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I suppose I am looking for a "crystal ball" here. But, I struggle with this issue. My husband has so many unresolved issues from 36 years of dysfunctional living. I have mentioned before: his family life was grotesque: pedophile uncle who sexually groomed and abused him until his teens, his...

I would appreciate any insight and advice please. My husband (suffering from Complex PTSD as a result of horrific childhood abuse; Bipolar Mood Disorder and / or Borderline Personality Disorder) and I have had a really rough 9 months of marriage. Our friendship and feelings for each other are...

Thank you for this Forum, and to all those who take part in it, as the year winds to a close, may the future hold promise and healing for all. This place has been a refuge and sanctuary and a place of knowledge and new insights for me since I stumbled upon it quite by chance whilst searching...

Has anyone read this book, supposedly a true account of horrific child abuse, suffered by David Pelzer in the USA in the 1970's? I am reading his trilogy at present, I momentarily have forgotten the other two book titles, I think it ends in "A Man Called Dave". This man suffered awful...

I am strongly suspecting that my husband in fact is suffering more from this personality disorder (Borderline Personality Disoerder = BPD), than his diagnosed Bipolar Mood disorder. And I do believe he definitely also suffers from the effects of Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. I am...

I have been finding that I am isolating myself from my few friends that I do have. I just don't have the energy to go into the inevitable "How are you?", "What have you been up to?", "How is married life?" etc whenever there is contact. And the assumption seems to be that I am having a grand...

I hope the following does not trigger or scare anyone too much: This is perhaps a question that can never be answered. Why does a mother hate her child? Why does she abuse drugs whilst pregnant, causing her child to have a predisposition toward opioid deficiency for the rest of his life. Why...

Every time I feel the need to write and vent here, I feel quite pathetic. I started out with such a bang, ever-optimistic, ever-hopeful when I first met my Sufferer. And all of my good intentions are being eroded away week by week, month by month as I witness my Sufferer husband having to face...

It is rough living with a person whose life has been so messed up. I am a very quiet, slow living, unassuming kind of woman. My life has a certain routine and I am very independent and rely on nobody for anything. I am not rich, but I hold down a job and things are ok. Enter into my life...