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A relative that is unaware of the abuse I experienced in my childhood just had a baby, they used my abusers name and it makes me feel sick. I am able to say the name however when I hear it and I'm not prepared for it it makes me feel so sick.
TW: Mentions abuse I haven’t shared this with anyone before. I don’t even know what I want out of it, but here we go… I was molested by my older brother when I was 7 years old. I don’t know exactly how many times it happened, I can recall t
I was diagnosed with CPTSD about 7 years ago. I was a victim of long term sexual and emotional abuse from the age of 11 to 25 (now 36 years old). I have also been cheated on in my adult relationships. I am currently in another relationship (been together
Sorry, this is a rant I need to let some steam off so I don't do anything rash and I don't have another sage space to do so. I'm having an awful day at work. In an office of 5 I'm the only one doing actual work today, three have been doing training,
So my mood is slipping back into Depression mode. Have been a bit on/off for the past few weeks. Been making mistakes. My head isn't clear. Irritation has returned and I am quick to anger. So I have cracked a can of Bourbon, w
Literally. I can barely type. I'm probably going to take the day off work tomorrow. I don't really know what I'm going to do with my day off. I want to watch a movie, and go into the city to a historic shop and buy a pen I've been meaning to buy for
So....my wife has been F.....g another guy for a while now. We've been married 14 years and its been rocky a lot but she told me just the other day that its over. It sounds insane that I haven't left her already but we've got a really complicated past and
Hey forumites I have realsied that for a long time I have put up defence mechanisms to prevent my love life from actually developing. For a while I thought it was coz I hadn't met the right person. But I have realsied that the issue is really that I'
Life got hard last week. Too hard. So I took myself off to the hospital for the first time in my life. That was a fun experience trying to explain why I was there when I had laryngitis. I took a note with the basics to the hospital. Left a note with less
Well I’m having a shit day and just so you know before you tell me all these things I already know, these are the things I have told myself today, so you don’t have to, but go ahead and tell me if you want repetition helps sometimes your a fat lazy p
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