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Serious question: I am attending therapy because of the abusive relationship

And I happened to notice after the relationship dissolved I do things like sweep the entire house and mop the entire house everyday

I freak out when the house gets disorderly and can’t do anything or function

I’m stressed as fvvk about the laundry not being done

It’s getting borderline compulsive

When I was a child I used to struggle with ocd and I would obsessively turn off switches and click my fingers and stuff. Idk but I’m afraid it’s creeping back

Now that I stopped biting my nails I find myself putting that “nervous” energy in other places

I just don’t really know if cleaning is a problem worth mentioning.

What are your (honest) thoughts? I know there’s a lot of women on this site who have been in abusive relationships. You women never seem to comment tho .. I’m more less specifically asking YOU. The ones who have been through it and survived. Tell me about the pain and suffering after. Nobody talks about it. I feel so alone

I’m genuinely sorry for being so whiney lately this is my only outlet other than therapy that I have. I have never been able to “do” “handle” “process” emotions.
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uncalled4 · 56-60, M
I am SO sorry @DeluxedEdition that you had such a hellish experience. I got my abusive narc ex out of my life(I had actually put a ring on it, which made her [i]worse[/i]), but not before she came to my house unannounced while I was at work, let herself in with my key, erased all of my phone messages on my old machine, and punched a hole in my wall.

She hit me, too, but we live in a world where if I returned fire, I'd be in jail. It was enough to be rid of her psycho ass. But I'd get those stress-related eye twitches and insomnia and anxiety attacks that were so bad that I had my parents come and remove me from my house. I did not know at the time that one's nervous system simply gets overloaded and begins to malfunction.

There ARE good men out there who WILL appreciate you for what you bring to the table, I swear. You did not deserve to be with a mental defective like that. Learning experience? You bet. I will never forget that, and I will try my damnedest to help others.
Slade · 56-60, M