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Is there an approach to a relationship that has a problem with physical violence other than breaking up? We love each other and we both have some serious mental problems that we aren’t sure how to deal with. We are both really good people. But really ###$ up in different ways. We have been together for 5 years. He has a temper and procrastinates things. He's also REALLY smart and really good at calling me ...

I had a really terrible childhood and some very bad things happened to me that gave me severe trust issues and a severe aversion to risk and confrontation. I had a couple of very lame relationships in high school (none in college) where I made no moves whatsoever (they both approached me), but I cultivated a lot of really good friendships and was generally well liked. I felt sort of like a burden whenever my ...

Howdy all. Im 26 year old female with Bipolar and Epilepsy.

Diagnosed 6 years by psychiatrist....diagnosed with epilepsy last year. (had it as a child, it went away and came back as an adult)

Anyway. I did really really well for years on Lamictal and Seroquel alone...very stable I went through a phase on no medications, and then had to restart the lamictal not only due to Bipolar.. but because I had also been having ...

First and foremost, please forgive me as this is going to need a long explanation.

I'm 17 years old (so yes, I'm still in school!) and male.

I've thought about explaining this and the best way I can describe what I'm feeling is having a "clouded" mind. What does this mean? Hell, I don't even know. Have you ever read a book, and you'll be in the middle of reading a page and then half ...

Wow – I’m grateful to have stumbled on to this place because the situations I’m reading about are in many ways similar to what I’ve been going through. And for so long I’ve been beating myself up about everything that happened. My situation is I met a woman and within a month she considered me her best friend. Within two months I was a kindred spirit and a long-lost brother. We work for the same ...

Hi All!

We have been on a wild ride for the past six years with our adopted daughter. She was adopted at 4 days old. From the beginning she was very hard to please. She cried a lot. As she got older we referred to her as "strong-willed". She seemed to always pick the one thing in the room she couldn't do or touch to do or touch it. She has always been beautiful and ...

Maybe some will think this problem laughable, or not serious, or a joke but it is a real and terrible life for me. My earliest memory is of me laying in my crib masturbating. By age 5 I was masturbating multiple times every day. As I reached my mid-teens I became hooked on porn. I still recall the 'rush' of viewing it for the first time, like a new drug was in my veins that ...

Recently I've been getting anxious when thinking about my own sexuality. I'll sort of be asking a few questions in this topic.

Basically, I'm confused about sexual activity and intimacy. I'm a sexual person, obviously, probably no less than any other male my age. However, when I get sexual signals from other people who seem interested in me, I usually get sort of overwhelmed, turned off, and uninterested. I don't want toot my own horn, ...

Recently I've been getting anxious when thinking about my own sexuality. I'll sort of be asking a few questions in this topic.

Basically, I'm confused about sexual activity and intimacy. I'm a sexual person, obviously, probably no less than any other male my age. However, when I get sexual signals from other people who seem interested in me, I usually get sort of overwhelmed, turned off, and uninterested. I don't want toot my own horn, ...

Is there anyone else here who is hesitant to be schizoid-like around others for fear of being singled out? By this, I mean is there anyone who presents as socially engaging, or at least tries and fails, with the intent of making people think you are interested? I guess this behavior in me might qualify me as a secret schizoid, if I am indeed schizoid at all. I haven't had a negative experience powerful enough ...