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@shimmerz Basically this. I mean there are some things in life that would stress most anybody, but the every day things I believe are only stressful based on individual response. In the case of a fast paced job, I personally do much better in a busy environment where I have a lot of things...

Sometimes I don't even know whether I should even respond to things like this. I have never been diagnosed with ptsd, my therapist said ppd, but "probably ptsd," I certainly didn't push and have shied away from one, honestly whether or not it fits, I don't want one right now, (I don't know, I...

SSRIs terrify me and I have not and almost definitely will not ever take one. But I do currently take wellbutrin, I went to my regular doctor (who is actually a nurse practitioner) planning to ask for it, but it was her first suggestion anyway, and the majority of information I find on it boils...

I suppose I'm representing 2 more geeks here. My husband and I both. We are both fantasy writing, daydreaming, nerd movie watching art geeks. No reenacting specifically, but lots of gaming.

I'm here posting again because of @Keepingthefaith5 's post. My husband and I sucked at a lot of relationship things and we really didn't know what our roles were, where our boundaries should be, or how we should even discuss these things. When we got to the point where we had gone down just...

LOL that's exactly what it is @OneWing . Although I ain't evil! The thing is I'm also typically not fond of real estate folks, having worked in that environment several times, and I'm especially not fond of discrimination and the study was important and beneficial. But still, because I would...

I am exactly the same way. Even without a sign I feel guilty. And I always feel like I'm a burden and in the way and just like you say- like I'm less than and need to earn the right to the most basic things. Other people can go blissfully through their lives never feeling this way. I'm often...

I am an excellent liar in the sense that I am really good at making people believe what I tell them, if you knew me in person you would understand why, I come off as the innocent, upstanding, puppy rescuing choir girl sort, but I absolutely hate to do it. I hate it so much that I was once hired...

I'm jealous. I wish I'd thought of that name!! Hello and welcome from a fellow escaped goat. LOL

Oh yeah they definitely do that, but there is no reason to see it as a negative or to assume that you are being objectified. Men are people, too. Often insecure and sometimes desperate and they jump at any positive attention they get, especially from a pretty girl. I'm sure those little "omg...

Soo you want a poly amorous relationship? That's perfectly fine. Really, it does not matter to me. But it is going to matter to your fiance and to whatever woman you may find. Not just any lonely chick is going to be okay with that arrangement. You are looking for a very specific, very nuanced...

Whoah. Definitely don't worry that you are misinterpreting. There is no way in h*ll I would put up with his behavior and I let people get away with a lot. Good luck in all of this. I'm sorry your husband is being so childish :(

That's awesome. That's a big accomplishment!!

Take this advice. I personally know 2 couples currently on Plentyoffish looking for a female play toy, so to speak, for the wife. I'm sure they have ads on other sites and I'm sure there are many, many others out there. A girl I went to high school with is happily married to a man, but only has...

Of course I will also agree with holdenmonty that there is a big difference between a boyfriend and a husband and that neither of you owe one another as much transparency as you might if you were married.

This is my experience. My husband and I have had discussion after discussion and fight after fight about invading privacy and snooping, etc. as it related to both of us at any given time. But I'll tell you what, when we both stopped having things to hide the computers stayed on and passwords and...

The link works fine. If your story is 14 pages long I was able to read it fine.

Thinking about it after responding here, most of the area high schools have volunteer requirements now for the students and a large number of college students are also required to do volunteer hours, and we have a large number of college students around. The employees charged with coordinating...

I recently spent 2 years seeking volunteer work and had the same experience as Solara. Full job-like applications and interviews. My availability is limited by my husband's work hours so nobody wants me. It's completely absurd, but true. I volunteered quite a bit in high school and later through...

My take on it is this: I know for me when I stuff things they may be hidden and I may not come across them often, but they are still big, bad, scary things that feel like they can still hurt me. Discussing them, analyzing them, looking at them from the vantage point of the present takes a lot...

Don't hate it, @Matilda it's still your story and it's a sad and beautiful one at that. I don't know what happened after you wrote it, but it seems like it would be a shame to let it go entirely. It's a good thing you're sharing it now.

Aww, thanks, @bright future28 . I am so sorry that you did, too. It sucks. But I know we'll both be okay despite it. I feel fine for the most part anyway, or at least more or less functional, it's just going back and trying to work through that stuff, I guess I can't right now or in that...

Actually, I was wrong. It wasn't even easy to type that little bit in my post. I feel sick now just having written that. It is absolutely normal and reasonable for you to have a negative reaction from your counseling sessions.

Welcome @bright future28 ! You're doing better than I am. I can't talk about my own experiences in a therapy setting. I can easily tell you now, factually, that I have been assaulted several times, raped once by a coworker who I then continued to work around and also witnessed a rape as a child...

I have certainly not experienced combat trauma so there's a possibility this is related to his ptsd and I just don't understand it, but it sounds a whole lot more to me like a "man thing" as you say. "Diagnosing" you with low self esteem and daddy issues invalidates everything that you might...