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Not doing anything sexual except forcing you to cuddle, but when you try to leave he physically holds you down/ tightly grips your wrists/stops you from fighting back and leaving. Is this some kind of sexual assault?

I have traveled around the world and I still don't know what is the most beautiful or interesting area of the world. What is your opinion from your experience traveling? I'm looking for nature, not places where people live. What do you think?

Do you only have or want one child? What is your reasoning for this? We have one child who is a toddler and I am pretty happy with the way things are. We wouldn't try again for a few years anyway so there is time to decide.

I went one time and just felt stupid. She also made me feel worse because she acted shocked about what I had been through that year and I had to try to placate her to make her feel better, then she evaluated the way I said something rather than what I was saying. It seemed she thought she had some amazing insight when I really didn't think it had anything to do with anything.

But now I'm going through having had a miscarriage a few weeks ago and I'm having a hard time with intimacy, nightmares, general sadness. I don't know if talking to someone actually helps though. Does it help, or does it depend on your personality if talking it out actually works?

Can you qualify for a car loan if you started a new job? My husband had a previous job that paid $10 per hour but left it for a job that pays $13 per hour. Both jobs were/are full time.I work part time as well. I was reading that most places want you to have worked somewhere for 3 months, but we are hoping to get a car next month or so- used of course on our income. Anyone have experience qualifying for a loan in these circumstances? Our credit is alright, though we don't have a lot of credit history yet. I think I am 720 and he is 699 maybe on FICO.

My husband and I are recent college grads and we are realizing that our manner of talking is way too casual. We don't have a professional vernacular yet. I'm wondering if there are any tips to stop saying "like" or "um" and to speak slower? We are working on it, but if there are any tips to help us speed the process along we would be grateful!

Also, what do you think constitutes a good work outfit? I don't want to wear a pant suit really but I do feel that my clothes look too "young" compared to other people around the office and my husband feels that way too even.

I often feel like a phony in everything I do, or that even if I am being sincere, people somehow won't find anything I say believable. Like if I am thanking someone sincerely, I have to worry about how exactly to use intonation to sound like I really am grateful, even though I am. Usually people don't even seem to notice, but I feel like I have to try really hard to act the way we are supposed to.

Besides that, when I put on clothes, I ask my husband, "do I look like a normal person would if they were wearing this?" And he's like, "Yes! You look like the 2,000 other people I've seen wearing outfits like that."

It's hard to explain and maybe is two separate things here, but just wondering if anyone else either feels like they are on the outside looking in at themselves during social settings or that they are just not "normal" looking or feeling.

Any time I feel pain of any kind, I feel really nauseous. Is this normal? I tried to look it up and couldn't find much.

I am getting implanted in a couple weeks and would like to hear what your experiences are with it! Thanks

Anxious about things that are very unlikely

Angry when others complain

Extreme fear of those I love getting hurt

Dislike being touched

Feel reckless and somehow desperate

Feel disconnected from my body

I feel I do not recognize myself or family members even though I know in my mind who they are still

I feel like this life isn't real

Seems to take a lot of effort to do things

Feel tired all the time

To those of who believe in Jesus, what does this mean to you? To me, I think it means that if we follow the path that God wants us to take, we can be at peace and strong no matter how chaotic or stressful life may seem. Do you think that if you are faced with a decision that seems kind of crazy to others (like moving your family to another country) but you feel it is what God is telling you to do, that it is the right decision to make?

I have heard that some people are offended when people from the USA are called "Americans"

But the people from the United Mexican States are called "Mexican",

Those from the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria are called "Algerian"

Those from the Kingdom of Spain are "Spanish".

Therefore, shouldn't it be that those from the United States of America are "American"?

I understand that there are two continents that are called North America and South America.

People from Germany are also European.

People from Mexico are North American.

People from Argentina are South American.

Wouldn't it be worse for USA citizens to call themselves United Statesians because other nations have "United States" in their official names? Yet no other nation has "America" in their official names.

Also, most people identify themselves by their country, not their continent. For example, most people from France would say they are "French" first before just saying they are "European". So, if the United States of America has "America" in its name, why do some people think it is not okay to call them American?

anxiety (crossing the road busy road, going underground into the crowded subway makes my heart rate increase, i start to sweat, i start to panic, i start to look for exits frantically, and if there is no immediate exit, i start to freak out!)

paranoia (someone I love is going to die. someone is outside my house watching us. someone is in the room hiding and we have to look for them)

going through a strict routine of counting and touching photographs on the wall and making sure all doors and windows are closed and covered

periods of excessive euphoria (i am driving so fast and feel like nothing can touch me! i'm destined for great things, feels better than sex)

visual hallucinations (shadows turn into people staring at me)

telling lies to people I love for no good reason, feeling terrible later and much later, finally decide to confess because i love them too much to lie to them

trouble with physical intimacy

sometimes no trouble at all with physical intimacy! ;)

sometimes i can't even get out of bed. can't stop thinking about my best friend and neice who died, tell myself it is my fault over and over. hate myself and wish i was dead.

sometimes having to get out of bed in an angry panic at myself for sleeping and wasting time and then i frantically run errands and if anyone tries to stop me or make me go slower, i treat them like bothersome things in the way and get out of there asap.

other times feel like nothing can go wrong, bad things happen but we move on, feel perfectly healthy and energized.

fear of letting others see if something is wrong. never crying in front of people, never telling loved ones if i am hurting. always being pleasant and warm and inviting others to speak but often never sharing anything close to my own heart.

also never telling loved ones if something is very great in my life either. for instance, my boyfriend and i went to look at engagement rings and yet I have yet to talk to my mom or any friends about this even though i am so excited!

anyways, i feel like i live sort of functionally still and have rewarding experiences in my life. but i wonder if seeing a health care professional could make it better? but once i went to a counselor and i thought it was a load of crock. she didn't know what she was doing and i felt totally awkward and like she was judging me like i don't belong there...