I feel so alone. I have no friends or family. How do you create real friendships. I feel like people don't like me but I don't know why.
Managing relationshipsCreated 2 years ago
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I feel so alone. I have no friends or family. How do you create real friendships. I feel like people don't like me but I don't know why.
Managing relationshipsCreated 2 years ago
I was wondering if other people had this experience. I find acquaintances will make an arrangement with me and then cancel it. This can happen far too often, up to three times in a row, so much so that a friendship will never develop. There are of course
Managing relationshipsCreated 2 years ago
Hi, I was diagnosed with PTSD, anxiety, depression and OCD. I have been doing therapy but they are now suggesting medication. When I spoke to my family about how hesitant I was to take it, they were saying things like Why dont you want to get better,
Managing relationshipsCreated 2 years ago
I have been separated for 4 months now as my husband is a drug addict. I had to tell home to leave as he wouldn't hange at all. He refused to go to rehab in Australia he went when he was overseas. Sometimes he would say I am coming home tonight and wouldn
Managing relationshipsCreated 2 years ago
Hi. I have a sibling who is downright awful. In the past two weeks, they have: said my disability isn’t as severe as theirs, undermined my chronic pain, swore at our mother, called family friends slurs, complained about a past holiday they did not fi
Managing relationshipsCreated 2 years ago
Dear All, My sister lost her husband 12 months ago after an aggressive cancer took him away after 6 weeks. He had only just retired and they had no children. My sister won't accept counselling, she won't discuss anything with me and keeps hersel
Managing relationshipsCreated 2 years ago
I am feeling very lost right now. Last night my partner of a year told me "a good portion of our relationship is shit" He has also recently taken to telling me I'm lying, or being dishonest in arguments. He has told me to shut up and to st
Managing relationshipsCreated 2 years ago
Hi Guys,This isn't necessarily related to any specific relationship problem or person but my approval/validation seeking behaviours are destroying my relationships and self-esteem. I have a very long history in which I am constantly adapting my personalit
Managing relationshipsCreated 2 years ago
Please be kind, I feel very emotionally sick, speaking from hurt, and have a stream of self-critical thoughts already in my mind. It's hard to summarise my whole situation, but basically my bf has photos of lots of beautiful naked women on his phone. Ther
Managing relationshipsCreated 2 years ago
I suffer with really bad CPTSD, RAD and severe anxiety. I have a lovely boyfriend who is generally very sweet and understanding, but suffers with depression and has autism. I can’t go more than 4 hours presently without having a huge panic attack. One of
Managing relationshipsCreated 2 years ago
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