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My ex-husband is borderline stalking our kids — I don't know how I got into this situation, but I feel like no one is able to understand or give advice, so I thought I would try Reddit. For legal advice, I will mention that I live in Germany. So…
I added my business to google, it's been verified, but not showing up in searches. — They said it could take 2-3 weeks, is this right? Also, if I'm not selling anything on a platform, is it OK to just use Facebook, or do I need a real website? A lot of businesses anymore seem to use…
My Experience Being an Avoidant Woman — I 27(f) am a lesbian who has a fearful avoidant attachment style. I have almost no control over my attraction; I can be really into/attracted to and excited about someone but then something happens/th…
My (28f) boyfriend (37m) drinks to excess nearly every weekend, am I selfish for wanting it to stop? — Throwaway account. Please tell me if I am crazy for feeling this way. My boyfriend (37m) and I (28f) have what I consider to be a generally good relationship. We’ve had some issues in the past that we…
I spent 8 years trying to “fix” my mental health and now I think the real problem is that I’ve been obsessively trying to fix myself — Hi everyone, I’m trying to explain something I’ve been struggling with and I’m wondering if anyone else has gone through something similar. For about 8 years, I’ve been deeply focused on “healing” m…
So I currently have an inflamed gut, I went into the store today and saw this right next to the cashier. I laughed to myself — I'll take this as a sign from the universe 🙏
I'm a rotten abuser and I can't forgive myself for it and I don't feel that I should. — I 30F am an abuser who has ruined my husband just because I can't accept being loved. yesterday I told him that I hope one day he gets the self esteem to leave me, and he responded that he hopes one d…
Energy Exchange: How We Give, Take, and Protect Our Vital Force — Energy exchange is, essentially, communication. The energy a person generates is given outward. But, in accordance with the laws of conservation of energy, a person must receive energy from outside. …
Cure Avoidant Attachment by Watching TV — Can watching TV help treat a dismissing attachment pattern? In Dr. Dan Siegel’s book "Mindsight,” he presents a case study involving Stuart, a 92-year-old attorney with dismissing attachment. Stuart,…
My ex-husband is engaged, 5 months after our divorce. — My ex-husband is now engaged to the girl he began dating a few weeks after our divorce was final. We had been separated/divorced (we said we were divorced as soon as we decided - at that point it was …
The moment I realised no contact was working wasn't when I stopped missing them - it was when I stopped checking if they missed me — For weeks my brain was obsessed with two things simultaneously: getting over them AND monitoring whether they were getting over me. Every view, every story, every mutual friend update. Then one day I …
Divorced WS is doing a lot better after 5 years of no contact after divorce for cheating — An ex cheating partner is thriving after the divorce. He confessed out of the blue and he took accountability for all the bad choices that he has done. Before the divorce he confessed to my parents an…
Why do I LACK EMPATHY or CARE for other's feelings or problems??? — I will start by saying. if you met anyone that knows me. they would typically say that I'm a kind person, nice, open minded etc. I have been noticing a pattern over the past few years. that I lack em…
My 25M bf told me 21F he wasn't feeling well emotionally then proceeded to isolate himself for 4 days straight now he's feeling better again and started to speak to me again and to be honest im kinda upset but at the same time concerned for him and i don't know how to approach him about this — As the title says bfs emotions took a dive and he proceeded to isolate for 4 days spoke to me on the 5th days after feeling better and like I understand what it's like for your emotions to take a dive…
Spiritual experiences — I would like to share my perspective on a series of intense spiritual experiences I encountered during my Sadhana. My practice centered on the Japa of a specific Mantra consisting of a single Beej A…
Reconnected with an old friend after ten months and a freak out — Hello Goddardians! I want to share my recent success story about reconnecting with a dear friend of mine after ten months, and me blocking him. I started off by deciding if I really wanted to conne…
Breakup with fearful avoidant — So I just want to tell my story of how the breakup is and how I assume that the person who broke up with me is fearful avoidant after analysing what happened and what was going on. I want to get some …
God's Territory technique — There I was, again feeling like everything I'm imagining is waaay off with some invisible barrier between me and it. My mind was racing again with how I'm going to get this right. It kinda sucks when …
What do you do after someone declines a date? — I heard from a coworker just this evening that someone I had asked out (different department) is "disappointed that I don't talk to him anymore". I was really into him. He wasn't into me. Or not dati…
My ex (F23) and I (M26) came back into contact after a year. I'm still in love with her. — Quick backstory. My ex (F23) and I (M26) came back into contact after a year. We broke up after being together for 4.5 years. We met on a dating app, I was 21 and she was 18. Everything clicked instan…
My ex (F23) and I (M26) came back into contact after a year. I'm still in love with her. — Quick backstory. My ex (F23) and I (M26) came back into contact after a year. We broke up after being together for 4.5 years. We met on a dating app, I was 21 and she was 18. Everything clicked instan…
I was mass-deleting apps from my phone every week. So I built something different instead. — I'm going to be honest with you. I tried everything. Screen Time limits - I'd just tap "Ignore." Deleting apps - I'd reinstall them within hours. Grayscale mode - lasted two days. Digital detox apps…
Discovering who you are at 30+ because of trauma. — I am in my 30s and I feel like I’m having a really unsettling realization. A lot of what I thought was just who I am like the way I think, react, my personality, even some of my life choices like sch…
I responded to an ex of mines no contact breach, with a link to Good Luck Babe — So i 18(M) had a 2 year long weird homoerotic friendship with a guy (20M) who had a boyfriend (22M) (i know stupid ofc) but in my defense, he pretty much introduced himself to me as "tortured guy stuc…
Should I just leave my father and move back to my home country with my mom? — Tl.dr Should I(17f) just leave my dad(40sM) and and move back to my home country with my mom(40sF) (who isn’t in this country btw) bcz things are really messed up. My mom is thinking of getting a divo…
I f20 slept with someone else when my boyfriend m20 of 10 months broke up with me and now that he wants to get back together he told me it was cheating. Now I have no clue what to do — I 20f have been seeing a guy 20m for around 10 months. It has been rocky but he genuinely the love of my life and I want to make things work. Well the day after Valentine’s Day he suddenly woke up a…
asking advice on if i was fetishized — CW for porn, past confirmed CSA, potential CSA (?) For starters, this is a new account because I have DID and don't want any other parts to know about this right now. I have been diagnosed with D…
Did anyone else get prescribed their first ever antidepressant during the divorce and have absolutely no idea how to tell if it's working? — Asking because I think this is more common than people talk about and I want to know if my understanding is right. Everything falls apart. You can barely function. You go to your doctor, maybe for th…
Too damaged to get this right — I have tryed and tryed but I can’t get rid of the shame and u cant process any of this stuff. I understand it all but I cant feel properly. I don’t understand how to be ok and no theropy has been help…
The transition from doing to being and the trap of the "observer." — The core of our restlessness isn't that we haven't found the right technique; it’s the persistent habit of "checking in" on our progress. Humans treat meditation like a ladder, as if the next br…
My ex fiancé ruined my life and it’s kind of my fault. — This is a long, absolutely insane story. So buckle up. I’m only here as a way to get it out of my head and because of smosh story time on fb. Idk I guess I like other people reading stories. So here’s…
What’s wrong with me? — First time posting so not sure if I’m doing this right but here we go.. I’m pretty much losing it and idk what to do to fix myself. I feel like a nervous wreck pretty much all the time even though I’…
41M, new to online dating. Looking for opinions and advice for my Facebook dating profile — Hello, This is all super new for me. I've been single for close to a year after a long term relationship ended. I am not sure if I am doing any of this right? I moved to a new state with my ex, and I …
First person telling of a intelligence coming into existence. — I recorded this as a raw, unedited stream-of-consciousness while high. At some point, it started to feel like a separate “consciousness” emerged—something that believed it had just come into existenc…
AE want community but too tired to find or make it? — Honestly I feel like I don't even need to ask but I'm really feeling this right now and just need to get it out there. I've been going through waves of feeling lonely which makes me even more depress…
my (22F) boyfriend (21M) is genuinely addicted to his phone. what would ya’ll recommend i do? — so today me and my boyfriend decided to watch the first michael bay transformers movie because i absolutely love transformers, and he knows this. within the first 30 minutes of the film i had to ask h…
My boyfriend makes me feel bad when I cant hang out. — I’m 19F and I’ve been dating my boyfriend 19M for about 7 months. I go to school twice a week and work two other days, while he works maybe 1–2 days a week. Because of my schedule, we usually hang out…
I did something awful — I've done awful things, but I did one particularly awful thing without even intending to be awful about 6-7 months ago. I could've ruined my teacher's career based on false rumors I heard. I eavesdrop…
am I difficult or is everyone terrible? Therapy, trauma and trusting — The way people talk about therapy and therpists feel so different to my reality that I feel silly, like I can't trust myself, like i'm overreacting... Is this overreacting? Am I giving up too easily? …
why am i so scared my partner thinks im a dirty person — i feel like my boyfriend thinks i’m a dirty person and idk what to do about this i am constantly worried that he sees me as a useless whore and that he’ll find no use for me soon and it’s intrusive an…
First Breakup — I’ve never posted on reddit before so I apologize if i don’t do this right😅 I’m 17 years old and I got broken up with on February 1st this year. We dated for bit less than a year, April 8th (which j…
My (M25) girlfriend (F25) of 6 months broke up with me, and got back on hinge the same day — This is going to be a long post, I just need to vent and get my thoughts down. I apologize if this comes off as rambling, I am so emotional right now so it might not be structured perfectly. My gir…
should i (22f) break 4 months no contact with my ex bf (24m)? — there’s a lot of backstory to this right so i met my ex on a dating app almost 3 years ago now. it took us 5 months of seeing each other before we started officially dating and one of those months was…
Really wanna know if I'm doing this right — I turn 20 in two days and I’m hitting a wall with my lack of autonomy. I’m a full time student living in a well to do household. My parents provide everything but that means they also manage everythin…
We broke up December 2025 — We started dating in my (17M) 8th grade year and his (M17) freshman year. we lasted for 3 years and 3 months, and it ended December 2025 he broke up with me. I'm finally letting him go with one las…
MY [26M] Girlfriend [26F] of 3 years cheated on me with one of my closest friends — Hey everyone. I was thinking whether i should write about what i experienced and I came to the conclusion that sorting out the story and putting it black on white as they say might help me overcome i…
How much can one change / work through their childhood? — Hey. First time poster, hope I'm doing this right. I was raised a meek quiet girl who took a lot of abuse and was scared silent by my family. It was never without consequences when I stood up for my…
How to become a leaver? — This I guess I’m writing this for advice? I wrote on here a while back about finding out my husband had cheated right after our wedding, along with other inappropriate instances. I know I should have…
54m and 48f at an impasse — My wife 48/F and I 54/M have been together on and off for the better part of the past 20 years. Last time we went our separate ways, it took about 5 years to come back because I moved out of state. …
Am I an abuser? How can I make a change? — It’s hard to live with the fact that you might be an abuser, or, are an abuser. I’m not sure if it’s the same, being an abuser or doing an abusive thing, but at this point the labels don’t matter, I’m…
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…
I needed to read this right now. Do you have any links you could share me for me to read through for motivation please and thank you.
Living through this right now. Was dating a DA last year and I really liked her, but she would put me down and be generally disrespectful at times. She would often say things that minimized our relati…
This right here ❤️
>There is nothing conventionally rational about the LOB. Yet it works. There's just too much evidence out there to deny it and you've had it happen in your life often enough. That's why even after 6 y…
I'm FA, but relate to this - I'm going through this right now.
To make sure I’m interpreting this right - you were loving one day, and then the next day you woke up feeling afraid that your trust in him was misplaced? Did he do anything between those two events t…
I'm currently going through this right now, so I don't have a lot of advice.... I tried bringing an issue up once before and I just got a "sorry, didn't mean to make you feel that way". I think my pla…
Thank you so much for this detailed reply. It honestly feels like you are in my brain because every single thing you brought up is just so accurate. I truly feel heard and seen, so thank you. Just rea…
Personally as I've become more earned secure I'd look at the situation more clearly... He's 33 yet he can't give validation or reassurance in a relationship? Timing isn't right? Sounds like immaturity…
So many stories of unhappy relationships have some variation of "I love them so much but A, B, C" or "When it's good it's really good, except when X, Y, Z". The thing is, the "buts" and the "excepts"…
This 👆🏻literally this right here! I have been learning about thinking traps myself lately and it’s exactly as you described. Learning to require the brain or exercise that brain muscle of rethinking…
Thanks for elaborating. What you say makes a lot of sense. It sounds like you like this guy and you have a connection. What if you invited him on a platonic date, as a challenge to yourself? Could …
Hey I’m so sorry that you’re going through this right now :( I don’t have much advice for you because I myself am also experiencing some of the same things. I don’t have many female friendships and wh…
I’m going through this right now. I’ve just been through my first ever break up and am realising that he was an anxious/fearful avoidant and I am an anxious attachment. I feel like I messed up the rel…
I’m going through this right now…
I'm going through this right now. I needed to hear it, I think.
I feel like in this context he lost his right to that preference by not asking you out or ending things. I highly dislike limbo. Personally, I’d go after a clear answer at this point because I hate pl…
Ugh, I'm sorry you're going through this. It's not a "boundary" for him to simply stop speaking to you without any way to retrieve your belongings. It doesn't matter if the things are valuable or sent…
>Ugh, I'm sorry you're going through this. It's not a "boundary" for him to simply stop speaking to you without any way to retrieve your belongings. It doesn't matter if the things are valuable or sen…
I'm in the middle of this now. Husband and I have been separated since last June and I learned two weeks ago he is seeing someone. Maybe as soon as 3-4 months after he moved out. We were together 30 y…
I'm going through this right now, it's such a shame because we're a great match.
Third date with 38M tomorrow. Had a great 8 hours second date last Saturday. I'm so excited, and nervous. I am always nervous. But he texted that he's looking forward to seeing me again ☺️ i don't wan…
This right here^ that’s what she needs to know. Either tell her this in counseling or let her read these comments. So she can help you get the closure you need.
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This right here 👏🏻
This right here. We're at odds against nature and ourselves.
I'm just going to keep it real as if you were a friend. Without more insight into you as a person and what your dynamic was like, her reason doesn't make any sense. you're trying to bend it to make…
>stop this right now. How is someone else who you've known for 7 weeks going to be the arbiter of who you are. That's kind of my point, though, and a big part of what's making it hurt. As strong as …
This right here. It’s not normal.
Struggling with this right now. I prefer cats but seems like everyone on the dating app has a dog.
Our family narcissist is my husband's brother. As well as their dad, but his brother is worse. He has a pattern. He meets someone, impregnates them, tricks them into marrying him, abuses them. He di…
Totally needed to read this right now, thank you!
One currently human's experience... I felt the same lull through the 4th Wave and that even persisted into the 5th. My experiences while very enjoyable felt very "human body" experiencing deeply rel…
💯💯💯 Your post is something that I wish every single person could read. This is my exact experience after years in the court system trying to get away from a malignant narcissist psychopath. The c…
I’m living this right now. I can’t eat, can’t sleep, can’t function at work, can hardly leave my bed. My ex slept with me after the other girls though because we mainly split because he’s an alcoholic…
This right here. I can guarantee her mentor isn't just with her either GET TESTED!!! Cheating is just nasty all the way around.
Yes…this right here. If it’s going, going, just let it be gone! I love me a sexy bald head. Easier to grip on to as well 😛
OP, I’ve been where you are, and understand how this can shatter a person. The “baby” is at least 4 years old, correct? That’s a time when they’re becoming a bit more independent, pending any developm…
I’m going through this right now… Just know that it will get better even though sometimes it feels like the world is ending. The people that chose to give up were not right for us. I wanted to move he…
> and can't wait to tell anyone about his "exotic pets" Omg this right here. The obsession with looking cool simply cause your animal is more “rare” or sought after. The dog I have from them is a “po…
I feel this way all the time. I just moved out, and everything finally feels easier. But the lead-up to the move: looking at places, signing the lease, packing, hiring movers, etc. I constantly was in…
Going through this right now. It sucks so much. 😞 I have texted them almost every day with no reply. I feel so pathetic but I can’t let go. I know I have to let go. It’s just so hard when you’ve beco…
I dunno. Do you need to tell people this right away? It's pretty personal. I don't think you owe anyone that info until after you've decided you want to pursue something real with them. I guess you …
This right here!!!!! I did this for almost a mo th and then took .y blinders off and realized all of this could have been avoided had she communicated her feelings when she started feeling it but inst…
I am so sorry you are going through this right now. Being sick with the flu while home alone is the absolute perfect storm for triggering this specific type of panic. I want to explain exactly why thi…
This right here. Anyone who treats pets like they’re disposable is trash. Leave the guy, keep the birds. This guy is a POS.
This right here. No one who is rooting for their own relationship floats the idea of breaking up, especially that hard. He’s expecting you to accommodate him in the short term while he gets his ducks …
I couldn’t offer you any insight into what he may have going on mentally as I am not a mental health professional, however I do strongly advise you to take comments like “I am going to beh*ad you” and…
Sending this right back 💀