Relationships

I can seem to form relationships but not keep them. I haven't found a successful way of being able to communicate my needs in a way that is understood.

Between my CPTSD and recently diagnosed ADHD, in order to feel safe and secure in a relationship and muffle my fear of abandonment I thrive on routine and stability. Living through horrific abuse, a warped sense of what healthy love looks like I'm lost.

Never having a stable home, family or support system makes this so much harder to convey these small things. I always made to feel like too much, or never enough.

#Relationships #PTSD #ab #Anxiety #Trauma

So I've been constipated again. I hadn't had a BM since last Saturday. I drank one dose of miralax last night and 2 more today. I finally had a small BM about a half hour ago and my tummy feels better. I feel like I blinked and a week went by. I gotta try to get better at drinking miralax every night. I keep forgetting.

My doctor asked how the constipation was going and I explained how miralax is expensive but my insurance covers PEG. So he wrote a script and this week I got 2 big bottles. So I have enough for at least a month. But that's if I just take one dose per day. My doctor wants me to take 2.

Yesterday was a dumpster fire day. But today is going good so far. It's going by very slow though. My girlfriend is going camping with her husband and boyfriend tonight. The boyfriend has been freaking out thinking I'm gonna pursue a sexual relationship with her. Yesterday I explained that I am a homosexual/panromantic gay man with sexual aversion disorder with sexual repulsion. I think I finally got through to him. Time will tell.

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I know it’s challenging dealing with our inner critic, so I wrote an article on coping mechanisms and exercises guide for understanding and managing your inner critic if anyone is interested in reading it.

It is about how self-compassion and self-reflection and a few exercises empower us to transform and better recognize self-criticism and reframe it into constructive feedback to build a healthier relationship with ourselves.

A Guide to Quieting and Acknowledging Your Inner Critic
#selfcompassion #personalgrowth #MentalHealthAwareness #selfimprovement #mindfulness #ADHD #Anxiety #coping #mentalhealthmatters
#ADHD #Addiction #Depression

I keep thinking my gut is saying I'm in the wrong relationship but I'm ignoring it because I don't trust myself. Sometimes i worry my instincts are right and if I ignore them repeatedly they will stop trying to guide me.#Relationships

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so just for clarification, im 16, almost 17, and a sophmore in highschool currently. ive only lived with my dad for a good portion of my life, since i was around 2-3 so im very close to him and love spending time with him and sorts. my dad kicked my mom out when i was very young and i have never seen her since. we have been in contact since a few years ago but nothing, as of seeing eachother, has happened yet. my mom did alot of bad things to me and my dad but i still find it in my heart to take her back and love her as my biological mom. now, around 7 months ago, my dad met a new woman. he has had previous relationships and for some reason, ive always been mad about it. like i hate that i still am trying to love my real mom while trying to form "mom-like" relationships with these other women. its already hard enough to build my relationship back up with my bio mom. so this new woman, she seems good for my dad. and i hate that i dislike her because i really dont. i dislike the idea that shes taking away my dad slowly, but thats not her fault. but for some reason all my anger is directed at her. she does all the things that my dad used to do with me with him now and we never really hang out anymore because shes always here with him and, kinda, clingy. she doesnt do anything really either. when i get home from school, shes usually back in his room and she just sits in bed all day, dresses up for when he gets home, and doesnt even have a job. it makes me mad because we are already struggling with money just to get by and on top of that, we now have another person in the house who doesnt sustain whatsoever. i feel horrible that i resent her, though i know its all me and she is good to my dad and loves him dearly. and i like her aswell, just some things made me upset. i dont really know how to deal with the anger about this.

if anyone read this all the way thru, thank you (: it was mostly just a way to get out my emotions but if anyone has any advice, id love that! thank you again

I’m looking for advice. First let me introduce myself. I am 70 and have been living with bipolar for most of my life. It took me down in my mid 50s and I had to go on Social Security (disability until I reached retirement age).

I am having a lot of mood swings recently- really strong ones. They are damaging relationships. I’m also screaming when I dream. I was having a very disruptive sleep pattern which made things worse.

To help me sleep, I started taking marijuana edibles with indica and cbd. I live in a legal state and buy from a dispensary. They work and I get a good 9 hours of sleep, but I’m still dealing with the screaming and the bad mood swings.

Pdoc said he could put me on an additional mood stabilizer to see if that helps, but I don’t want any more meds or side effects. I’m at a loss of what to do.

I could really use your suggestions. Thank you

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My girlfriend's boyfriend reached out to me today to discuss how he's struggling with accepting my relationship with her. He feels like he's being replaced. He said he knows it's not true. That he knows logically she still loves him. That he knows it's not taking anything away from him. But he keeps saying he is "battling my inner demon". Which sounds very unpleasant but it's not my fault or problem. He needs to figure his shit out without causing problems for her. She's too kind and understanding to see hurting like that. She cried over the weekend cuz he was telling her he feels like he doesn't have a place in her life. I'm so sad for her.

I’m just wondering 🤔 if I’ll ever find love again? Especially when you have the mental illness that I mentioned above! I truly miss being in a committed relationship and being married. I’m just worthless I guess and that’s why I want to go ahead and go to heaven now to avoid the pain and loneliness I feel right now. I honestly wish suicide was not a sin in the eyes of the Lord because if it wasn’t then I could go to heaven now and end the pain and suffering and loneliness I feel inside. I am a very loving and affectionate caring man and I love someone with all my heart and soul and I love the Lord even more I wish he would send me someone 😭😭😭😭😭