Search Results: abuse, abusive, how to help a friend

Financial and patrimonial violence: how they affected my life.

One of the MyTakes I wrote, expose a vague explanation of how those two types of violence affected my life. To help you understand this MyTake and the previous one, is important to know their exact definition. ❗What is...

DiegoO

Guru Age: 36

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How do I flee from a toxic, narcissistic abusive situation with relatives?

I’ll try to make this short. They abuse me financially, emotionally/mentally, verbally, they neglect me, they do basically every kind of abuse to me except physical (even though my mom has sprayed febreze on me before)...

Anonymous

(30-35)

How do you Support a Friend who has been ABUSED?

I recently learned that one of my friends had been in an abusive situation in her relationship. Some random foreign guy met her somehow and convinced her to fall in love with him. He even convinced her to marry him. ... I...

Jamie05rhs

Master Age: 39

Girl's Behavior

AITA for cutting ties with them?

I had a friend called Charlie (not real name) who would claim to be bi-gender but naturally a woman often dressing like a man. Would say herself she dresses more masculine on purpose but gets super offended if someone...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Break Up & Divorce

Is gas lighting, cheating and being physically abusive more acceptable if your a woman?

I spent the last 3 years with my on and off ex. I used to love her but have kinda came to realize those past 3 years have been a disassociated hell and I’ve lost a lot of friends pushed away family members, got into a...

Anonymous

(25-29)

Trying to help friend with domestic abusive relationship need advise?

I have a friend who’s in a domestic violent relationship. I’m trying to help her but try to not really get involved. Because of my history with helping friends/family in DV relationship. One friend went against me, slash...

Anonymous

(36-45)

The dream that changed my outlook on life

Yesterday, I had a dream about a man who I went through a mutual breakup with two years ago. I thought I was over what could have been - and then that dream forced me to compare my current partner with this man, who has...

Anonymous

(18-24)

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Hello setbacks my old friend... I've come to wallow with you again!

I guess I'll start this off with - I hate that I'm writing this but I'm feeling pretty apathetic & numb to everything at the moment... not in a depressing & sad way just more so in a lacklustre & defeatist kind of way....

WhateverMayBeWillBe

Yoda Age: 37

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Taking on too much Responsibility in one go, and how to slow down!

Recently I have been feeling like life is flashing by, I am now in my 30's! All I do is stay at home, I would rather be at home with my mother knowing she is ok, and has the best life she can have. i kicked my step father...

KieranByrne

Xper 6 Age: 35

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My Experience Struggling with Depression, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, and Never Being "Good Enough"

This is just me getting my personal thoughts out of the way. For a very long time now, I've felt depressed about my physical appearance and the way I looked. I had something called Precocious Puberty, to where for some...

MCheetah

Editor Age: 39

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Other

It's complicated but it's about self harm and emotional abuse and I don't know what to do?

My sister has a friend who for the purposes of the story will be called mindy and she self harms and has done for a long time. My sister has known for ages but is refusing to talk to anyone that could potentially help her...

Anonymous

(18-24)

Should I let this friendship go? How do you deal with an abusive/toxic friend? Help?

It's been around six years since I met her, I can't count the amount of time that I have cried because of her mistreatment towards me. I have always loved her from the start, but i'm always being taken for granted by her....

Anonymous

(25-29)

Why do men cheat with unattractive women?

My boyfriend had this 2 month online relationship with a drop out, unemployed, drug addict with zero aspirations aside from coke, MDMA, and weed. She’s also a year younger than me but looked so much older and uglier...

Anonymous

(18-24)

Break Up & Divorce

How do you move on from an abusive ex?

My ex was arrested and is being charged for abuse. He isn't allowed to talk to me etc. He hasn't attempted to contact me but he will watch my Instagram etc. I am just so angry at him for what he has done to me. I feel...

Magosmall06

Xper 6 Age: 28

How do I save my 6 year long relationship? Please help?

We've been friends since we were 10, starting dating at 15, and are currently 21. When we were 10, we met in school, after which I moved away. 15, we got together, and have been in an LDR ever since. In 2019, he set off...

Anonymous

(25-29)

Religion & Spirituality

Can a Christian man use the Bible to abuse?

Can an abusive person be at the same time a religious person? I'm still digesting the things I went through while being with my ex. He considered himself religious and read the Bible a lot, but his actions were very...

Anonymous

(25-29)

Please help. Is my boyfriend’s behaviour normal?

This is long but I don’t want to miss anything important. I was in an abusive relationship previously with a man with quite serious mental health issues. There wasn’t any physical abuse. It was all mental but it...

Anonymous

(30-35)

Psycological abuse and more, pls help?

Hi, so this is *really* not about me. My brother is in an extreme toxic relationship. He's being psychologically abused by his girlfriend, they live together. I know it's not common in society to talk about abused men...

CurLyF

Explorer Age: 29