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  • #452493
    anita
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    … that gets reactivated?

    #452497
    q
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    I don’t think so. She brought up a lot of things from the past, which is a bad habit of hers, and i don’t know what her intentions were but it stirred up quite a bit of guilt within me. In hindsight, one of the things I didn’t really like about the relationship was how she wasn’t able to easily move past things and forgive me. And it’s not as if I did serious things like cheating or physical abuse. It was things like miscoummnication or saying something that was tactless or rubbed her the wrong way.

    #452503
    q
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    I’ve just concluded that we’re very likely not compatible for one another just so that it’s easier to conclude and there’s no finger pointing and attacking each other’s character / personality. I’m trying to find peace in that.

    #452510
    anita
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    “She brought up a lot of things from the past, which is a bad habit of hers… In hindsight, one of the things I didn’t really like about the relationship was how she wasn’t able to easily move past things and forgive me. And it’s not as if I did serious things like cheating or physical abuse. It was things like miscommunication or saying something that was tactless or rubbed her the wrong way… I’ve just concluded that we’re very likely not compatible for one another”-

    Dear Q:

    The habitual behavior you described on her part wouldn’t be compatible with anyone because it’s abusive. It seems like you are only now becoming aware of the harm that this kind of behavior caused you (and would cause anyone)?

    Actually, referring to the title of your thread, it’d cause anyone to be stressed and anxious, maybe walking on eggshells, afraid of the next time you would say something imperfectly, something that would rub her the wrong way.

    My mother behaved the way you described her behaving and I was therefore a “Stressed and anxious” child and.. still, the anxiety is in my body.

    What do you think- feel, Q?

    🤍 Anita

    #452517
    q
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    “Actually, referring to the title of your thread, it’d cause anyone to be stressed and anxious, maybe walking on eggshells, afraid of the next time you would say something imperfectly, something that would rub her the wrong way.” Yes you are absolutely correct.

    Funnily enough she said the same thing about me that I made her feel like she had to walk on eggshells which made her anxious all the time. I genuinely have been trying to figure out what I did. And to be honest with you the biggest fight that we had was back in Jan and that’s the only thing i can recall that would trigger her to walk on eggshells? And for what it’s worth I took full accountability and apologized for those actions. The thing it was never easy for her to see past things and forgive and forget.

    I don’t blame her though, I think she just never felt emotionally safe with me after our conflict and I think the relationship ran its course.

    And to be clear I was never physically abusive or verbally abusive. And i’m quite positive in the last 4 months of being together, I was completely submissive and was always apologizing for things. Now that I say this out loud, that’s super embarrassing and I wish I didn’t do that. I think i should have walked away because she has every right to find flaws in me but if that’s the case then we’re not meant for each other.

    #452519
    anita
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    Dear Q:

    “And to be honest with you the biggest fight that we had was back in Jan and that’s the only thing i can recall that would trigger her to walk on eggshells? And to be clear I was never physically abusive or verbally abusive.”-

    I am curious, what happened in that biggest fight..? Did you break things, destroy property.. were you very loud, yelling at her..???

    🤍 Anita

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