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ConfusedParticipantSome people say they help but i guess it’s just a blanket to do the work easier.
Yeah i do, chatgpt is not too helpful, gemini is better but nothing satisfies my obsessive search, i have to stop it 🙁
If i judge from the dreams i saw 2 months ago, i was like 8-10 when violent fights would occur in the house on a daily, me running to my room covering my ears.
I dont know anita, i never felt connected to any of my parents after a certain age, definitely not to my mother.
It’s still hard for me to correlate my parents to my love life..
ConfusedParticipantI am having plenty of those with AI dont worry 🙂
Is it dissociation? I thought it’s normal because i have it my whole life i think?? But i just noticed
I might have been dissociated since adolescence then..
Idk, now i guess i try to keep going? I think i dont want meds..
ConfusedParticipantHey anita
2. It’s more like i remember the events but without the emotions in them. Like it happened but i can’t recall the feelings. Same thing happens now with Y (the girl)
Thank you for the time u take to ask all those to AI and then write them here 🙂
I did not contact him, in fact i ghosted him because i stopped the meds and i didn’t want to tell him that i quit again, was afraid of his answer haha
ConfusedParticipantHey anita
Yes it was something like that if i remember correctly, i felt “awkward” or shameful for my bids for connection, so i pulled back for good.
I am not quite sure of the poem but those were indeed thoughts that crossed my mind, i felt like something inside of me shook. I dont know if that caused things though, its tough to figure this one out.. She had been showing constant affection since july so why did it not happen sooner? And i did show affection and care towards her, but not quickly, i had to first see if she’s receptive of that, then i went all-in.
3) I think it might have been emotional burnout for me, since i had all those except the reciprocation, she was reciprocating a lot.
Hmm it wouldn’t be surprising but its very hard for me to connect my past to my present still and i dont know why!
Today at work i was constantly thinking of her. I cried again thinking the day we parted at the airport, when i left her and went to the gate i teared up but i didnt show it to her. Then i thought “what if this was the last time i saw her” and tears instantly ran down my face, i managed to imagine me holding her face and kissing her but all those lasted for like a minute, then i felt them fading in my chest, like a storm going away..and the negative thoughts came again (do i really want her? am i staying out of guilt? were those tears real or just guilt?, if they were true why dont they stay for longer, etc etc, followed by discomfort in the thought of texting her).
I think i might be depressed AF also, because i am not hungry or thirsty, i dont feel sleepy and when i wake up i find it hard to get out of bed and do anything. So i might be wrong to blame this whole thing onto her 🙁
ConfusedParticipantdamn its so hard waking up, i instantly think of her, even thinking of her in my dreams, how much in love i feel, if at all.. I get this pit in my stomach.. its been 4 months since the last time i saw her and i cant recall the feelings i would get when i hugged her/kissed her, i just remember it was amazing and i couldnt stop, but its just memories disconnected from actual feelings 🙁
ConfusedParticipantI think our main problem is money/time and now the stressors that i added 🙁
I feel like even if we are not together and in contact, i will still care for her deeply and i’ll be sending her cards/gifts at times, she’s so cute when she’s excited with all those little things 🙂
I also think that i need space to miss her. I never thought this would be possible for me but here we are..
ConfusedParticipantIts a sleepless night/morning for me haha
Yes i felt it precious and special too. She’s the girl i’ve cared about the most and the deepest.Never cried more than for her 🙁
Hmm, tbh i wasnt planning on anything for starters, i wanted to meet and see how we click, then meet again, have some holidays together and if everything went smoothly, we would see how we could do it in the next year, that was my original plan, but her convo and replies (which my brain took as negative) scared me i think.
Before all this, i would love nothing more than to spend days with her and live in the same house, but after my shutdown i lost my motives/feelings.
I think she definitely is afraid, idk about me, i think im a bit scared too haha.
ConfusedParticipantOr maybe u meant i should have met her sooner?
ConfusedParticipantYes i do think that’s an extreme but its difficult for me to soften it.
You mean that it was not real? Or that it burned me out? But i did meet her.
ConfusedParticipantHmm, what do u mean exactly on “was bound to end” ?
Its not that i had actual doubts, it was my mind conjuring up scenarios to protect me i guess.
I dont really understand what u are saying 🙁Maybe it was just a burnout from intensity?
How to soften the extreme?
ConfusedParticipantAnita, i read this and it looked interesting to me..
Why “Too Much Love” Leads to Shutdown:
Emotional Burnout: Excessive giving without equal reciprocation leads to a total depletion of emotional resources, forcing a shutdown.
Loss of Identity: Focusing solely on a partner, sacrificing your own needs, priorities, and self-care leads to a, “toxic relationship,” and eventual emotional breakdown.
Fear and Insecurity: Intense insecurity or fear of abandonment can cause individuals to act in controlling or desperate ways, creating a stressful environment where they may eventually shut down as a defense mechanism.
Past Conditioning: Sometimes, people with a history of heartbreak “shut down” their emotions as a way to avoid getting hurt again, resulting in feeling numb or distant.
Smothering vs. Loving: True love focuses on growth, while “too much love” (often a form of, “smothering”) is frequently rooted in selfish desire for validation rather than pure care for the other person.Signs of Shutting Down:
Emotional Numbness: Feeling disconnected or emotionally flat.
Increased Distance: Becoming distant or avoidant in relationships.
Resentment: Developing resentment towards the partner due to exhaustion.I wonder if i did some or all of the above
ConfusedParticipantIt was the best time, my highlight of 2025 and the best one i’ve ever met 🙂
Yes, my brain does that a lot with everyone, i guess its a protective mechanism. Actually it started when she confessed her feelings with the poem (i felt “wow, she is really into me, now i gotta be careful, why am i not feeling more enthusiastic? i should feel more!”)
then the convo about moving came where i felt something weird in my head after her replies , the vitamins i sent her as a surprise which raised my anxiety through the roof and then i woke up feeling very low/depressed, not even being happy by her messages, i started looking for my feelings obsessively, thinking “i dont love her?” and by third day i woke up with repulsion while reading her texts.
ConfusedParticipantWell, it started on February but it developed deeper around May, but by May to November, yes i would constantly feel amazing/loving towards her, just some moments that my brain created breakup scenarios (without any problem between us) for protection.
ConfusedParticipantYes i used to have this idea/fantasy that love and relationship will fix me and always bring me joy, purpose and happiness. Which was indeed the case until i got hit with this in November..
ConfusedParticipantI don’t trust my love because i don’t feel any feelings constantly..I have this idea in my mind that i have to miss her all the time, wanting to feel amazing always when talking to her, feel sexual urge, attraction, jealousy and so on..
How do i not trust her to love me? I can’t make that connection in my head..
Damn, last two days the thoughts have been ruthless, like i have nothing for her in me. But today she expressed some concerns of her about us and i felt immediate burning sensation/panic in my body, as if she will leave, but not as intense..
Hmm, i think i felt shame.
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