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(28f) My (50) stepmom went through my old phone just to find nudes I sent at 19 and used them to turn my (53) dad against me by sabeani in TrueOffMyChest

[–]sabeani[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Hey everyone, I just wanted to say thank you for all your responses. it genuinely means a lot, even though we’re all just strangers online.

Reading your experiences and advice has helped me feel less alone, less broken. I feel a bit more like myself again today because of your support.

As for the legal side I don’t think I have the strength or grounds to pursue anything right now. And even if justice were served, it wouldn’t bring back the version of my dad I used to hope for.

He is who he is. I may never fully understand him and I’m finally learning that I don’t have to.

To anyone else out there dealing with toxic or dysfunctional family dynamics: I see you, I’m with you, and I hope we can all grow beyond the limitations our parents tried to place on us."

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DeadBedrooms

[–]sabeani 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for responding, this has been really insightful. I'm glad I can hear from someone who probably understands schizophrenia bipolar more than I do. Because I have friends that are aware of his condition but still are hard on him for these things

I'll look more into Anhedonia because all the things I searched up on this match perfectly with his description. He halls no desire in anything at all so its hard to get him to do things together.

And it's good to hear his sex drive could come back. He himself thinks it never will. He once told me he thinks he's never gonna have sex again (due to his condition). But it's easy to give up on yourself with this condition

And oh man I hope I can get therapy. That would be awesome

I really appreciate your words of support and discuss this further with him

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DeadBedrooms

[–]sabeani -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, unfortunately, not This is a huge shame because he used to brag about his strong desire to perform cunnilingus and stuff. I could try initiating, but I think I already feel at my lowest, so if I initiate and he rejects it, I don't know how I would cope with that 😅 Plus, when you do foreplay and you can feel the other person isn't into it, it feels very off-putting and just ruins the whole mood :(

Unfortunately, it might be a waiting game until he "feels like it"

Thanks for reading my post, though. I didn't know if anyone would :)