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I'm a sufferer and tend to isolate, sometimes because I need to switch off and others because I have to be in my own head to work through the issue. That said, I react completely irrationally when my husband withdraws. As you said, I cant get the concept that he doesn't need me to support him...

That today is going to suck. 5 hours sleep in 2 days plus a head cold is going to make work difficult. That its time I took a step back from digging into my brain/past for answers to my current behaviour and just focus on steps to alter the behaviour for a while. That I've become ridiculously...

I want one of these things!! How lovely that something so small and seemingly insignificant has been a source of such comfort.

Hugs @Mr Laurie, I had noticed your absence around the threads of late, but don't venture into chat so I wasn't aware of your situation. Glad you had plenty of support during your time of need, people here rock. Hope you are managing as well as you can and look forward to seeing your sunny...

Depression is the pits. Of all my symptoms, that deep sadness and wishing I was just 'no longer here' is the least manageable of them all. Are you on medication to treat it? I think that's the only solution, at least temporarily while you work out your thoughts. Hugs to you for the loss of...

No contact I think maybe? I hope you are receiving advice and support from a therapist as well as this fortune teller? I mean all well and good, the fortune teller has given wise and practical advice, but if you need a hippy to tell you to stay away from abusive people, family, then future...

The problem is (so far as my own story goes, I hope you can relate) there's so many damned layers to the reason you find comfort in sex and to hurt and see them as one and the same. Each and every layer is another thing you've done as an adult to survive in this world the best you could, then...

Tired, hungry, and lazy Some days are just harder than others

Hugs and tears of empathy first and foremost, as well as welcome aboard x Wow what a lot to deal with in 3 short decades, cant even begin to imagine how you have made it this far! Well done on keeping it all together for so long though, that's pretty incredible and a testament to your true...

I been thinking about this since I saw it yesterday, you've asked a similar question to another thread I saw that seemed to get some really upset, and just perplex others, but in a manner thats much less confronting. Thanks :) Only worry is broad terms mean answers will be long and all over the...

Good luck @Bloomy!! You got this.

Emotionally abusive exes are the worst. Mine never actually hit me, so I spent decades thinking his temper was all my (and my ptsds) It took some really determined police officers 6 hours of repeat call outs to convince me that domestic violence didn't need to mean black eyes or fat lips. It...

Oh my god, this was my exact thought while trying to read this but wasn't sure I could be blunt enough to be the only one to say it, thank you! Mr Smith, you've come up with about 45 different ways to ask the same thing now hun. My brain hurts trying to find a non bias way to respond...

Yeah well she sure as heck isn't your problem, nor is her sexuality I only mentioned it as a way to hopefully ease your fears about it all. If she's triggering for you then she's gotta go. I would struggle to tell her to go away too unless shed done something direct to me, which this woman...

I've never thought of it as discrimination, but you have a good point. I hate going to doctors, and never do until I absolutely have to. In 2 years, I think I went for myself maybe 3 times. Once was when my husband left and I knew i was close to melt down because I wasn't sleeping and was...

Lest we forget. Soldier on is an Australian charity supporting the physical and emotional needs of our serving members during the long road back from their sacrifice. Every year I think long and hard about this day and what it means to me, and this organisation says it all. Any support...

Reading your older thread, in regard to her continuously bringing up your relationship and then touching you in such a personal manner, something crossed my mind. She sounds very much like a lady that my best friend and her girlfriend encountered a few years ago. She latched on to them during...

Ha! Yes! And the last mouthful of my meal always gets left on my plate as well. Its always puzzled me. Am I the only one who has a particular way things MUST be done and no matter what, the job is not completed unless done that way only. For example, the way I fold towels. If my husband...

Other peoples anger terrifies me. I will ALWAYS back down when the anger is directed at me, blame myself, apologise repeatedly and then cry and blame myself for that too. Victim mode I suppose. Last year my boss was under an incredible amount of pressure from management, and became quite...

Haha your top sheet idea is sheer brilliance! I am so going to try that. And yep, at the moment i cant seem to complete a single task. I've got 10 different jobs on the go right now and wander off half way through every single one. Its driving me up the wall as I usually like to get...

I dont question my trauma so much as thinking I have no right to continue having issues or symptoms now, so many years later. I hate that I feel like i use my past as an 'excuse' to behave badly now.

You speak my mind hun. I made it as far as the referal step, made my appointment with a psychiatrist and since then managed to miss my first appointment, then then second one i reschedule for as well. Why? I have asked myself that a lot. One of the answers I.had was my.self doubt about how...

Stupid society and its invisible rules about what is 'good enough' and what isn't. Even more ridiculous that you will find it hard to come across any ONE single who doesn't judge or feel judged based simply on appearance, ( the expression of this may vary but everyone feels it to some degree)...

Sucks that you had to deal with knowing how close this wanker was to you. That must have been so hard and really really triggering. But happy that it gave you the strength to think about proceeding, huge hugs xxx Mostly just wanted to put it out there that all may not be as it seems with...

I think your therapist probably has a responsibility to report it. In Aus reporting is mandatory for anyone in that position I think, they could be in trouble themselves for knowing and not reporting. I would go as far as to judge you as heavily as others here though, I've been high around my...