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He could have a personality disorder. But a lot of what you describe also sounds like attachment related issues, specifically that of a Fearful Avoidant or Disorganized attachment style: Understanding Fearful Avoidant Attachment Style My mother is BPD, my father likely grandiose NPD and I dated...

Thank you - I appreciate the support. And I agree, they are no longer worth my time and effort. I want to spend that on people who actually care for and value me as a human. Thank you. I very much appreciate the positivity.

Thank you. It’s been hard dealing with the guilt that inevitably comes from it. But I knew I couldn’t live with the abuse anymore. The scapegoat is a terrible role to play. As you know.

I am Natalie. My childhood was pretty horrific. Essentially, I experienced all the traumas one could imagine with the exception of living in a literal war zone, being sold into sex trafficking, regularly beaten, or raised in a cage. I left home as soon as I could, and then life got worse...

I did EMDR on two separate occasions with two different therapists and it nearly destroyed me. Disclaimer - I have cPTSD and am really high in dissociation. Plus, I am a single-parent with virtually no support network, so that could have been a big set of reasons why it did not work. I lost...

I am new here to this site, so this feels really weird to write to a bunch of strangers. I have experienced a lot of sexual trauma by men and by women - I am a heterosexual cisgender woman just for disclosure purposes. I used to feel safe around gay men until recently. My cousin is a gay male...