Recent content by unsungresonant

That's a good point. My son died first, about 4 or 5 years before. And I do have trauma before that, unfortunately.

As to my personal experience of having had my (former) wife cheat on me [exit affair] vs having my young son die suddenly. The former was at least slightly worse and took me longer to recover from. Being betrayed like that, in some situations, is surprisingly bad. Worse than I would have...

Thanks for the replies. Reading them made me feel good. :)

Yep. I feel like this guy is resentful towards me though, and I don't know what to do about it. I feel calm about it, finally, having realized after reading Mallaky's replies that I no longer have to feel threatened by other people's thoughts or feelings (as I did when I was a kid...) I'd...

...and I somehow missed this part of your message. Damn. I am pretty avoidant, aren't I? In some contexts, I'm not, and I've gotten better about this, but my default strategy with this sort of thing is to hide... and he seems avoidant also. BTW, thanks for your reply. I realize now that I...

Yep, my only issue right now is that I don't feel safe around him and I am not sure how to deal with it other than to give it some time... (Edit) -- and maybe that I feel like just being myself will always be upsetting to him, now that I know (apparently?) I've been offending him or hurting him...

So.. I live with my sister and her boyfriend (helped them bootstrap to the new state I moved to last year). Or rather, they live with me--it's my apartment, but they're listed as occupants. My daughter (close to 9 years old) lives with me too, but occasionally sees her mom (who just moved to...

Hi. I am a 33 year old man. I have a diagnosis of PTSD (although I sometimes think of it as c-PTSD, which is just my own thinking). My childhood, mostly from age 7 to around 18, was really rough mostly due to the way my dad treated me. I started experiencing a lot of anxiety and then...