This thread died out a while ago, but I've thought of a few that I think I need to let go of (or at least, mention them "out loud"), and thus, thought of this thread again.
1. Right now, I'm swallowing benzos like skittles, at a much higher dose than I used to, because I find it difficult to deal with all the stress of daily life. I don't want to put the "blame" on him, but mostly, my husband is the reason for this. In other words, he's at fault, but it's still my decision and responsibility that I've been doing this to myself and making my tolerance go up higher and higher. Hell, at the rate I'm going, I may need benzo detox at some point.
2. I feel like I'm not good enough as of late, for several different reasons. I feel I'm not good enough as a student, a woman, a human being in general.
3. I really needed that last therapy session (if not to begin an actual solution-focused approach, then to at least vent) that I never ended up having because she didn't even bother showing up or warning me that she wasn't showing up. Guess that says something about how much she gives a fuck about me (or any of her clients, really), don't it?
4. My husband broke my fucking heart as of recently and I'm not sure it can be repaired ever again. It was something I never, in a million years, imagined him doing to me, despite everything else he's done. And he went and did it...well, not "did it" completely, but he did fucking more than enough to break my heart, trust, self-esteem, and spirit. Not sure how I can ever move on now.
5. I'm not sure my marriage is even worthwhile anymore to continue fighting for. All we ever do is stress each other out, don't even understand one another's point of view (let alone agree with it) half the time...which could even be an understatement, argue about both dumb and important shit, and have two different paths we seem to want to take in life, as well as two totally opposite viewpoints on how to live it.
6. All of this is affecting my schoolwork, my sanity, my self-esteem and confidence, and I feel I may be reaching a breaking point.
7. Even my personality is changing. I now act like I simply don't give a fuck about much of anything at this point, especially when it comes to socializing, friends, trusting people, and caring enough to be the polite, quiet person I used to be. Now, if you piss me off, I'm liable to snap without any concern for the consequences. I never used to be this way. I never treated anyone like shit, even when they were rude to me. Now, the "crazy" simply comes out at times and there's nothing I feel I can do to control it.
8. I'm starting to hate people again as a whole and hold a lot of resentment inside of me. The angry, misanthropic me that seemed to have died out a while ago may be coming back.
9. Edit: One more big one. Possibly the biggest one because it's something I don't think I've ever admitted to anyone before: Hi, I'm Tanya, and I'm constantly being emotionally abused and manipulated by my sociopathic/narcissistic husband whom I can't seem to get rid of...whom it's possibly too dangerous to get rid of...and I don't know where to turn to. I've never technically gotten "hit", but I constantly get threatened, emotionally and physically. And yes, there were a couple of times during his dissociations that he did "lay a hand on me"...not actually hurting me in the process, but it was "bad enough", so to speak. And bottom line is, I'm afraid of him, afraid of leaving, afraid of what he's capable of.