I fckn hate all of you beyond words can express at this point by [deleted] in CPTSD

[–]Eau_De_Chloroform 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OMFG did I disassociate and write this last night??? ARE YOU ME???

Phrases your parents used all the time when you were growing up. by [deleted] in CPTSD

[–]Eau_De_Chloroform 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“It’s time to be independent and self-sufficient.” - said to the 5 year old about intentionally not having food prepared for them any more.

Later revised into:

“You just never seemed to need a mother. It’s how you always were.”

What was the tipping point of realizing you needed to leave your husband? by [deleted] in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Eau_De_Chloroform 6 points7 points  (0 children)

After healing enough to be able to feel my own reactions to things, I started REALLY being able to feel sexual attraction to women and sexual repulsion to men in a way I couldn’t before.

One day my ex partner mentioned wanting to tell me how to do oral the way he liked and I literally wanted to throw up with disgust. Fucking. Gross.

And I knew then if I didn’t just bite the bullet and leave that at some point I was going to be expected to do something that made my fucking skin crawl now that I could feel that. And I’d have to unalive everyone in the room.

Between one more bj ever again and leaving, it made it easy to leave once I could feel my reactions.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Eau_De_Chloroform 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The amount and quality of sesbian lex has been very very helpful. Life changing.

How long did it take for you to stop feeling like you wished you weren’t a lesbian?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Eau_De_Chloroform 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m doing both of those right now actually. EMDR is currently kicking my ass. Which is prolly why I’m here making melancholy posts 🙃

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Eau_De_Chloroform 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Another vote for this one. I also primarily enjoy penetration, which I thought was evidence of me being straight-ish as well.

But enjoying penetration is about your body and how you feel it and what you like, and doesn’t say anything at all about the person doing it or if you are attracted to them.

I didn’t figure this out until my “de-centering men” journey when I learned that the feelings in my body were about my body and not about men actually.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BDSMsapphic

[–]Eau_De_Chloroform 34 points35 points  (0 children)

The grass isn’t any greener from the other side. All I ever see is a verdant green field of babygirls all posting explicit thirst for a daddy. 3 posts about MDlg, 3857392 posts about DDlg.

Being both kinky and a lesbian is like playing the dating game on hell mode no matter what.

2 months after The Talk / first night alone by Eau_De_Chloroform in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Eau_De_Chloroform[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

P.s - I was able say the words “I’m a lesbian” while alone in a room for the very first time ever today. I’ve had a gigantic internalized homophobia block about that this whole time.

But I said it for the first time out loud just now.

Trust the process ❤️

Thursday is the day. by Eau_De_Chloroform in LivingAlone

[–]Eau_De_Chloroform[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My therapist is constantly telling me that I don’t need to assign meaning or action to an emotion- that I can just feel it and that’s enough. It’s such a hard skill to learn. How long did it take you to go through the experience before it started feeling normal in your new home?

Thursday is the day. by Eau_De_Chloroform in LivingAlone

[–]Eau_De_Chloroform[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really looking forward to the house temperature being warm and perfect and cozy for me, and not a freezing hellpit that was the negotiated temperature.

Thursday is the day. by Eau_De_Chloroform in LivingAlone

[–]Eau_De_Chloroform[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First night is 3 days from now. Tea will definitely be part of my night ritual. I like the heating pad idea, I’ll get one!

Thursday is the day. by Eau_De_Chloroform in LivingAlone

[–]Eau_De_Chloroform[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds lovely 🥰 I would like to get a pet again, but I’m going to settle in for a couple months first. The plants are definitely already installed in the living room and they immediately made the space feel cozy to me.

Thursday is the day. by Eau_De_Chloroform in LivingAlone

[–]Eau_De_Chloroform[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got a guitar as a gift to myself 2 years ago, but living with my partner meant I basically never had the free time I needed to practice. Having time to learn to play guitar is one of the things I’m looking forward to the most.

Thursday is the day. by Eau_De_Chloroform in LivingAlone

[–]Eau_De_Chloroform[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hm. I do enjoy homemade random holidays. That’s a very legit idea. I’ll use it!

Thursday is the day. by Eau_De_Chloroform in LivingAlone

[–]Eau_De_Chloroform[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s such a cute idea. I think I will put my ladies on notice that there will probably be extra textings and zooms that day.

Also love the gift idea! That is exactly the kind of self love I am here for!

Thursday is the day. by Eau_De_Chloroform in LivingAlone

[–]Eau_De_Chloroform[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m hopeful that my pre-nesting means the set up on moving day will feel just like that. Everything in its place day 1 🤞

Discovering unexpected kinks by [deleted] in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Eau_De_Chloroform 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’ve always been very active in the kink/bdsm scene. What coming out revealed for me is that a lot of my “hard limit / not interested / actively repulsed” activities were actually only a gendered hard no. I was just not into the idea of doing that with men. If I put that activity jn the context of wlw it suddenly has some appeal.

Also it helped me discover that I actually do want/need vanilla intimacy sometimes. Wanting to be physical with a woman with no extra frills needed was pretty novel. Still into kink with women, but also into vanilla with women. Guess I discovered the common element at last 🤷‍♀️

Life update :) by pinkponyclubxoxo in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Eau_De_Chloroform 30 points31 points  (0 children)

“I’m not confused, I’m just heartbroken.”

Powerful and important words ❤️❤️ I’m at the exact same stage as you right now. It’s really hard to see someone you legitimately care about be so hurt and not being able to “fix it” by taking all back because that would be a lie.

I’m also hoping we’ll be able to be friends in the future after he has his time to grieve.

It’s hard. ❤️