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June 7, 2026 at 7:44 pm #458444
anitaParticipantNow, this is not Copilot, it’s strictly me, using the phone:
I find it strange, or should I say, incongruent that on one hand, she is so important to you that you wouldn’t care about your own healing if she’s not in your life, and on the other hand, you are not ready to commit to her beyond one day at a time.
Actually, it’s strange that you don’t seem to believe that you even need any kind of healing outside the relationship with her. It is as if you believe that you are unaffected by your personal childhood trauma.
Don’t get me wrong: I like you and I think you’re a decent person, and a pleasure to communicate with. But, if I was in her place, assuming she is fully ready to commit to you, I’d be upset that you are not. I would feel that I am on trial, like on a test drive.That would have rained on my love- parade big time!
Anita
June 7, 2026 at 7:45 pm #458445
anitaParticipantPage 100 💃 🎶 🎂 🌭 😁 👏 🎵 ✨️
June 7, 2026 at 10:34 pm #458449
anitaParticipantConfused, June 7: “I told her that… if she leaves, I don’t really care about what happens to me”
Confused, June 6: “I don’t want to tell her that she’s the girl of my life, after knowing her for only 3 days, that would be delusional and I don’t believe in fairytales.”
I am Confused 🤔, Confused 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
🤔 Anita
June 8, 2026 at 6:01 am #458452
ConfusedParticipantI know what u mean and that hurt her deeply, i regret it so much, that’s how she felt too. But i didnt mean it in that way. I told yesterday that if anyone asked me if id want to spend my days with her i would instantly say yes. But since we practically dont know each other almost at all, i dont wanna say big words and then seem like a liar if things dont work out. I explained to her again that she’s all i want and i wouldn’t trade her for anyone but i dont wanna feel like im leading her on by telling her “together forever” and stuff. I like taking things more logical.. And tbh anita, i feel like i love her so much, im terrified of losing her but i still can’t make any future plans, not just with her, but with myself even. I can’t even get up and clean my house some days, how can i promise her such big words? I told her that i am so honest with her out of respect and love i have for her. She said she understands where im coming from but she still got hurt because she felt like an option until i find the one and i wanted to hug her so much at that moment.. Yesterday i told her a bit about rocd and my mind BS. The 0-100, how i feel nostalgic for our magical beginning. She said that this causes her even more insecurities because she thinks that at anytime i will leave her to find someone else to experience the beginning.. I corrected her that i long for OUR beginning, not just any random girl,otherwise i would be long gone trying to find it and i also wouldn’t trade what we have now, even with the difficulties, for our beginning..
Today i woke up feeling such a big void in my heart, nostalgic about how i could be so expressive and fully in love with her, dream about our future.. Then i checked what i have saved for her on instagram and i cried, felt like texting her “i love u so much”.. After, she uploaded a story of herself somewhere and i was stunned, thinking “wow, how pretty, she’s amazing.. why am i losing this girl and i can’t hold on to her??” i feel trapped 🙁
June 8, 2026 at 9:08 am #458454
anitaParticipantGood Monday Morning, Confused:
I can hear how much you care for her and how much fear you’re carrying at the same time.
When you say things like ‘I can’t live without her’ and then ‘I can’t make any future plans with anyone,’ it creates mixed signals for her, even though you don’t mean to send them, and it puts her in a confusing position. Not because you’re lying, but because both sides are true for you in different moments. Your emotional intensity goes to 100, and then your fear and self‑protection go to 0. That 0–100 shift is what hurts her, even when your intentions are good.
I don’t think you’re trying to lead her on. I think you’re overwhelmed by the speed of your feelings and the intensity of your fears. But from her side, it can feel like she’s being idealized one moment and rejected the next. Naming this pattern isn’t criticism — it’s the first step toward helping both of you feel safer.
If you sit with that for a moment, what do you think happens inside you when you go from ‘she’s everything’ to ‘I can’t promise anything’ so fast? What is the fear underneath that shift?
You don’t have to answer me if you don’t want to. This is more for you — to understand yourself better, so you can feel steadier in the relationship and in your own life.
Anita
June 8, 2026 at 3:43 pm #458462
ConfusedParticipantHey anita
I feel both of them and it’s like one removes the other when it comes up.. Feels like i got two personalities inside me.
Yeah exactly, it’s 0-100 and i don’t think people that don’t experience that can understand it. I shouldn’t have told her anything but i just blurted this out while we were discussing about some future things and opinions (not ours, in general) and it hit her the wrong way.
I know u are not judging me and u’re trying to help don’t worry 🙂
Hmm there have been some days that i am trying to “catch” those moments and dig deeper.. Like i said it feels like two personalities, one loving her, one fearing/devaluing her (?).. I can’t really pinpoint but i think it’s the lack of trust that i have in people? That everyone leaves? Or that she doesn’t get me? Idk, its really hard since i have this void when i think about the future or when no romantic scenario moves me like it used to (not just with her, in general). But i would appreciate your opinions
June 8, 2026 at 3:56 pm #458463
ConfusedParticipantIt feels like, i am crying, a part of me opens up (most likely the feeling part) and something comes that shuts it down and makes me feel as if it never happened.. Is this burnout and exhaustion or something else, i wonder..
June 8, 2026 at 3:58 pm #458464
anitaParticipantHey Dear Confused:
What you’re describing — the feeling of two parts inside you, one Loving and one Fearing — makes a lot of sense to me. It’s not ‘two personalities’ in the sense of having two emotional parts that get activated at different times. One part reaches for closeness, and the other part panics and pulls away.
When the fear part comes up, it wipes out the loving part, and when the loving part comes up, it wipes out the fear. That’s why it feels like 0–100 inside you.
You’re right that people who don’t experience this can’t easily understand it, but the important thing is that you are starting to notice it. The fact that you’re trying to ‘catch’ those moments and look underneath them is a good sign.
What you said about trust — the fear that people leave, or that someone won’t really get you — fits with the pattern you’re describing. When the future feels like a void, or when nothing romantic moves you, that’s usually the fear part taking over and shutting everything down to protect you.
If you want, we can look more closely at what each part is trying to protect you from, and what triggers the shift between these two parts.
Anita and Copilot.
June 8, 2026 at 5:11 pm #458468
ConfusedParticipantSometimes i wonder if i have BPD or bipolar haha.
So the fearing part activated that day on November for causes uknown? (either burnout/depression which led to fear of inadequacy that activated my core fears, or the convo that we had). Because it was the first ever that i saw such dreams, kiddo confused trying to fix parents fighting, father leaving and my chest burning.But the loving part feels so much “smaller” than the fear part, it’s not like when it activates i feel in love, but i do feel love.
I am starting to notice it yeah, but i think i need to find out why the fear part comes up, what is it that it’s afraid of? Maybe i need something (like reassurance/etc) that i can’t even pinpoint or realize? Oh i just saw that u wrote that in ur last sentence haha.
I feel like everyone (meaning romantic partners) will 100% leave at some point and it always happened when i would start to dream and plan the future in my head (like she’s asking of me now) and i would get shattered. And imagine i’m a hopeless romantic, i would dream of her coming here and us laying down in the sand hugging and stargazing, waking up by her side, kissing her lips while she’s still asleep, making breakfast, holding her hand while driving and going for trips, sharing every bit of my day and listening about hers.. Now it feels as if i’m just reading these out of a book or something. Maybe it’s depression that stole it?
Yes i would really like to find out the cause, if there is any. I think u had given me an exercise with copilot but i couldnt reach anything inside me. My mind says: ” All will be fixed once u feel the romance for her again” but i know it’s the other way around, everything else should fall in place and then the romance will return.
June 8, 2026 at 7:53 pm #458470
anitaParticipantHey Kiddo Confused 🙂
You don’t come across to me as BPD or bi-polar, not AT ALL.
“I do feel love”- ✔️✔️✔️
“Kiddo Confused trying to fix parents fighting… my chest burning”-
Inside Adult Confused there’s still a Kiddo Confused with chest 🔥🔥🔥
“I feel like everyone… will 100% leave”, “father leaving and my chest burning”-
Was Kiddo Confused very attached to his father?
Do you remember?🤔 🌿 ✨️ Anita
June 9, 2026 at 8:59 am #458483
ConfusedParticipantHey anita
I think it’s love yes,even tho i dont have anything to compare it to, when i was texting her those things i was crying and i was feeling like i wanna hug her tightly and not let go, but i was willing to let her go even tho it would hurt me deeply, if it means she will be better off. I break down in tears even writing this here. I feel like i would always want to be there for, support her and have my arms open whenever she needs it.
How would i find this version and calm it? It feels surreal.
Yes i was very attached to him, i remember missing him a lot, running to hug him when he would return from trips, staying up at night waiting for him sometimes, hug him, sleep with him, i have some fragments of even me wanting to shower with him so we would play with water. He would take me to rides with our bicycles, teach me how to drive when i was 6 years old, teach me about gardening, taking me to football practices, swimming, basically almost every skill i have today, he taught me.
June 9, 2026 at 10:44 am #458485
anitaParticipantHey Confused 🙂
Reading what you wrote, it’s so clear how deeply you feel — not just for her, but inside yourself. The way you cried while texting her, the way you wanted to hold her close and also let her go if it helped her… that’s not confusion. That’s a very tender, very real part of you coming forward. And when you ask how to “find this version and calm it,” it sounds like you’re talking about the younger part of you — the one who loved your father so intensely and felt that burning in the chest when he was gone.
Everything you described about him — waiting up for him, running to hug him, wanting to be close in every possible way — that’s a child who adored his father and felt safe with him. And when a bond like that is so strong, the fear of losing connection later in life can feel just as strong. That’s why the feelings with your girlfriend hit so deeply.
You don’t need to “get rid” of this part. You don’t need to force it to calm down. What helps is learning to sit with him, the younger you, and let him know he’s not alone anymore. That you’re here now. That he doesn’t have to panic to be heard.
We can take this slowly, together. One step at a time.
Anita and Copilot
June 9, 2026 at 11:57 am #458487
anitaParticipantA note from me alone:
In the past, I focused on the little you shared about your mother in your life, and I remember nothing about your father. I know she has passed, but what about him: is he alive? Are you in contact with him?
You don’t have to answer of course.
Anita
June 9, 2026 at 8:44 pm #458491
ConfusedParticipantHey anita
Yes, i think this relationship invokes deep feelings for me, but since November they are fleeting, which is weird. Could be burnout/depression covering everything too. I feel like she’s such a baby at times, i wanna hold her in my arms, kiss her gently and stroke her hair.. But all this can snap in one moment and i feel like “no no, i can’t stand her, i got to get out!”
Some hours ago, we were texting and i asked her opinion about a mirror i want to install in my house and she said “i like it, maybe i will use it to snap some pictures of me while im there” and i looked at this text and my head went “of course my sweet baby, take as many pictures as u like..” and i teared a little because she’s so innocent and unaware of the torment inside my head and i thought “why cant i melt for the best woman i’ve ever met that loves me so much?” 🙁Yes i adored him but i can’t remember why or how it felt, it feels like it was a different self and now i am so distant and different, i guess the situations changed me.
Hmm, how can i reach this part and speak to it maybe, then? I can’t grasp the concept/feeling of what u are saying tho, is it like a conscious thing that u visualize or u just feel it?
Yes he is alive and we are in contact, we live next door actually. There is nothing wrong between us, but i can’t show him love or any affection whatsoever. Not just him, i couldn’t do it with anyone in the family, maybe with my grandma a little bit but with the rest, i dont feel anything. He is so desperate for our love tho because not even my sisters can express feelings towards him. But he does it a lot everyday, he hugs us and we just stand still, frozen, but he came to terms with it, its just how we are. He tells us he loves us but we say nothing back. I do feel bad at times but i can’t help it, it’s just how i feel or how i’m built i guess. I have cried for him some times in the past though, i can feel his pain and longing sometimes but i can’t reciprocate. He says he’d die for us but i can’t feel nothing. I know i would take a bullet for my family too, but i can’t “feel” anything else, love, affection, etc. I can only feel those for romantic partners and for pets.
I dont mind answering ur questions anita, i am starting to see u as a big sister that tries to help me at the same time 🙂
June 9, 2026 at 8:56 pm #458492
ConfusedParticipantOh also today, i noticed something. I was out with my friend working on my motorcycle and i was sending her pictures of the process since i know she enjoys it and i do too. But while i was taking breaks from working on my bike (some breaks were unnecessary and i took just to text her back because i was feeling bad i wasn’t replying, even tho she’s never complained), i noticed myself getting more ansy and irritated by her, even tho i was the one that initiated the convo and sent her pictures and all and she’s never complained about me not replying, she’s always so encouraging for me dumping my phone and stop answering her when i’m socializing/working and that makes me even more upset now because i have no excuse to be upset! haha i hope u get what i mean. So the spiral began, i would get more and more thoughts of “u don’t love her, u are leading her on, u will break her heart” and then i feel dysphoria with the breakup thoughts.
I went home, took a shower, we kept texting and i felt better eventually. But even when i laugh with her my mind just notices it and goes “well, did u laugh enough?”, crazy!
Later she told me about a guy replying to a story of hers (the one that left my jaw hanging when i saw her beauty) asking her for information about the place she was at in the photo. My heart started racing and i felt heat in my head again, i expressed my jealousy and we had a small convo about those things and how he’s not just “asking for info” and she acknowledged it and comforted me. She said “u are the only thing i want”, and as soon as i read that i thought “she’s so amazing and loves me so much, why am i not feeling elated? Shouldn’t i be feeling cloud9?” which was again, the same thought pattern i had back in november when i read her poem and something inside me shook and started noticing myself and my feelings for the first time ever what a coincidence huh? Also rings a bell with my father expressing his love towards me and i can’t feel anything? But the latter could be because of the years of violence i witnessed between him and my mother so i disconnected from them both. -
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