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I hope that your visit is peaceful. Have they asked to stay with you or to come over? If it were me, I just wouldn't bring it up. They might not ask to come over, and if they do, I'd go for a bland "Now's not a good time for us, but I will see you at Mom's room tomorrow." They made the decision...

I used to drink partly to numb my feelings and avoid the reality of my life. Drinking got ugly at times (I'm a sober alcoholic in recovery now) but it was a coping mechanism that I used for years. It worked, in the sense that I was able to change how I felt, numb my feelings, quell anxiety (in...

Thank you! It's so helpful to find a space where I can talk about this stuff with people who understand. Helps me not feel like I'm drowning so much.

Thank you so much! I am already off of social media. I ditched the old phone and laptop, got a new number, didn't port anything from the old phone or laptop... It's just exhausting trying to figure out what is going on. Like with other forms of abuse, stalking is definitely about taking power...

He actually has tracked me via my phone (I think?) and stalked me to locations where he had no reason to know I would be. I live in a big city, it's not a coincidence. That's not paranoia, that's happened repeatedly.

Hi everyone. I had some gnarly PTSD hit me hard I guess four years ago now. There was a lot of stuff from childhood (and a few traumatic events as an adult) which I'd shoved down for years mainly by drinking. I got sober, and didn't have that as a coping mechanism anymore, and my controlling...