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ConfusedParticipantOk lets take that as a fact, but how can we be so good with each other for like 10 months, and suddenly i go completely empty within a night? That shouldnt be normal. I was very excited and curious to meet her and get together, its not like i married her in my mind, so it doesnt make sense.
Yes we were about to establish it. Then what gotten over me? Fear of closeness?Well u start somewhere, then things progress, but i didnt reject her after meeting her, it happened way before.. thats my point.
Oh yes she did that a lot, she complained to me about my father and my only reasonable answer was for them to break up..
Yes she hit me, i hit back/etc.
Hello
Relationships with other women were pretty toxic except one, my longest (which was 9 months but got bad in the last 1.5 months), all and all i was in 3 relationships, rest of them were 3-4 months and the girls were very aloof/toxic but that kept me hooked. Ive never gone beyond infatuation phase, to a stable love..
All of our online hours were perfect for, thats why i am so sad now. Looked like it was gonna be a nice relationship actually. She didnt act exactly the same because after what happened to me she got distant/avoidant triggered.
Yes, honesty is my #1 trait.
I know, but for some reason i still have hope inside..
ConfusedParticipantHey anita, let me answer
Yes so they say, but i cant feel consciously all those things..
My shutdown happened a month before i took the trip, it wasnt close to the actual trip, and we hadnt booked tickets anyway.
Indeed but why would that play a big role? There are other nevermets out there that worked well for them.
Yes she wasn’t comfortable and i felt rejected at first, but then she explained why she was so closed-off/guarded (her past experiences)I know we didnt have real-life honeymoon phase, maybe all the chemicals were never released..So you are suggesting that if we meet more, it could become better?
But i already wrote why i consider her a great girl some posts back, its not that i blindly say that because of how i was feeling (dopamine). I can see positives and negatives.
Did i ever feel that way with the girl, u mean? Yeah, almost every day my mind says “just break up and be done with it”. But it doesnt make sense because i think if i didnt actually want her, the thought of leaving her would be a relief for me and i would move on with my life, not being in shutdown/anhedonia over that. Also what is emotional incest?
Hmm, intense, rageful and unfair to me because she was acting too much over little things.
ConfusedParticipantYes i think so too.
But when i thought of ending it i felt really bad..I feel like i will blow my chances of building something with a great person because of my current state/crisis. How can i tell for sure?
ConfusedParticipantHey anita
I dont think its gonna be possible, if we stay apart for that long, we might aswell end it.
I wanna try and have this routine and trying to heal my attachment with her besides me if that’s possible. Do u think my mother appearing in my dream had a play in me feeling like this when i woke up?
I meant it in the way it happened in the beginning, like my guts reject her, the avoidance feeling. I was thinking of ending things yesterday because she is not having a great time with me either, but none of us could do it..
ConfusedParticipantOk i think i see what u mean, then yes its very likely that i do that. But yesterday something strange happened.
We talked and argued (again), mostly about things that we dont say to each other, and for the first time i didnt compromise and was my fully authentic self, no holding back, just spitting facts and my opinions/feelings, without fearing abandonment. After we were done, i felt euphoric, like a sense that everything clicked and i was ready for anything (probably dopamine)
I had a dream with my mother (not a bad one, just her in the dreams) and when i woke up i felt like shit, almost like the days before the shutdown, weird stomach feeling and the thought that “i dont want this girl”.
ConfusedParticipantYes exactly..
Affected in what ways ? Do u have any examples?
So i guess i correlated her to my mother and that made me shutdown?
ConfusedParticipantI thought about that yesterday and it kinda resonated..But i cant comprehend how i am correlating my mother with her.. feels weird.
ConfusedParticipantI was always wary of not upsetting her, getting her in the bad mood, walking on eggshells/etc. I think thats how i felt with the girl lately..
What do u mean?
ConfusedParticipantI cant feel like i can express anything through art, never been able to.
Yes thats kinda how i feel actually..
ConfusedParticipantDid u feel like u could express things on art at first?
I mean that it was me that caused all this. I wish it was her leaving, would have been easier to deal with.
ConfusedParticipantHey anita
Yeah must have been difficult, like being a prisoner.
I have no inspiration for poems or art, never had, always been bad at those sadly.
I think my problem is solely based on this obsession i have over not feeling anything, so its very hard to reach feelings..
Its gonna be my own self that breaks me sadly
ConfusedParticipantI meant how did u experience it in general but yes, i didnt experience anything like that lately, only in the beginning and some random days months ago, but i was mostly lost in thoughts.
Thats exactly how i feel now, all my good feelings are gone..only sorrow, regret, despair and sometimes anger.
Yeah, i give them too much significance and power.
ConfusedParticipantThat seems logical but still doesn’t make any sense in my mind (probably because i havent touched it yet and i find myself very self-sufficient)
Yes we do, im guilty of that in my life.
Alright, enjoy your offline time, thank you very much anita, goodnight 🙂 (hopefully way less soon)
ConfusedParticipantI think its a double edge sword with me because i am so aware and have consumed so much information around trauma, rocd, adhd and stuff that messed up my brain really good, but i guess with time it will all fall in place..
My home was definitely not the safest, with fighting and arguing looming over every hour.
I wonder, how did u experience the dissociation after, in therapy? (dont answer this if u dont feel like it)
Yeah that’s what i hear we have to do, but it seems like voodoo-magic to me haha
Your words are very empowering, im glad you are in a better place finally, i hope i get there too someday 🙂
ConfusedParticipantYes LDR is definitely a challenge. From what im reading though, i might also have ADHD (which i suspected years prior but never bothered to check) so it explains the burnout and the emotional numbness.
No its not disinterest, i just cant find the roots alone. I started today with a new therapist which specializes in IFS and i hope she can help me.
How long did it take you to see improvement, anita?
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