I just started replying on posts without seeing this haha.
I'm 29, female, US.
I live a very stereotypically perfect on paper suburban life. I have my dream job and everything else I could ever want. I have a house, two amazing kids, and a partner who is mostly amazing and loves them like his own but is incapable of emotionally supporting me.
I work in Human Services, as does my sister. My family are all mentally ill/neurodiverse in some way, very understanding, and we are very open.
I also have textbook rapid cycling Bipolar, an ED, generalized anxiety/panic disorder, and a whole slew of childhood trauma. I am regulated with meds and present very functionally. I am very self aware and emotionally intelligent.
I also have severe attachment/intimacy/abandonment issues which leads me to not be able to maintain healthy friendships or relationships. Every friendship or relationship I enter ends up toxic. I'm extremely empathetic, which leads to feeling used for that emotional labor very often.
I am the epitome of the person who seems like they have their shit completely together, but wants to CTB and no one who I tell gets why. I explained it on another thread as feeling like a prisoner of my own mind and it feels like the only way to truly be free. I've done so many horrible things, hurt so many people and been hurt so many times, and symptoms of mental illness are often the catalyst or cause. I can't imagine that this is "regulated" and I hate to think I would have to live the rest of my life like this. And I don't want to. The things that make me appealing to others are the things that destroy me.
I have had suicidal ideations since I was a child, but as I've gotten older, I just don't want to live like this with this much self hatred anymore, pretending like everything is great. I found this site by accident really, searching inconspicuous ways to do so. Thank you for having me!