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#1 Oct 10 - 7AM
confused123
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anxiety

Hi guys ,
Haven't been on for a while , been so busy in real life ....

I have my first counselling appointment on the 19th , but im currently suffering from anxiety ... Im still having nightmares about various different things ... and my anxiety seems to be getting triggered now by various things ...

This morning for example on my facebook , the new bloke im supposed to be seeing threatened to punch one of my male friends who i was yesterday having a daft banter with , over something so stupid as being airlifted like baby from dirty dancing !!!! He jokingly said he would airlift with me , and he threatened him , just because of that ! ... I have been seeing this bloke for about 8 weeks ... but it has triggered my anxiety ... i currently feel light headed , shaky and have developed a headache .... I dont think i can go on with this man ... i've gone from one extreme to another .... do you guys have any tips about how to control physical symtoms of anxiety ?? Thanks C xx

Oct 10 - 10AM
quietude (not verified)
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confused

Not trying to be cheeky here, but honestly...get away from these losers! That's step #1 on how to calm your anxiety. This is ALL backwards...you're trying to heal, you're talking to people like this, THEN you'll be going to therapy? This isn't the way it's supposed to go. Get going on your therapy, give yourself time, no relationships - especially with who can potentially be problematic to confuse you even more, and spike your anxiety. This is time to work on yourself. Journal, do good things for yourself, keep coming to this board, and if you're going to spend time with friends, stick with the healthy supportive ones. Live this way for a while, long enough to where you don't have to come here and ask us what you should do about a man who threatens to punch one of your friends?? - you'll know what to do immediately, that this is a HUGE red flag. You can't heal from toxic if you keep inviting toxic in your life.
Oct 10 - 7AM
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confused 123

Have you tried breathing techniques? They worked for me and still do when I'm having a moment. I know it sounds corney and when people of said to me 'just breath' I thought they were being silly but it works!Especially if your feeling light headed now! Breath in through your nose slowly count IN...ONE..TWO..THREE and the exhale OUT...ONE..TWO..THREE.try it
Oct 10 - 7AM (Reply to #2)
Ellen
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leave

Hi, Please leave this new man before you get caught up in the cycle. Soon you will be blaming yourself and won't even notice like i do now.
Oct 10 - 2PM (Reply to #3)
Barbara (not verified)
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confused123

what are you doing? get away from ALLLLLL these men get OFF Facebook. Therapy... be with YOU for a while. STOP! or your PTSD symptoms (THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE!!!) won't ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Pathologicals only discard the best, most precious of gems of people... not the worst. They despise the strong, principled, decent & honest. Their discarding of you is then their highest commendation of your worth!" - A.V.
Oct 10 - 6PM (Reply to #4)
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Thanks All

Thanks for all your replies guys ... im going to start journalling in the evening in bed , maybe writing things down would help to get things out my system and help the nightmares too .... Tbh - This new guy was close at my weakest time .. but now he has completely scared me away , hes too possessive , has trust issues - i'm 25 and its like he's trying to mould me into a 37 year old :( ... I've actually just broken it off with him - he called me selfish and i have no idea how to maintain a relationship ... well if being selfish means getting well then so be it .... and like you said barbara - time for me .... Barbara - i don't actually know what i'm doing ... I seem to have days where i seem clear about things and then the next confusion .. don't know whether i'm coming or going one day to another - hopefully this counselling will help to sort me out a little ... I really need time to rediscover myself , not more emotional baggage and burden from another man , so thats my decision now ... no matter how lonely it may feel ... i've had so much to take on this year , its been hell ... the ex narc didnt help with his games and discarding the relationship and neither is the new guy , so your right time for me ... C xxx
Oct 10 - 7PM (Reply to #5)
4joys (not verified)
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OK. I got here a little late. LOL You broke it off! Good! Now NC with this new guy. Work hard in therapy and be with just you for a long while. What's your hurry anyway? I suffer anxiety but have been so much better since NC. Yes, it's true! ..and stop the online crap! Havent you read here how dangerous that is for us? If I can do this hard work, Anyone can! Believe it!
Oct 10 - 7PM (Reply to #6)
Barbara (not verified)
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SOCIAL NETWORKING.... danger danger!

and this is just on Facebook!: http://cyberpaths.blogspot.com/2009/08/facebook-rage.html http://cyberpaths.blogspot.com/2008/08/top-5-technologies-used-to-cyberbully.html http://cyberpaths.blogspot.com/2009/02/social-networking-web-sites-encourage.html http://cyberpaths.blogspot.com/2009/03/facebook-breeding-ground-for-harassment.html Can I remind you that Psycho-Boy and a couple of the exes of people here are on Facebook? Psycho-Boy is using his alternate online personna! Goodness only knows WHO you are talking to. BLOCK EVERYONE YOU DON'T KNOW PERSONALLY FROM YOUR PROFILE - and NO dating for 18 months ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Pathologicals only discard the best, most precious of gems of people... not the worst. They despise the strong, principled, decent & honest. Their discarding of you is then their highest commendation of your worth!" - A.V.
Oct 10 - 8PM (Reply to #7)
4joys (not verified)
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Oh boy! I have been tempted

Oh boy! I have been tempted so many times to give you all the link to his Facebook page!!! He actually looks like Satan. I wonder if he would find it here.
Oct 10 - 10PM (Reply to #8)
Barbara (not verified)
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4joys

send it to my email 4joys... I can 'anonymize' it so he can't follow the link back here. I'll include Psycho-Boy's too. We can all use a LAUGH. Then block them - ok? ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Pathologicals only discard the best, most precious of gems of people... not the worst. They despise the strong, principled, decent & honest. Their discarding of you is then their highest commendation of your worth!" - A.V.
Oct 11 - 3AM (Reply to #9)
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Thanks again everyone!

I have already deleted him from FB ... Only people i contact on there and keep in touch with is my real friends now ... The new guy and me are done ... and i feel better already :) ... But then again , one day im ok the next im not Lol ... so will see how it goes , and will keep you all informed about the counselling :) My Ex narc doesn't have FB so can't give you all a laugh .. Lol xx
Oct 11 - 8AM (Reply to #10)
4joys (not verified)
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confused123

Good for you! Keep the garbage out of your life! Throw it away! I'm so proud of you. Don't let people into your new life so easily. friendships take time. Go slow in the future, ok?
Oct 11 - 4PM (Reply to #11)
confused123
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Thankyou 4Joys , that means

Thankyou 4Joys , that means alot to me *hugs* ... Funnily enough he has just emailed ( I can't seem to block emails , so now need another new email addy) ... and i feel its emotional blackmail for me deleting him and finishing him , i'm going to paste and see what you lovely ladies make out of this EX "new guy" and his email .... Here it is ........ "Tried to make out I was right? I WAS right. You won't realise that I was right until you have lots and lots of trouble in the future when you realise that NO man likes to be humiliated in public by his gf flirting about with another man (as though your bf doesn't exist). But hey - you'll learn the hard way when you fall out with one bf after another if you carry on in that way. And when you are 35, still single, and your son has grown up without any kind of father figure, you might just look back and think about what you are throwing away now and how your life could have turned out differently. I know you well enough to know that you'll think "he's got me - he doesn't need a dad." Yeah, well maybe reflect on the fact that he tells me EVERY time I come round that he wants me to be his dad. So as great a Mum as you are, and of course you are, a boy like Your son craves male attention. And I WANTED to act as his dad, unlike others we could easily mention, and unlike many men - lots will want the gorgeous Mum, few will want the boy as part of the package. I did. And for the record, My EX broke my heart - and a lot of it was my own fault. But a year on and she felt differently. Mr Fantastic didn't give her what she had with me and SHE wanted to try again. It was me who didn't want her by then. My regrets are about the way I treated her back then - Man In the Mirror and all that. Make no mistake, standing here today it is you I wanted to be with, not My EX. But not at any cost. If you think public flirting is acceptable then I don't want you, plain and simple. I know I made a mistake threatening to punch him...you don't think you made ANY MISTAKE at all. And your stance is just as unacceptable to me as my actions were to you. I still feel and care for you deeply , But I won't be contacting you again - only sending this now because I felt I needed to answer some of your points xx" This is a man i've been seeing for FOUR weeks , and was joking with a male friend about an airlift that i have known 5 times longer than him ......... Hes gone and done with ....... Did i attract another psycho??? for the record , Im also ten years away from 35 btw ... Lol! ... and when he says " like we know who" ... Hes on about my Ex narc .... x
Oct 11 - 7PM (Reply to #15)
Barbara (not verified)
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confused123

DELETE BLOCK NEW EMAIL. More word salad from a loon! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Pathologicals only discard the best, most precious of gems of people... not the worst. They despise the strong, principled, decent & honest. Their discarding of you is then their highest commendation of your worth!" - A.V.
Oct 12 - 2AM (Reply to #16)
confused123
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Deleted and blocked barbara

Deleted and blocked barbara :) ... Going to sort out a new email now - don't know how I attract these people! xx
Oct 12 - 2AM (Reply to #17)
Barbara (not verified)
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Good Girl - High Five

and keep your profile set to PRIVATE!!!! Only 'friend' people you know for sure. Those places are LOADED with predators. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Pathologicals only discard the best, most precious of gems of people... not the worst. They despise the strong, principled, decent & honest. Their discarding of you is then their highest commendation of your worth!" - A.V.
Oct 12 - 3AM (Reply to #18)
confused123
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*High Five back* :)) .. Im

*High Five back* :)) .. Im feeling stronger already just by deleting and blocking him :) .. No , i do get friend requests from complete strangers but i never accept :) .. many of my friends on there are old school friends who i see out and about and also bestfriends who i see alot :) Dont do dating sites or anything either , tbh , i wanna be single for a while and enjoy myself with friends ! C x
Oct 11 - 5PM (Reply to #12)
Ellen
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confused123

Hi, All i could read was the word 'act' and 'man in the mirror' in the correspondence lol.
Oct 11 - 9PM (Reply to #13)
4joys (not verified)
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He's a LOON! He's so

He's a LOON! He's so manipulative and threatening. Trying to scare you about your future without him. (OOOO! So scared!) And he has NOTHING to say about your child! He has no business even mentioning "acting like a dad" to him! I don't like his tone. I dont like his disrespect of your boundaries. I don't like his fear tactics. I really dont like anything he wrote. Cut this loser loose! Change your email and phone number.! No contact! This one is dangerous! That's my penny's worth. :)
Oct 12 - 2AM (Reply to #14)
confused123
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Yeah your right , i saw even

Yeah your right , i saw even more from these email hes a loon - Well , As i didnt reply to that crap that he wrote and didnt retaliate to his emotional blackmail , he then went onto send another one , this time trying the jealousy card ... Saying he got a girls number the night before , headteacher , good job , nice house , good income ... basically throwing all the things at me i dont have at the minute due to just finishing university and looking for work ... so i guess then he started to belittle me aswell , and i haven't known him long !! As i say 4 weeks ! I started to notice the red flag much earlier this time though and cut him off before it got too far - I think hes trying to make me feel i'm dependant on him - Why would i be dependant on a man ive known in such a short while??? Lol .. I just need to change my email , i cant block them :( .. C xxx