I broke up with him. I started to feel really insecure about myself and my anxiety went through the roof so I ended it. I don't know if I'm just running away from my problem or I did the right thing. I feel like scum because he was so heartbroken and angry that I was doing this, he told me he felt l...

Thank you for the links to the articles, they really clarified that how I react (with my blasted OCD) is normal for someone with OCD. For the verbal abuse it's both really, people have to yell at me and or call me several derogatory terms for me to actually pay attention to them. I normally shrug th...

I don't have a history of any sort of physical abuse execpt from some verbal abuse (because if I don't get yelled at I usually ignore everything around me). But my dad also has a touch aversion and he said it got better once he was in his late twenties. I do have attention deficient disorder but I'm...

When I told him how I feel he freaked out and spent twenty minutes reassuring me that I'm not a burden and I should never feel that way. It was strange because all my life it's been just me and I've never felt comfortable depending on another person for anything. When friends and family express affe...

Why I feel like I'm neglecting him is because he constantly shows his affections for me in multiple ways and I have yet to reciprocate in any form. When he says he loves me I just awkwardly stand there unable to respond because I can't say or show something back. He always shows his emotions and suc...

Hi, I just recently got a boyfriend (my first proper one) and I don't know how to DO a relationship. For an example he tries to tell me he likes me but it flys right over my head. Another example is when we were out with a group of his friends I was talking with them and when ever I talked with my b...