Recent content by Gruba

Yes, he is saying it with no knowledge of my past. Which is why I'm struggling to decide if I should tell him or not. If I tell him, I don't know how he will react or if it will change how he sees me but, it will have an effect on the comments he makes. On the other hand, if I don't tell him, I...

I didn't touch on my intimacy issues. I hate any and all kinds of intimacy. My husband was never the type that dated or slept with lots of girls. I'm his first serious and long term relationship and I have far more experience in all aspects of relationships, sexual to romantic. He's very sweet...

How common is sexual promiscuity in victims of sexual abuse and/or sexual assault? I was molested for a period of several months at age 12. I then "lost my virginity" (willingly) shortly before my 17th birthday. I was in a stable relationship with that man for about a year and he cheated on me...

Thank you everyone. I had suspected PTSD for a while prior to my diagnosis. It had been brought up by my old dr, unfortunately she closed her practice to work in the local ER. My records did get sent to my new dr but, he wasn't comfortable making a diagnosis simply based on that. My symptoms...

I have recently been diagnosed with complex PTSD. When PTSD first came up as a possibility, I had no idea that complex ptsd existed. After speaking with my Dr and opening up about childhood sexual abuse, severe bullying, witnessing a horrific car crash, in which my older brother almost died, and...