You two could certainly continue as in past relationships in the hopes that neither of you bring about any triggers in each other, but if this a relationship...
Well, here we go-- We are giving it one last shot, (famous last words) after 30 years of living with a male survivor of sexual abuse/incest and God knows what ...
... so ... I ... go ... as ... a ... was ... and ... can ... of ... helped ... my ... vinettes ... support ... be ... we ... Hi Ed. I just recently posted....
I have posted a few times, but this will be the last i commend all of those that are riding the wave with there love one who has been sexually abused. I have...
To realize what you have realized in 2 years time is a good thing. It's best to bow out now before children, mortgages, car payments and all the other things...
trust issues, sex issues, control issues, guilt like you left her when she needed you most, guilt like a parent that abandoned a child... constant worry about...
I've never posted on here, but I'm in the same situation as you right now. I have been in this roller coaster relationship for 2 years now. It's time to get...
This post is actually a little helpful to me. I just joined this group and am about to marry someone who was abused as a child for years by a retarded uncle,...
Just a couple of thoughts Weather you are in a relationship with a survivor or exiting such one of the key questions I think people may need to consider is...
I actively started trying to figure out how to cope w/ a partner who survived childhood sexual abuse. Mentally, I was trying to figure it out all along but it...
How does all this affect kids? Well, here's my report: My daughter is graduating next fall with a degree in psychology--with a focus on psycho-sexual...
I just recentely told my wife of two years that i could not put myself through this anymore and that for my own sake i had to leave. I was not prepared for...
Man it is a hard place to be emotionally. Your head telling you to go for your own survival and your heart not wanting to hurt the person you love. Then...
MY ADVICE TO YOU ALL IS STOP WHINNING AND JUST GET OUT NOW....COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS, MOVE ON AND FIND SOMEONE FREE OF ISSUES....I DID AND AM MUCH BETTER BECAUSE...
as a surviour i find that advice very very self centered.kinda like one of your last post....."maybe we should use this site as a kind of match .com for...
I agree with Cindy on this one.? When you say that you want to leave and then they tell you that they love you and? want to be with you, it is just their way...
I think Ed said it best, if you are getting out of the situation, reflect on what it is that you have been getting from that relationship, or you will go out...
I agree with smoothpebble...this is sound advice for any person in a relationship that is ending for any reason. think about it,reflect on it, remember what...
Mlektex, I will email this to you directly, too. I just checked this site after being gone a long time and it looks like no one's replied to you yet. You...
Hope I'm not too much of a Prodigal daughter. I needed some distance and time away from the partner stuff for a while. Not having a survivor-partner anymore...
Your post is the kind of thing that we all tell ourselves when a relationship ends, but can't quite believe will ever happen. I mean a relationship that you...
My son - 30 yrs old - told me 2 yrs ago his father sexually molested him from approx age 5 thru 13. He has gone to states attorney and police and has written...
... age of 5 to the age of 19. I know what your son is going through the hurt and guilt he feels. I told my family after the birth of my daughter almost a year...
Hi. I'm wondering if anyone has some insight on how I can cope with the following: My boyfriend, a survivor, recently broke up with me unexpectedly. In sum, he...