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Dycana
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Location: Airdrie AB
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Trig Dec 14, 2020 at 02:29 PM
 
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Originally Posted by psyche89007 View Post
I guess I consider myself a high-functioning Borderline. I do very well mostly when I'm on my own or just with friends and I'm getting much better at setting boundaries and communicating with friends. The healthy emotional distance required/expected right off the bat with friendship also makes that easier. I am better than before at resolving conflicts at work and coping with daily stressors.


But I feel like my 'crazy' comes out when I take a lover or date. I get involved emotionally WAY too fast and I have no idea how to draw boundaries. I hate that the intimacy I crave so intensely is also what destroys my sanity, consumes me, sometimes keeps me up at night wondering if I'm enough and if this relationship will drag me down to the depths of hell or 'reinvent' me into a better person which is also a crock of sh/t but god, that's what I want.


The issues go on and on: Trying think for the other person/play detective, expecting the worst, paranoia about their loyalty, et cetera. My behaviors make me feel guilty, embarrassed, and ashamed of myself. The fear of being vulnerable and sharing things about myself, or my body, and then being betrayed or ignored and so on makes me unhappy and always on edge.


And the terror of potential rejection or breaking up is always on the back of my mind ... the inability to see what's ahead, constantly trying to spot 'danger' or warning signs, just leads to more inner turmoil. It is SO exhausting. I wish I knew how to be NORMAL in a relationship!!!!


Anyone else relate?
I’m exactly the same my dear friend. I’m single and have been for going on 5 years but I’m so lonely. I’m terrified that once I’m in a relationship all my bat **** crazy comes out. I live my life for that person, I don’t have an identity and who I am is a foreign subject. Now being old, I’m angry that I don’t know how to be in a relationship or how to really love a person. I’ve always thought that if I take care of them going out of my way to do so, was loving them but the whole time I never did for myself. I honestly don’t know what love feels like, I know what it isn’t unfortunately.
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I send you big hugs friend.

Last edited by CANDC; Dec 14, 2020 at 08:08 PM.. Reason: Add trigger code
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