Recent content by LondonLeo

Thanks again for your replies, nice to know I'm not totally alone in this, though it feels very much like it sometimes. I didn't attend his wedding in May, I said I wouldn't and I stuck with that, difficult as it was. I fell out with my younger sister over it, she said she was ashamed of me for...

I feel alien to them, because they have a normal family. How fubar is that? I'm in the throws of not attending my dying Fathers wedding in a few days, probably wont attend funeral either. That's hardly something to write on my dating profile, but how to bring up my family (who I've more or less...

Thank you all for your replies. I read with interest your own stories and I thank you for some really great advice. Need more time to process it, I'm still swaying between "f*ck it, I'll just go, it's a few hours out of my life" to "f*ck it, I won't go, I'll send a very clear message by not...

Hello, My Dad (or abusive biological sperm donor if you prefer) has been given months to live. We've been estranged for a while, occasional phone calls, seen him twice in 20 years for superficial contact. When I was 8 he punched out my front tooth because I accidentally dropped a glass...

Well done! I was thinking about your dilemma yesterday and it occurred to me, that PTSD sufferers are worse than anybody for missing first appointments, and the second, and the third, except maybe for an amnesia patient, but it'll be a close race! I'm positive the new T. gets it, she will...

Shimmerz, I don't know you. Hi. That little easy mistake? Does not make you silly, or foolish, just human and maybe speed reading? :) NowhereNowhere, suicidal thoughts, not really a good sign, as you probably realise? Rationally, can you see that meeting someone for the first time, and having...

Does being "new" have any special significance to your not being able to meet her? I understand the fear of meeting someone new, daunting to have to even think about it, to open up your problems to someone you don't even know. You probably feel you don't even deserve the appointment? Your...

Hi all, I have (is "have" even the right word?) Complex PTSD. Or PDSD Prolonged Duress Stress Disorder. Lovely title isn't it? They also call it the "invisible injury". How apt. Invisible. That's how I feel when asking for help, invisible. "Show me your wound" they say, or "you're just being...