIQUE PHRASES HOLY JESUS) , okay heres the updated list (most of the updates will be…

I just can’t believe my parents didn’t invest anything into my adulthood. — 30 year old female. Still paying off student debt. Still cannot get ahead in life. Always going to be playing from behind and never getting anywhere meaningful. Like how do you not put $1,000 into in…

Why are koreans so class/status conscious? — \*\* here, 'koreans' mean korean-koreans or first gen korean immigrants, not korean americans who tend to be more chill in my experience. I'm a first gen immigrant. I'm posting it here in a hope to ge…

I went to a Physical Therapy intake appointment today, and part of the protocol was asking "Do you Feel Safe at Home?"...........and apparently I said "no', but had no Conscious memory of saying that. OMFG. — I f'ing hate trauma bullshit CPTSD so f'ing much. I thought I was doing fine, wore my best workout outfit to my First PT apointment, so I didnt look like the hot mess that I feel like inside. I…

Narcissists use love as a cloaking device — This healing business is no joke. I may have figured out some extra personal stuff recently that I haven't mentioned on here. But I don't even feel the need to post it because I've already said soo mu…

The Joke That Wasn’t a Joke — Today is April Fools, and I caught myself thinking: what if this was all just an elaborate April Fools’ joke? That maybe my husband didn’t actually leave me for someone else and upend my entire realit…

The fact that someone as terrible and disgusting as me has been allowed to live this long is the world's worst joke. — **(This is a repost of a post I made a while ago, which I am reposting because I'm back in a slump again. There aren't any major changes other than the ending bit.)** 20M. This might be the longest p…

From when I was younger, my mother ruined my life and turned my into an ungrateful bastard. — ​ the peak of everything is my mother, where she has always been the one trying to hold everything together, (and didnt accomplish. So, its all her fault.) She works at a shoe store. From whe…

My Nex Contacted Me 2 months after blackmailing me to never contact her. — She specifically blackmailed me to never contact her. After seeing the material I felt so destroyed that she would use something so fragile against me. It's been 2 months since I blocked her from ev…

(25F) Not sure if I can stay with bf (25M) — 25M Bf and 25F (me) been together 3 yrs, happy and healthy up to now. Thought I wanted Bf to propose but not sure of the future anymore. Bf cheated a few yrs back and I let it go because Bf swore they…

My Fiancé (M36) thinks im overreacting (f26) — I’ve been angry with my fiancé for the past two days after something that happened at a pub. We were with some of his friends who turned out to be extremely homophobic (I didn’t know beforehand that t…

From when I was younger, my mother ruined my life and turned my into an ungrateful bastard. — ​ the peak of everything is my mother, where she has always been the one trying to hold everything together, (and didnt accomplish. So, its all her fault.) She works at a shoe store. From whe…

From when I was younger, my mother ruined my life and turned me into an ungrateful bastard. — ​ the peak of everything is my mother, where she has always been the one trying to hold everything together, (and didnt accomplish. So, its all her fault.) From when I was really small, she’d…

I’m 20, pay my own rent, and I’m in therapy to deal with my family, but they still call me “argumentative” and “not an adult.” Am I crazy? — I (20) have been living on my own for a while now. I pay my own rent, I work, and I’m currently interviewing for a second job to make sure I never have to rely on my family again. Despite this, my fam…

I’m 20, pay my own rent, and I’m in therapy to deal with my family, but they still call me “argumentative” and “not an adult.” Am I crazy? — I (20) have been living on my own for a while now. I pay my own rent, I work, and I’m currently interviewing for a second job to make sure I never have to rely on my family again. Despite this, my fam…

My mother died in front of me ten years ago now. I'm 26. I'm losing my fucking mind. — The actual anniversary of her death is in a few weeks and I'm burning inside. I hate this fucking month and the one my sister died in, and this one starts with April Fool's, hers starts with my birthd…

Is anyone else fucking angry? — I'm angry. There were so many times in my life when someone could have intervened. One example is my family used to attend a 'family' christmas party every year, it was a long held tradition. it was…

i just blocked the loml after 3 years 😔 /s — REDDIT KEEPS ADDING LINE BREAKS!!! PLEASE TRY TO LOOK PAST THEM 😭😭😭 — /s for the loml part this is all true fake names and throwaway acc contains drunk confessions, sober confessions, cheating, …

I [18F] just got upset with my [18M] boyfriend. Could someone help me find out if I’m in the ahole? — Hey guys! I just got upset at my boyfriend, and if someone can help me out that would be great! So, earlier we were both together at my house but hanging around when my boyfriend got a call from one…

I (29F) told my fiance's (35M) sooner to be superior (28M) all the reasons we shouldn't be together — I've known my old work bestie turned actual friend for about 3 years, let's call him C. C was one of the last people I hung out with before I transfered (he was also transfering but to different loca…

The weight of Disclosure is on the shoulders of Experiencers. — What I'm about to talk about is often something that is unconsciously understood but rarely laid out and defined openly even within experiencer circles. I find it can often be the case in big voice ch…

Is there ever an element of truth/belief to a joke ? — Tl;dr: partner and I tease each other, but lately his jokes have been a little harsh. Is it possible that jokes are rooted in a belief of what is being said ? Me (29M) and my partner (36M) have been…

19M just broken up with abruptly by 20F — I (19M) and my now ex (20F) were dating for a total of 1.25 years. We began dating in January 2025. We met on hinge and were long distance "friends" for around a month before she first told me she lov…

I don't know how to navigate this breakup — Hello all. I (F16) and my ex (M15) broke up a few hours ago and I'm struggling processing this breakup. Let's call ex M. For background, we started dating around fall and we were in the same sport tog…

Am I(23F) bad for blocking my friends(22M and 23M) after a prank that went too far? — I have been close friends with “Jay” 22/M and “Mike” 23/M since middle school. We were part of a larger friend group that stayed in touch through a group chat after graduating. About a week ago, afte…

Heartless Dumper — My boyfriend of almost 2 years broke up with me last Friday. He said a lot of really harsh things to me including how he doesn’t think he loves me as much as I love him, how he thinks he may feel like…

My narcisstic said such horrible things to me and it’s made me feel hopeless — I know he was avoidant and I know he’s narcissist I saw all the signs but I was in a weak spot in life and in love. I am an idiot but the breakup was brutal. He gave up on me discarded me hurt me on…

From when I was younger, my mother ruined my life and turned me into an ungrateful bastard. — ​ the peak of everything is my mother, where she has always been the one trying to hold everything together, (and didnt accomplish. So, its all her fault.) From when I was really small, she’d…

the lady from august 2023. — one of my deep traumas come from that period in time. i was 18 , i was raped by 3 different people within two days and smoked meth (not by my will, but thats a different story.) when i left the hospit…

the lady from august 2023. — one of my deep traumas come from that period in time. i was 18 , i was raped by 3 different people within two days and smoked meth (not by my will, but thats a different story.) when i left the hospit…

I'm really confused about my breakup and it feels unfair for both of us — My bf (18M) and I (17F) recently broke up after a few months of dating. And im kind of unsure of what to think, as its my first breakup and a lot more complex than what I would have thought. So here…

I (18M) never confessed to my gbf (18F)… and now I regret it — I (18M) had a girl best friend (18F) back in senior high, and we were both single. Same school, same class—we were close for almost two years (Grade 11 and Grade 12). Back in Grade 11, I didn’t reall…

I [24F] saw texts that my partner [25M] sent to his friend about me.. and it wasn’t nice — I know I should never go through my partners phone and I 100% learned my lesson and know that I am wrong (and apologized). With that preface out of the way, my boyfriend was texting his friend about …

Be Doers Of The Word and Not Hearers Only — # (I'm long-winded by nature so LONG post ahead!) Hello beautiful people, I felt called to write this post because my life seems to have done a 180º flip overnight. For context I've been applying N…

i (17F) kissed my friend (17F) and my boyfriend (17M) is upset, we’ve been tg for a month help i love him — So for some context this is both me and my boyfriend first real relationship. He’s straight i’m bisexual and so is my friend. Also the friend who i kissed is hooking up withy bfs best friend. So what…

You just might love 'em. — It's the hip thing on social media with memes and jokes to "hate people." People will joke "it's too peopley out there today," and worse things, while writing it off as a joke. Nobody can stand their …

Ended up dating a narc (I think) — So I want to preface this person was 18M and I had known of them since they were 14. From what I knew of them they were relatively nice, insecure, unattractive, smart, had family issues, and deeply un…

21/F 30/M bad communication long distance relationship — we‘ve been together since 1 year and a couple of months. btw last Saturday i told him i was really feeling sad these days and he answered me with a picture of himself drinking with his co-worker. he a…

Tbh I look for someone who is able to understand my POV when I tell a story, means show empathy not dismissing/judging, someone who is able to reassure me when I have my doubts, someone who doesnt tre…

Dude do you think this subreddit is your personal relationship diary? This is the kind of immature nonsense that turns attachment theory into a joke.

Why would an avoidant push me away, but then orbit me for almost 2 years — even while committed to someone else? I feel ashamed for being stuck on this.. I (32F) had a short but intense connection wi…

Thanks for your response, happy to hear that! > I want to learn more about that third law of disorganized attachment, and so much more. This is a bit of a joke. It refers to Newton's third law of mo…

I found I warmed up from deactivation sooner than him usually. 10 days was about my normal "oh shit what have I done". He was longer and leaned more avoidant I guess. I hope you're looking after yours…

it wasn't a boundary if you interpreted her breaking it as a favourable outcome. Think of it this way: a boundary is an absolute NO. One of my boundaries is, for e.g., I won't date someone who humilia…

Ooh sorry, it was more of a joke. I'm on some low calorie subreddits and all the cottage cheese/healthy cookies I've seen so far have been panned. But maybe you'll get lucky with a recipe!

Agh I’m so sorry. I dated a guy like this. He told me he didn’t tell his ex he loved her for like 6 years. That’s insane to me. In the end, he was emotionally unavailable. I really didn’t get it at …

I do think I am struggling to accept the acts because the words aren't there. Yes, it could be a love languages thing. He does know what it means to me, it's honestly become kind of a joke... he sen…

Thanks a lot. I am just speechless now. I was so worried about him, and there he is with his friends watching football. Apparently relapsing coz of my reaction to him referencing my ex sexually violat…

Hey thanks for the extensive advice. I really appreciate it. You hit a lot of good spots, and are clearly pretty smart. Although it would make me feel a lot better about myself, I doubt it is bugged b…

It's, uh, a joke. It's not meant to be taken seriously. I get that this particular one is played out but in general I personally do prefer this sort of stuff on a dating app profile to a dry info dum…

As long as your wife is working with this guy, the affair is still going on. It's also an indication she has no remorse for cheating on you. Emotional affair is cheating. By continuing the affa…

I’m just numb and shocked. A guy I had been heartbroken over 5 months ago is now engaged. We ended coz his family wanted someone from his community, and although I’m Indian, I’m not from his community…

As a 42M also having trouble dealing with aging, a liberal/progressive/social dem, living in a very small, conservative, evangelical town, in a conservative state, who would gladly date 30’s, 40’s, po…

Its uncanny and funny all at once. Its as if their brain has been hacked by a horrible malware that makes them rabid for any hit of "validation" whatever that may be to them which is constantly changi…

It’s fascinating how some people here prefer a clinical lecture over the messy, five-year reality of actually living with a DA. Trust me, I’ve done the 'exploration.' I spent half a decade analyzing …

This is truer than true as far as I’m concerned lol. The woman I’m with now? When I initially met her, she was just supposed to be something short term. I left her on read a lot. Ignored her. Did my o…

I personally do not like mindless chatter over text (I am a chatterbox in real life). If you share something related to something we talked about or connected over, that is awesome. But a how is …

Banned for suggesting murder. Murder is not a joke.

Honestly despite many professionals and friends telling me I was a victim of abuse etc and it wasn’t my fault I still fully blame myself and feel so confused. i don’t know if I’m a terrible person or …

This is so real and I feel like it's not talked about enough! I honestly love being single for SO many reasons, but this aspect really hard. I went through a phase of hooking up with people just so th…

Definitely lying to avoid confrontation. If it was a ONS then yeah but not an affair. How would your wife feel knowing he said that 😂 she wasn’t even a good memory. Risked her marriage for that. But …

Pluto transiting 7th is no joke. A rough separating of wheat from chaff.

My friends think my mental health issues are entirely in my head and are basically a joke. It sucks. I wish they’d be more understanding, but I also understand where they’re coming from. They genuine…

I've done decades of therapy. I did get some good advice I've time when I was a teenager. He told me to play a sport, which ended up satisfying many genetic level drives. Like how eating and drinking …

wow, 13 years is no joke. don’t push yourself if you’re not ready.

Absolutely change it to a 1 star review and edit it to add info about how they treated you. I would also file a complaint with your therapist's regulatory body, as this is clear retribution and poss…

I speak as my first langauge Estonian. Translation? Just contributing something. May be or not someone understand them. May it be even with a joke.

When Asian creator give their take on other POC. How dare an Asian give his or her take on other POC? Meanwhile other POC think they have the rights to give their takes on Asian issue, current event…

I mean, you’ve just described **the** red flag for me. I’m always careful with new people to pay attention to whether or not they can take a joke. A lot of people struggle with it now and then, most p…

As a 35M I just act like I’m talking to my best friend. I do it in person as well. Act like you already know them and just drop into convo. For example one girl had she wanted to get a tarot reading…

Reze Arc didn't even get a nomunation. The Oscars continue to be a joke.

When they say something hurtful to you and then claim it was a harmless remark or joke and you are overreacting or cant take a joke. Telling someone they are tired is a normal harmless remark. Tel…

The healthcare system on this side of the pond is a joke. If it wasn't for my health insurance, my therapy appointments would cost me $125 out of pocket. Far too many people in the US either have shit…

This is a real movie? I thought this was a joke.

The article is joke. Basically saying we're expecting too much to demand our patents be perfect. Yeah that would be a bit much. Most of us just wanted to see you try.

Yep. My dad's praise especially irks me, because he always makes it about him. If I share how I struggled to get through something and finally achieved a good outcome, he'll sort of scoff like I was…

It’s gross. They study you so they can use that information to manipulate you and throw it in your face later on. He also trauma dumped on me and cried about his childhood and how awful it was. He tol…

That is batcrap insane. I bet he tried to pass it off as a joke. It's only funny if everyone is laughing. That's disgusting. My ex stepdad, who I would bet money was a narc, did that crap to my sister…

Yeah…. Unfortunately moderators aren’t moderating and this subreddit has become a joke.

He's a joke.

Agreed! Amazing community and I appreciate all the support we get from people that went through the same thing and understand the struggle is no joke. We're all in this together!

I think one of the hardest things is staying strong for your kids while juggling everything internally. That's no joke....

It’s What’s left, not a leftover. If you say leftover it ruins the joke.

Knock her fuckin' block off, you know, as a joke.

Definitely printing counterfeit 😎😆🤣 This is of course, a joke.

Dude a wisdom is not to get involved in those discussions. It's a waste of your time. Live your life and don't be so concerned about it. We all very often repeat opinions that are just a product of wh…

I did it that the hard way too. In December of 2023 I got sick with some kind of virus because I had fever for a few days, fatigue, headache (the whole cocktail of something serious). Recovered rather…

One thing though, the cost of living in a big city like Vancouver or Toronto is no joke.