** I'm not 100% sure if I'm posting in the right message board. If not I apologise. Just let me know what message forum it belongs on. ** I've struggled with body dysmorphia my whole life. I lost 100 lbs in a few years. Over the past year I gained 30 back but kept a good shape the rest of my body. M...

Thank so much, Siân. That made me feel a lot better.

I plan to talk to my mother about it tomorrow and ask her to drive me to drop off his things. I just feel bad if I break up with him on the phone. I thought about stopping by his house to drop off his things and break up while I'm at the house.

I've posted about my relationship on here before. I have actually come to terms that I am not happy in my relationship. Other than what I last posted about, there are a few main things I feel this relationship is not working for me. For one, (mainly) I don't feel like we're intimate. We have a sexua...

As for the last paragraph, that is to be waited for Sam to respond to so that I could answer her question about it. Maybe I'll try writing down another paper of pros and cons. I'm really just trying to figure out if the cons are worth the pros or if maybe I could find better. This is the best I've h...

What I'm asking though is, is it common to have outside relationship feelings to a point where you're conflicted? Like, in a position where you have to decide between A and B? Most things can be incorporated into my relationship except one thing. He's a man. If I was only attracted to men, things co...

'So, it sounds like for the time being you've made the choice to stay with him in this monogamous relationship, and what you're looking for now is ways to manage those feelings of desiring other people or experiences. Does that sound right?' - Answer: Yes. 'So, something to keep in mind is that, eve...

Answer to your question about polyamory or having other sexual experiences in general: As far as women, I want to have different types of sexual experiences that I didn't get a chance to have (such as cougars, latinas, bdsm, etc). And he wonders what women have that he doesn't but it's obvious. As f...

I'm in a 1 year relationship with my boyfriend who does everything for me. The beginning half of the relationship I was in a monogamous mindset but then I started having feelings for other people (mostly women). Just close to our 1 year anniversary, I spoke to my boyfriend about having an open relat...

I reached out to her about it and she was there for me. I told her how she was right when she told me during the relationship that I was being abused. As far as brainstorming, I would like to brainstorm more on talking to my parents about this. When my mother made that comment about my friend's situ...

My ex who I'm still good friends with to this day, she was also sexually abused and we've always been comfortable opening up to each other about anything. Even when I suffered an eating disorder, I opened up to her, but I let her know it was okay to set boundaries if it was too much for her because ...

I will out thought into that brainstorming method. I'm actually interested in both the helpline and opening up to friends. Funny you should mention opening up to friends because the friend that I mentioned went through the same thing- let's call him BT- for a long time I've thought about reaching ou...

Yes that would help a lot. I would appreciate it. I've also told my boyfriend about the situation. He has my back on that. He treats me way better and is understanding when I'm not comfortable with something or don't want to participate at all just like I am of him. I feel like I need more support c...

I've been going to counselling regularly and she is 100% on my side with this situation. I told my mother and stepfather about the situation but they are more focused on the medication effect when they talk about it. My mum said that she didn't know it was going on and thought it was just 'peer pres...

Hello. I'm new to Scarleteen. I got into this website because I've been seeking support for my healing from sexual abuse in my past. Mainly my most recent from 2015-2016. A couple years ago I was in a relationship for a year. At the beginning of the relationship the sex was wonderful but then it wen...