Poptart

Poptart

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Nov 7, 2019
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Sorry for the rambling. I'm drunk as usual.

I have been alone almost all my life. And it has been quite an odyssey.

When I was 6 my parents divorced. My mother cheated on my father with an ex-convict. As you can imagine, this drug addicted madman was more than happy to beat everyone in the family down to a pulp. I begged and pleaded with my mother to leave him as a child and she never would. The only person she considered kicking out of the home was me- because I wouldn't play along with her sadistic husband's fantasy. She had CPS, psychiatrists, and everyone else telling her he was dangerous. She still chose him.

By the time I was twelve I was hospitalized for PTSD. I wasn't actively suicidal but was in such distress my body was shutting itself down. I was too afraid to sleep. I had knives and blades under my bed. I pulled my hair out from stress, literally. At school I couldn't focus. I didn't see a future. My family was going to be murdered. I knew that; my step "father" had promised to kill us all so many times.

I was sent to a group home for a time where I confessed to sexual abuse. I still remember being brought to a sterile room with male cops and a giant camera aimed at my face. They asked me invasive questions about my vagina. In the end, all I got was a stupid stuffed bunny.

After this I was homeschooled. I had no friends. I was completely isolated. I was moved to Europe where I wasted away in a fucking clock tower alone. My mother took us on months long ski trips where I would snowboard during the day and do schoolwork at night. I fucking hate snowboarding. I didn't care to see Italy, France, England, or Belgium. I just wanted a friend. I wanted a home.

After being homeschooled, my mother sent me to a British boarding school. (American, here, by the way.) I was mercilessly bullied and isolated. I have never felt more hopeless in my life. How can I go from homeschool, group home, to high-end boarding school effortlessly?

Then I hid my passport in a potted plant. And ended up in an American public high school. Where I met my first and best friend.

This person was like me. He was funny, smart, witty, and had pain to complement me. He is the first and only person I have ever met that loves me. He loved me for me. He knew me. I knew him.

Of course, we didn't date right away. He dated someone else; I got married at 19 to ease the burden of myself off my family. (Okay, long story short, my husband is a total asshole. He thinks that women who are raped "were asking for it." Talking to him was worse than talking to a brick wall. At least a brick wall ECHOES. He was like a soundproof room. But even my words weren't completely absorbed in his head. He just ignored me. He was honestly terrible. It's a long story.)

But I left my husband and we moved into an apartment together. And I was actually happy. Very, very happy.

I graduated college with a law degree. I had an excellent job in real estate. He started working at a corporate job making 35/hour.

We had a house. A dog. A joint bank account. After all I had been through, I was safe. I was home. I was happy. I had love and comfort.

And then, he left his email open.

His "friend" had started her own porn blog on tumblr. They emailed each other nudes of one another. They met up without telling me. He wanted to give her 1000 dollars for a graduation present. He wanted to spend a week long vacation with her.

I just broke down.

I grabbed a bottle of vodka, a hand gun, a packet of razors and drove to the nearest public park. I was planning on ending it then. Instead, I ended up handcuffed in the back of a cop car being sectioned off for two weeks.

Fast forward through more suicide attempts, medical problems (I have a brain tumor), etc. etc. My family bought me a house. I only pay for electric and water. Thats it. I have a job as a teacher.

My coworkers love me. They want to hang out on the weekend. I can go on dates any day I want, I suppose. I only pay $300 in bills a month. I spend every day with kiddos that i truly love.

And, yet. I want to die. Because I am still alone. My ex boyfriend was the only person that ever made me feel like I belonged. Now I feel like I don;t belong on this planet.

Ugh, whatever. It's all too long for me to tolerate typing out.

Just, my SN comes this Tuesday.

Is there any way to get over my exboyfriend before Tuesday so I can tolerate living? Otherwise, I'll be gone before Christmas.

I can't tolerate living on the same planet as her. She seems so above me. So superior and worthy of life. I'm not. It seem immoral to live alongside this other woman on the same planet. I feel like its my duty to remove myself from earth. I just cant.

I need more alchohol. ugh, yall. pleas.e
 
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JimFord99

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Yeah, get pissed and sleep it off. Tomorrow it will look different. Will be OK, buddy.
 
MaybeMaybeKnot

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Wow. What a heartbreaking situation. Sorry that you're going through this. Thank you for trusting us with your story. How long ago did you separate?
 
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Poptart

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Wow. What a heartbreaking situation. Sorry that you're going through this. Thank you for trusting us with your story. How long ago did you separate?

Its been about a year and a half since he cheated on me. A year since I left. A YEAR. And I still cry myself to sleep most nights. I thought time was supposed to heal things?

All I can think about is the fact I will be alone for the rest of my natural life and I absolutely refuse that condition.
 
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Its been about a year and a half since he cheated on me. A year since I left. A YEAR. And I still cry myself to sleep most nights. I thought time was supposed to heal things?

All I can think about is the fact I will be alone for the rest of my natural life and I absolutely refuse that condition.
Don't beat yourself up. A year is perfectly reasonable. I worked in grief counseling and one thing to keep in mind is that we all grieve differently. And there's no wrong way to grieve. Take two years if you have to. Or ten. Whatever is fine. You were dealt a tremendous blow to your life's plans. A year seems logical indeed.
 
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KiraLittleOwl

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Why do you think you'll be alone?
I mean maybe you will meet some kind mature man who maybe wont be hot but will fall in love with your soul?
I can understand that being alone for the rest of life is a bleak perspective to put it lightly but are you sure there's no chance?
 
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Why do you think you'll be alone?
I mean maybe you will meet some kind mature man who maybe wont be hot but will fall in love with your soul?
I can understand that being alone for the rest of life is a bleak perspective to put it lightly but are you sure there's no chance?

I am 22, which most agree is young. But I have absolutely no emotional connection to anyone except for my ex in all those years. The thought of going another 22 years without anyone is unbearable.

Honestly, I just have a horribly difficult time relating to anyone at all. I feel like I'm looking at reality through a dirty aquarium. It's there, I just cant touch it and it looks grim and grimy. The people I meet here are not real to me. They all seem … two-dimensional. I can't explain it without seeming like a complete asshole. People just aren't real to me.

I have reached out to a psychiatrist weeks ago and they said they'd get in touch with me but no luck. I can't afford to go back to a mental hospital. I feel like Im losing my mind.
 
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Age does not matter. Suppose braking up relationships is not easy, but time will heal in such cases. Don't take it too hard on yourself.
 
GreyMonkey

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Aug 20, 2019
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Sigh.

Another BPD in the house.

I feel you. I feel you deeply. I know exactly what you are experiencing. And there are quite a few of us on here who do.

The pain will eventually abate. It does take a long time though. And sadly this will likely be the way with any relationship you become attached in.

I wish I had more to offer than that. I wish there was a way to just turn that attached part off and be able to move on.

Other than that. I hear your pain. And I know it is immense and most people just won't be able to comprehend just how much it hurts. I get you though.
 
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Poptart

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Sigh.

Another BPD in the house.

I feel you. I feel you deeply. I know exactly what you are experiencing. And there are quite a few of us on here who do.

The pain will eventually abate. It does take a long time though. And sadly this will likely be the way with any relationship you become attached in.

I wish I had more to offer than that. I wish there was a way to just turn that attached part off and be able to move on.

Other than that. I hear your pain. And I know it is immense and most people just won't be able to comprehend just how much it hurts. I get you though.

I don't think I mentioned it but I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder when I was 13. (Usually they wait until 18, Ive been told.)

I have always disagreed with the diagnosis. But I guess from what I wrote it... it screams borderline doesn't it? I'm not abusive or disliked or evil. And that's all people assume when they hear BPD.

I guess its not just the break up. I feel like Im staring down a life sentence of isolation.
 
GreyMonkey

GreyMonkey

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Aug 20, 2019
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I don't think I mentioned it but I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder when I was 13. (Usually they wait until 18, Ive been told.)

I have always disagreed with the diagnosis. But I guess from what I wrote it... it screams borderline doesn't it? I'm not abusive or disliked or evil. And that's all people assume when they hear BPD.

I guess its not just the break up. I feel like Im staring down a life sentence of isolation.

Yes. Only now coming to understand my own BPD tendencies, it does scream it.

I am also well liked. Nor am I abusive (all the abuse and anger is turned internally) and when in a good state am very attuned and empathic... when in a reactive state I'm highly emotional, anxious and out of control.

Rejection triggers the fuck out of me. And that whole life sentence of isolation, yes I know it. Can never find another one like them etc etc.

Even though my life is full of people that I'm now unable to truly connect with due to persistent anxiety over the loss of attachment figure.

Black and white thinking is a major feature here. "Without them life is meaningless and I'll be alone forever"

Dunno what to do or say here. Other than try find some therapy that helps. DBT group therapy is designed for it, I can't afford it though.
And then therapy that works with childhood trauma and relational field work like NARM or anyone working in Ray Castellino's model.

Its so hard to want to change though when everything is screaming that if I do then I'll definitely lose them. And also when the mind is screaming that having lost them perhaps the only gesture that will get their attention is harming myself - all the way to suicide.

I think BPD people really want the love object to know about the suicide, to have them feel the pain of it, and to have them know just how much we needed them to the point that their leaving caused our death.
 
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I was so confused at the end because u are saying it's a woman u are trying to get over but then earlier it's a boyfriend lol! I'm like wtf is going on here I'm so confused :pfff: There was a husband, then a bf, then there's some woman too? How people are u trying to get over? Sorry not to be rude I was just maybe not following or reading wrong.
 
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Poptart

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I was so confused at the end because u are saying it's a woman u are trying to get over but then earlier it's a boyfriend lol! I'm like wtf is going on here I'm so confused :pfff: There was a husband, then a bf, then there's some woman too? How people are u trying to get over? Sorry not to be rude I was just maybe not following or reading wrong.

Ha, don't worry. The drunk narrative mixed with the already confusing timeline is doomed to confused everyone.

The husband doesn't matter. He literally means nothing to me.

The ex-boyfriend - Im devastated over.

The "other woman" - I feel completely worthless compared to her. I literally don't feel like I deserve to breathe in the same air as her.

I don't know if that clears it up or not. It's a long story that I'm too... bleh... to explain.
 
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Final Escape

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Ha, don't worry. The drunk narrative mixed with the already confusing timeline is doomed to confused everyone.

The husband doesn't matter. He literally means nothing to me.

The ex-boyfriend - Im devastated over.

The "other woman" - I feel completely worthless compared to her. I literally don't feel like I deserve to breathe in the same air as her.

I don't know if that clears it up or not. It's a long story that I'm too... bleh... to explain.
Oh ok I get it now thanks for explaining :) I'm sorry u have to go through this it sucks I recently had a guy stop seeing me too. He went into therapy because he probably is a sex addict or has some problems with authentic intimacy. I'am sort of glad he quit seeing me but I really miss the sex and the making out etc. initially I felt suicidal but I'm feeling a bit better about it bc I feel like it would have been impossible for it to grow into anything more. I don't think I'm healthy enough for a relationship even if I want one. I don't believe I will ever meet anyone ever again that I was attracted to like this guy. Like I'm never allowing myself to develop attachment to any guy ever again lol! I'm too messed up for normal relationships to ever develop. Like if I try to get involved I'm just asking for heartbreak every time. Plus at middle age u start to become invisible to men anyways. Sucks but it is what it is.
 
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And then, he left his email open.

His "friend" had started her own porn blog on tumblr. They emailed each other nudes of one another. They met up without telling me. He wanted to give her 1000 dollars for a graduation present. He wanted to spend a week long vacation with her.
This is just awful. I couldn't have survived this. You are strong, and he is disgusting.
 
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Its been about a year and a half since he cheated on me. A year since I left. A YEAR. And I still cry myself to sleep most nights. I thought time was supposed to heal things?

All I can think about is the fact I will be alone for the rest of my natural life and I absolutely refuse that condition.
Time does heal things. However, there isn't a definite period of time. It's different in everyones situation in how they deal with heartbreak. For example, if things happen and it results in heartache for me, it takes me YEARS to get over; even if it's the smallest of things. And i've always been clowned and made fun of, even by close friends for being like this, just cause alot of my friends will get over shit just like that and just go to a party and have fun and get over it.

Truth is, emotional heartache hits some harder than others. Some people are much more emotionally sensitive than others. Don't feel down if you're still not over him, and over you're heartache. It's a process, take all the time you need and MOVE within you're time, and don't feel as if anyone is rushing you're process. You've never had a significant other other than this person, never have had an emotional attachment this strong; as a sensitive person here, that type of situation is gonna hit you even harder, stick with you for a while and be hard to cope with. I'm 19, and i still haven't gotten over heartache FROM YEARS AGO. Others do it quiet so easily and i'm jealous.

Hope you don't feel ashamed for still being in the midst of the process of healing. i'd say get out of you're comfort zone again, pursue you're desire in finding this significant other and form new emotional attachments with others. coworkers and friends are a type of emotional attachment and itw reflected in how you're comfortable around them and going out with them here and there; but in emotional attachment in this case, i'd mean a significant other. you're 22, clubs, parties, get out there. try and put yourself in a position where you give yourself an opportunity to form such an emotional attachment, which helps in getting away from you're heartache, even if its temporary like during the week. Perhaps moving, just getting away, starting fresh, a new environment, new change, getting away from any type of reminder that can trigger you're heartache. A new start.

You're SNs gonna be arriving, you have somewhat of a deadline for before or around christmas. what's the harm in giving it one last try, getting out of ur comfort zone and giving yourself an opportunity to form a emotional attachment and find a significant other? i wish you the best of luck in whatever you choose to do, and hope you find peace in this life or the next.
 
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dreamsofdestruction

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May 9, 2019
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I feel you. Heartbreak on top of loneliness to begin with must really be one of the worst things to experience emotionally.
 
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Emily123

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Let me tell you something about the last person that I loved . She was another trans girl and I started loving her after I heard that she was in the hospital after attempting suicide because her boy friend tried to rape her and he hit her . She was just a normal friend for me before that incident But I started loving her since that happened to her . I tried to be a real friend for her and I did whatever I could to make her happy . I paid for her surgery and I gave her the most valuable gift that she has ever received in the valentines day(she was from a poor family and my gift could change a lot in her life). Unfortuatly she decided to get back to that boy friend again . it was very difficult for me because I really cared about her . I could not tolerate that she was in the hand of a very bad person . I was sick for a while before my psychologist helped me to understand the mystery of that love . She told me that trans girl is just mychildhood . she was the time which that man raped me in the street when I was a teenager . She was when my parents rejected me because they did not want to accept my gender divercity . She was the rime that people abusing me because they were seeing me as a lady boy . She was the time that I was crying alone and I had no one to clean my tears . I was trying to protect my childhood and I failed again . As much as I wa weak in protecting my childhood , I was weak in protecting someone that I loved
I am sharing you my story because I want yo to know that person is nobody outside you . You loved yourself in the first place but you found the projection of your love in someone else . He is not with you now but you still have yourself and it is the true source of love . You did not miss anything
 

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