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I'm in this group on Facebook, right, not connected to mental health issues at all, and there are probably 30 women there I talk to regularly. All walks of life, all backgrounds. Nearly every one of them has a hard time making and keeping up with friends. And they regularly complain about it...

There is no way he is experienced or worth much of anything if he's not aware that people smile and clam up when they are nervous or scared. Whenever I talk to a therapist I laugh the whole damn time until I just can't anymore. It's not because I think it's funny and they are well aware of that...

I can kind of justify this part- maybe you presented it in a non-committal fashion without even realizing it and he was trying to get you to acknowledge it outright. The other questions, though. Did he ejaculate? Did you like it? Yeah, they strike me as creepy, too. Even more than insensitive.

<-- Hates being touched by most people. I do fine within a romantic sort of relationship, but everybody else needs to keep their hands off. I bear through hugging family members and stuff, but I would prefer not to and when there's an opportunity to be skipped when they're going around I always...

Yeah, there are quite a few things I could list that others might consider bad, but I really don't. I guess it has to be an individual thing. Some others I do see as bad :/ I have no patience with my paternal grandmother. She's 80 so there's that, but we have also never had much in common. We...

Yeah, I have always felt that way. No matter what has happened it seems like no big deal to me. Even now I'm constantly thinking what am I doing here and trying to think about this stuff? I'm just making it into something it's not by overanalyzing. Nothing that has ever happened to me is that...

Goodness, yes. It can and does happen.

I am super sensitive to sounds and very jumpy most of the time. I'm feeling anxious right now just trying to think through what sounds effect me. :nailbiting:<-exactly what I'm doing right now. Thumping noises, footsteps, clanging, tires squealing, audible eating and drinking, my husband...

I think in images or words depending on the subject matter, probably images most frequently, and sometimes something else- like an abstraction. It's not really a sensation, but a feeling that I don't have words or imagery for. I have no idea if that makes any sense or not.

I don't have any answers, but my heart goes out to you. This exact thing has been happening to me over the last 2 months. I cough and clear my throat and struggle to get a good breath constantly. I will feel like I'm suffocating and cough until I puke, and I have been to the doctor for it, have...

I guess I'd be a fly-over, only there out of a sense of duty, try to hurry and get it over with because I know that I'd be a Big "T" client if I put more into it. And I don't want to put all that into it. :(

@WildMermaid Hush, there is not a damn thing wrong with how you look. I don't even see any uneven features. I see beautiful eyes and red hair. I'm betting that's all most people see when they look at you. I know what you're getting at, though. We tend to see ourselves up close and as a...

For whatever it's worth, @J_trustno1 I see makeup as an accessory. I wear it only a few times a year and that's solely for fun and solely for me. I go for kind of wacky colors and statements. It can be fun, but at the same time I'm kind of grossed out by having stuff on my face and my eyes are...

I had a very similar experience to @Lewa . From 1st or second grade I would get comments from a few family members, then in 3rd grade the other kids started in, too, and I was fat and ugly for many years after. It became my identity, just a fact of life for me. Then in high school I was taken...

I'm so glad you posted this @shimmerz ! I've been trying to get people to discuss this exact thing with me just this past week and nobody would bite. Lots of discomfort, though. I was afraid I might offend somebody if I posted here and I probably would have said something clumsily that...

@Beachlife09 That makes a whole lot of sense to me. Why not food, too? Or any other similar necessity.

:( I wish there was a way to get all of that stuff out of your head and replace it with the truth. I am positive that you actually are physically attractive, but all in all- it doesn't matter. Looks don't count for much in the long run and things like personality, competence and confidence can...

I definitely don't have any experience like you guys. I haven't been held hostage or tortured or starved or ever been genuinely hungry. Ha, real useful response right? Well, related to what you're talking about and especially to going hungry during homelessness, my grandmother grew up...

No, here's two more that genuinely haunt me although maybe they don't sound like much to somebody else. -Made a flippant remark about a friend's recovery from substance abuse to a mutual friend. I didn't know what else to say. I should have just kept my mouth shut. She probably doesn't even...

Oh boy. I don't know if I want to respond to this one... -Eh, what the hell. I worked at a country club in college and acted as a sometimes (illegal, underage) bartender. I used to- oops- mix too much margarita in the blender, so I'd have to drink the extra. Every time. And y'know, I also had...

^That. I don't mean don't forgive and don't talk to him. I can't tell you what to decide in this. My own experience; I'm very forgiving and have this kind of disgusting amount of empathy and understanding. lol. Without hijacking your thread with my own problems- my father caused a lot of misery...

Yay, songs! Music therapy is, well, the only kind I like. Looking at this list, these are definitely not all happy songs, but I think they fit the self compassion theme. "Happy songs" Counting Stars- One Republic Life for rent- Dido (You might not agree, but I think it's an upbeat message)...

I know you've gotten several responses saying basically the same thing, but I'll tell you, too. I'm right there with you. I feel like a powerless, isolated little kid who has no control over her circumstances a lot. A disturbing lot. In my head I know exactly why it happens and I know how to...

LOL yeah this is me, too. My body thinks pregnancy is a disease.

Response to hormones is pretty individual. I can see a progesterone-only pill helping some women with premenstrual problems. I highly doubt it would be helpful for me, doesn't mean that's the same for you. My own experience- I have tried traditional cyclic BC and also loestrin- a low hormone...