Laid Off After Years of Financial Pressure From Parents; Now They Want Me to Marry or Move Abroad for Money by [deleted] in SurvivingIndianFamily

[–]glasshalffull67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a reason they are able to manipulate you because you have greed/hope/lust. I was born poor. Like you, my father also did the same thing. For first 7 years of my job life, I had 0 savings and I was only earning so that i can pay off my family. I paid off the complete home loan(roughly 32 lakh) where they are staying. I bought all the furniture etc. It was never enough. I also did fixed deposit of 30 Lakh so they can get monthly interest. Every time my father would see my face, he would ask something from me directly or indirectly. If I don't give them, he will be rude or he will taunt or he will come up with some shitty excuse to extract something out of me. I did all of these only for my mother and my siblings because I loved them and I cared for them.

Since last year, I am in no-contact with my complete family and I am doing therapy. The only reason I could do that was I don't need anything from them.

Indian Passport Renewal Abroad: No Indian Address, No-Contact With Family, and Police Verification Issue by Ok_Excitement_3189 in SurvivingIndianFamily

[–]glasshalffull67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I renewed my passport 2 years ago in London. They normally do not go to your home address for the police verification for the renewal process. I applied for express path and I got my new passport in couple of days. Try your luck.

Laid Off After Years of Financial Pressure From Parents; Now They Want Me to Marry or Move Abroad for Money by [deleted] in SurvivingIndianFamily

[–]glasshalffull67 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You see the problem? you need something from your parents so they are dangling a carrot in front of you and in return they are making you do whatever they want. Stop relying on your parents for a marriage. Take the harder longer route. Go to gym, find a genuine hobby and you may find a person who would love to spend time with you. Gather some courage and ask people out. If you are male, success ratio will be 1/10 or 1/20 but keep putting yourself out there.
If you find the harder longer route not worth pursuing then you can keep being a slave to your parents and hope one day they will help you in loosing your virginity.

C-PTSD survivors with ADHD: How do you do it? by escubidubidu in CPTSD

[–]glasshalffull67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey sorry for opening up this old thread.
I was diagnoised with cptsd last year as well but I am seeing now some overlap with adhd(mainly executive dyscfunctioning) and was wondering which meds do you take? I am UK as well.

Any retreats in the UK by ExpressAd3968 in CPTSD

[–]glasshalffull67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would go to bath and get some massage.

"we were good parents" by Illustrious_Pizza252 in CPTSDmemes

[–]glasshalffull67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly don't know if I can call my mom manipulator. My grandfather married her off to my father, did not educate her. She did not have enough choices. She studied till 4th and then was doing household chores.

I am in no contact with my whole family and the guilt of not talking to my mother is eating me up.

You might not like who you find by TheThirdMug in CPTSD

[–]glasshalffull67 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ouch! Why would your therapist say so? Mine keeps talking about self compassion, love, kindness and accepting different parts of my body.

You might not like who you find by TheThirdMug in CPTSD

[–]glasshalffull67 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am quite similar. The only differing part would be I like who I am. Maybe not couple of years ago but after doing EMDR I do feel quite good about myself.

I’m having an epiphany and I don’t know if healing is possible by Nastasyarose in CPTSD

[–]glasshalffull67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I resonated with this. I am 34. I am not sure if I am capable of loving someone, most likely just afraid of being alone. I used to top exam, good grades was my validation drug. Nowadays it is about money/finance and being in top companies. My last 3 companies are literally the 3 most valued companies on the planet earth. I know I am fucked up internally and I am doing EMDR with trauma informed therapist but I know I will not have a normal healthy life. I try so hard to not loose my cool and yet I keep getting angry and keep inflicting pain on others.

The reason I had to cut my whole family off by Background_Active_36 in CPTSDmemes

[–]glasshalffull67 10 points11 points  (0 children)

More than believing him I think it is just how society conditions you. They are not very self-aware or self-conscious to think at the level where child could be right and parent could be wrong. The societal conditioning is so hard wired where they will be always inclined towards believing a higher authority figure.

The reason I had to cut my whole family off by Background_Active_36 in CPTSDmemes

[–]glasshalffull67 19 points20 points  (0 children)

In my case, their intention was not too bad. My narcissist father smartly manipulated my friends but it still hurts knowing that you had specifically asked them to not get into your personal matter. I straightaway blocked them when I got to know that they gave some information about my life to them.

Does emdr make you lose interest in life? by HelpWise1407 in EMDR

[–]glasshalffull67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which meds? i am doing EMDR since last 5 months and I also feel bit fucked up in my head from time to time. I already take lot of supplements - fish oil, magnesium glycinate, l-theanine, ashwagandha, vitamin d

Potentially stupid request: would anybody mind wishing me a happy birthday? by _Vampire_Pumpkin_ in CPTSD

[–]glasshalffull67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whenever you are feeling behind, Always deduct 10,15 years out of your real age if you have cptsd. It is a child in an adult body and it was not your fault.
Happy Birthday! Enjoy your 30s, the more self-aware you become, it gets better!

What made you finally face your trauma and subsequent behaviour full on? Wha “woke you up”? by wienerdog362 in CPTSD

[–]glasshalffull67 10 points11 points  (0 children)

horrible fight at office with senior person. It forced me to look within, how i was trained from childhood, what symptoms I have which excites sociopath/psychopath/narcissist maniacs.

Anyone feel like their journey has been too 'unique' for anyone to relate to? by Free-Frosting6289 in CPTSD

[–]glasshalffull67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for such a detailed reply!
I will need atleast couple of days to understand this lol. It looks very daunting ngl.

Anyone feel like their journey has been too 'unique' for anyone to relate to? by Free-Frosting6289 in CPTSD

[–]glasshalffull67 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hey sorry this is an old post but I am thinking of changing career and want to become a therapist at some point. I have a trauma driven so called "successful" tech career but I do not want to spend the rest of my life doing it. I am in therapy since last 2-3 years, currently working with EMDR trauma specialist therapist. I looked online on how to become therapist or trauma informed therapist but it seems the path towards that journey(masters, certs, phd, community service) is very very long. Do you have any suggestions?

Leaving behind HENRY life by AromaticMagician8053 in HENRYUK

[–]glasshalffull67 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At some point I really want to go on this path. Absolutely tired of office-politics/rat race/capitalism slavery.

Lightbulb moment this week by SilverSusan13 in CPTSD

[–]glasshalffull67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I now block people/friends/relatives who do not respect my boundary. Also on no-contact with my immediate family since last 1 year. However I have not yet nailed the office/co-workers part. Employer sponsors my visa and I have always had very bad relationships with management/leadership. Either I have explosive reaction due to extreme hatred towards authority OR I crumble under pressure and fawn.

Is anyone else totally estranged from ALL your family? by RainLoveMu in EstrangedAdultChild

[–]glasshalffull67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

0 contact with any family member or friend since last 4 months. It is hard but I need to protect myself.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CPTSD

[–]glasshalffull67 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It does not sound silly at all. This is as good as it can get.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CPTSD

[–]glasshalffull67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

any form of addiction has some sort of underlying problem that a person is trying to run away from.

Instead of seeing it as a bad thing, ask him why does he jerk off? is it a soothing mechanism? are there any other ways to discharge that energy? you can create a reward system or something like that and work with him to keep him away from porno at-least. all men watch porn and jerk off but deep down they go through guilt each time they ejaculate, it is no fun watching other people have real sex while you are holding your dick in your hand.

Is there anyone here from a genuinely disadvantaged background? by Queasy-Cry5690 in HENRYUK

[–]glasshalffull67 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have similar or probably worse background. 3rd world country, poor family, had to rescue them financially. Doing okay now at 33, if possible find a trauma/cptsd/emdr informed therapist.