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gabrielman87
3,622 M Seeking Light 2
PathStep 13 Compassion hearts59 Forum posts6 Forum upvotes6 Current upvotes6 Age GroupAdult Last activeApril, 2020 Member sinceDecember 5, 2015
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General Support / by gabrielman87
Last post
 July 9th, 2020
...See more My main issue is that I'm lonely. I'm happy to explain my story and how I got here, but I feel I know what I need. I need somebody to discuss daily life whatever that may be without explaining my whole story over and over. A lot of times I just need to talk about ideas to get them straight in my head. Every once in awhile but not all the time, it would be nice to have somebody ask if I got work done on my dissertation. That's a major issue for me right now. I am a parent with limited custody. My ex-wife is bipolar and schizophrenic. I am a PhD student. I can be a health nut. I have a full-time job. I prefer to talk with adults. I prefer to talk with a girl, but I will talk with a guy.
Bipolar ex-wife
7 Cups Online Therapy / by gabrielman87
Last post
 May 25th, 2020
...See more My ex-wife is bipolar with schizophrenic tendencies. It's hard to tell when she's telling the truth. I think she's had three or four psychotic breaks in her life. She's only had one of those since I've known her. It happened while she was pregnant and lasted for a year-and-a-half after. During that time, she filed for divorce and won custody of our daughter. It was actually because I refused to remove our daughter from her life that she won. She refused to let me see our daughter for the first year. She did really strange and terrible things to our daughter to protect her from imaginary creatures and illnesses. She would over feed our daughter until she threw up and then give her medicine because she threw up and repeat this process over and over. After my ex-wife became medicated, I caught her going from Doctor to doctor to try and get our daughter on medication. I found out because I report I received from my health insurance company. Since then, I'm not sure if she's gotten better at lying or if she has stopped doing the strange things. I know she does other things like refuse to let my daughter read books that I provide. Consistently tries to give our daughter allergy medication. Sometimes she won't let me talk to our daughter for a week. My daughter is now 7 years old. I'm consistently worried about her. Are my concerns well grounded or am I overreacting to normal behavior?
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