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Hey, I just noticed that your avatar says "INFJ". I am an INFP! Hello, fellow MBTI enthusiast. :)

Hey, I also have tics! I was diagnosed with Tourette's when I was about 8. I do control them pretty well now. And yes, I have always been plagued with too many thoughts, circular thinking that would cause me to panic, make me depressed, or whatever.

I am studying psychology, English, and media arts. Not what many people would call career-oriented focuses, but I enjoy them.

Drew, you are spot-on. I had a YouTube channel for a while in which I detailed my experiences, thoughts, feelings, etc. I received a message after about a year of having the channel from a girl who said she was very interested in what I had to say and that she was wanting to get more in touch...

I will respond in more detail shortly but just know that they were happy tears! I don't need to justify myself in any way other than by saying that I know that you and Drew are more right about this because I can see all the truths in your posts that I have experienced for myself. I feel...

Your kindness and what you have relayed to me actually made me cry. That is very rare for an internet correspondence. Thank you. You are so right. I cannot let my PTSD (or whatever this fear is) poison my relationship. I have been blessed with someone who wants to support me and understands my...

Regardless, I sincerely appreciate your responses. It is nice to feel that someone cares. Thank you. I am not rejecting your advice, I am merely considering it among the rest of the things I have to consider.

Thank you for that. I was typing a long response but then my computer crashed. What you said basically allows me to not have to explain everything. Basically, I was getting caught up in my anxiety. I've been doing it for years. Based on the experiences I've said with my girlfriend, intuition...

OK, well what if she really can't afford to move and/or find a new roommate? What if everything she says is true and she really does love me deeply, without any skeletons in the closet? If I jump ship I could be losing something really great. But yes, others have said they wouldn't do that to...

What do you suggest I do? I don't want to lose her.

OK, if I set all other things aside, I think it's inconvenient and maybe selfish that she will not stop living with her ex. I feel conflicted because I know it's a money issue. The way she talks, she really does not like the guy in any way beyond friendship. But it's really brazen, in a way, to...

Why, precisely, is it so wrong? You don't know her, all you have are my words. I am not trying to be aggressive, I just want to hear more of your perspective.

Many people are not trusting. I do not want to be one of those. Even if something does happen, at least I have what I have with her. My father knows her very well also and is a very wise, intuitive person. He said that she is trustworthy and that I am not in any danger. If I was, he, as well as...

This is a very useful post. Thank you so much. And yes, my girlfriend and her ex were friends since high school or earlier. As I said, she was basically an orphan. She had a relationship that was very abusive and when she got out of that her best friend asked her out. She said yes because he was...

To be precise, they told each other they were in love but when she got out of that relationship she recognized it wasn't love but instead was appreciation. She was frank to him and said that she didn't think they were in love. He disagreed and claims to have loved her but she denied that because...

Thank you both... I am still having such a hard time. I rationalize and talk it through and think I'm fine but really I'm deeply troubled and convinced that I am losing her in some way. I know I have a problem and I'm trying to manage... I am hoping that therapy will help me through this. I...

Yes I think I would agree to it. If I can afford a plane ticket sometime this year and have time off from school I will go visit her. I doubt she would refuse if I explained to her how important it is. Thank you for such wonderful responses. Everyone here is so kind and understand. I have...

Lots of questioning, talking about how afraid I was that she would cheat on me. I also had my share of total meltdowns where I would become so upset that one time I actually tried to breakup with her and quickly took it back.

I am a student and have never had the money for it. She has savings and so was able to come see me. Plus she said it would be bad for me because she knows how anxious I am. She says that being around her ex would just fuel my anxiety and would probably make him uncomfortable too. But I have...

Drew - I know what you mean. But I know her so well. It has been more than a year and we have spent a lot of time together over the various visits. I trust her and know her situation. When I examine it there are no missing pieces and I have always been very discerning. I don't believe she is...

DMerish, thank you for the advice. I have received the same advice from others. I am not sure how that would work out because he doesn't know who I am (it's long distance as I mentioned and I've never been to her place), and he might even dislike me because he apparently was really upset when my...

Thank you for that advice, ashdawn8287. I try to be mature about all this. I try to deaden my emotions by keeping busy. But she is working hard at school and so she is busy most of the day. All I know is that she is doing work and sometimes playing video games with her ex. She says they have...

Hi all, I have been in a great relationship for a year and some weeks. I love my girlfriend. She's great for me. We are long distance but have had several visits. The longest one was 3 months over this summer. While she was with me, I had some issues, because I have PTSD, but was more or less...

Hi all, I constantly feel like a bad person. I feel like I am wretched, pure evil, that I must protect others from myself, lest they be tainted by the evil that will inevitably be leaked out from me. I haven't really done anything to warrant feeling so evil, but I struggle every day with...

Neither of them actually said anything definitive about it... :facepalm: One uses EMDR to help me overcome all my PTSD stuff, etc. The other just said that I need to figure out how to stop worrying about it because there was a time when I worried less and I could "go back to that". Also, I...