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I ignored my self-critic for a full week and boy was it exhausting

I ignored my self-critic for a full week and boy was it exhausting — A week ago I decided that since behavioural activation therapy, CBT, other therapies, and trying to find ways to be productive or find meaning with others or by myself, and even low pressure advice we…

r/DecidingToBeBetterpost4/1/2026
My boyfriend of two years broke up with me

My boyfriend of two years broke up with me — Me and my boyfriend (ex) have been together for two years now and he finally decided to end it all because he feels “different”. When we first started dating he would write me literal pages and pages …

r/BreakUpspost3/29/2026
Fiance ghosted me

Fiance ghosted me — Had a serious relationship for over a year. We got engaged then moved in together while we planned the wedding. She was everything to me. Us living together and working towards marriage were the best …

r/ExNoContactpost4/11/2026
Post traumatic cognitive decline affecting speech and conversational ability. Can meditation help?

Perhaps the trauma you had has left scars that your mind has built defense systems for. The thing with trauma is that the body does a lot to compensate for it. This is most obvious with physical traum…

r/Meditationcomment3/27/2026
What are boundaries?

That's the heart of the problem. If there are no consequences for someone crossing one of your boundaries they come away with the lesson that they can cross boundaries without you enforcing consequenc…

r/survivinginfidelitycomment4/5/2026
Emotional unavailability of partner, M31 F33

Look at me please M feeling helpless He is just showing random gestures out of courtesy sake Going back to normal after every act

r/relationshipscomment4/8/2026
Avoidant partner?

Almost two years. It’s always me initiating the “talk it through” part until I’ve ended up just repeating myself over and over while he just agrees until next time. It’s not as common as it was, becau…

r/relationshipscomment4/9/2026
did anyone else grow up thinking certain behavior was “normal” until way later?

Yelling at everything that slightly annoyed you was one. But I thought that was a guy thing, kind of that all men did. And then the biggest was that when you were arguing with your significant other…

r/raisedbynarcissistscomment4/10/2026
Finding the motivation to follow through with divorce.

Honestly this does not sound like a motivation issue. It sounds like you already know how you feel, but nothing is bad enough day to day to force a decision. When things are clearly awful, people act…

r/Divorcecomment4/13/2026