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Compulsive Lying

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Great that you are talking and dealing with some thoughts here. What do you want to tackle here? Does the constant film...

Yes. The constant film is troublesome sometimes. Whether if I want it to or not, film, thoughts, images.., will play in my mind 24/7. Sometimes they bother me and sometimes they don't. My friend does not feel obligated, according to what she says. She says that she wants to help because it makes her feel important or better of herself. I'm not sure if she's lying or not in hopes of encouraging me to confide in her.
 
Your comment of l would not be able to provide emotional support. Why do you feel this way? Sadly, someone close to you di...

For the one that drove into a pole, yes I would say so because I was not there for him physically or emotionally. There was another person, not a friend more of an acquaintance, I was there physically but I couldn't offer whatever deeper support that they needed. Yes there are quite a few things about me that I don't like and one of them is this. That I can't control the days when I feel I'm different and just messing with people. Of course during the day, I couldn't care less, but when I'm out of it and look back I hate it. I feel like I gave into my own mother's disappointments.

I feel lesser than others because, in my opinion, I'm nothing special. I'm not especially smart or knowledgable about important things. I'm not the perfect "shoulder to lean on" because sometimes I'll blurt out an honest opinion which is usually the worst thing to do in certain situations. The only things I'm "good at" I'm actually mediocre at. There's nothing for me to contribute to the world or community and if I do, it would be out of faux empathy because I just simply couldn't care for it. I do not like that I can't care for others and can only for very very few people. An example would be this old lady that I've met and spoken with for more than a year. I always pass by her house to pet her kittens or to walk her escapee husky/wolf mix dog back home. She's a very nice woman, but I can't seem to feel some.. connection to her. If she were to die, I don't feel sadness or anything about it. It's just one less human off the earth -- a shrug of the shoulders. I'd feel bad if she were to find that out, but that wouldn't change my idea on the matter. I just simply wouldn't care and I know how that's not socially acceptable or it's "wrong" .. I don't know and I can't help it. I was never really close to the relatives of mine that died. I was the last person to visit my aunt before she died, I've seen an elderly man fall and crack his skull open and I watched the Paramedics lift his broken skull and clean up the area, I guess you could say I've seen a lot of death. I don't say this for sympathy because when stuff like that happens, I have a rather delayed or late reaction to it. Throughout all of the times I went through an event like that, I remember not feeling anything. I would sometimes think the words, "Oh, what a shame."

Except with this friend of mine. Just the thought of her being injured bothers me. Thinking about how she'll die, the amount of pain she'll be in, attending the funeral, and life afterwards, it keeps me up at night crying and replaying the images over and over..

Maybe I will try that.. if I feel some sort of emotion I guess. If I feel one coming, I won't deny it, but I'll try it when I'm with my friend. Thanks for the suggestion.
 
Last I checked maybe 4 pages ago the OP had no firm diagnosis so I can't help but think that people are playing therapist by getting so in depth with this stuff, which in the end may not be helpful.

I dunno, to me it seems like heavier issues should be worked out with a trusted therapist. Not a random (extra random) person online.
 
Last I checked maybe 4 pages ago the OP had no firm diagnosis so I can't help but think that people are playing therapist...

The only firm diagnoses I have are PTSD, Panic Disorder, and one other, but again I've never really mentioned this to my therapist. I did once or twice and very lightly.
 
Last I checked maybe 4 pages ago the OP had no firm diagnosis so I can't help but think that people are playing therapist...

Think this person wishes to talk freely and embrace new ideas. That is the purpose of this forum isn't it. The OP is open and discussing things. This insight gained here can be taken to his or her therapist. Sometimes people feel more free online then sitting in front of a live person, so more may come out. I suffer from opening up completely in front of a therapist myself. Healing is about self-discovery and we can not judge how others get there.
 
So you have seen a lot of traumatic scenes and you are numb to this almost like EMT or policemen who are sometimes faced with this. The way you deal with is the way other people deal with too. You do need to be somewhat detached to handle morbid scenes.
 
Honestly if my neighbor was to pass away suddenly, l would not care. I don't think that makes a bad person, l just have no personal connection to this person. Could you be judging yourself somewhat harshly? How can we feel empathy for everyone on the planet, l really don't think we do. Think it comes down to surival mode, and some of us or more in it then others. Where self-preservation is first and foremost in our core emotional so to speak. This could be likely to our childhood, where we faced everyday with a feeling of we have to survive over all other feelings. So you may just operate on this primitive mindset. How do you think this may fit you or can come up with how your childhood may still hold you in emotionally in your daily interactions?
 
Maybe it might be good to see a trauma specialist with the amount of things you have seen and may replay in your mind. Have you considered this?
 
Mother's disappointments, so you are living your life through the eyes of your mother by that remark. You have given your that power. I am not really if she deserves to have that type of hold on you. She was not there to protect you. Are you somewhat in denial about her neglect and of her poor parenting? So to replay her horrible comments is to imprison your thought process to never have happiness and accept yourself. Could this be a reality or do you have a better feel for her negative impact on you? Because l see your comments where you judge yourself very harshly. Nobody is perfect, some of us don't even try to be perfect. Why is your bar so high for you?
 
Finally the flip side of the coin, lol. Do you have a fascination with death? I knew somebody who had a fascination with serial killers, a psychiatrist. And could you possibly be repulsed by this? Coroners have this same fascination but l don't judge them. What is your thought process here?
 
Finally, l have to ask if you caused or had any part of what you described earlier.
 
Maybe it might be good to see a trauma specialist with the amount of things you have seen and may replay in your mind. Ha...

I am speaking with a therapist that specializes with trauma, but not solely in trauma. Is there a difference?
 
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