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sensitiveBranch7948
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PathStep 92 Compassion hearts41 Forum posts23 Forum upvotes18 Current upvotes18 Age GroupAdult Last activeApril, 2023 Member sinceJanuary 14, 2018
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I enjoy going to the movies and I'm a movie popcorn fanatic!


I also love music, playing guitar, singing all sorts of stuff!


I walk outside twice a day with my pup :)

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It used to be easier
50 & Over Community / by sensitiveBranch7948
Last post
 April 1st, 2023
...See more When you felt anxiety just take deep breaths, calm down, try to relax, do all the things… But now a days, at 53, almost 1 year post menopausal, sometimes like right now…skipped heart beats some call palpitations, happen beyond my control. Dr.s say it’s anxiety. I’ve had the full gamut of testing. A pattern started though I think. My adult son is having issues, 24 hours later skipped heartbeats started while trying to fall asleep. Next night was better. Then another issue with him arose. Now it’s 24 hours later and they’re back, skipped heart beats. After 6 or 7 breathing cycles in and out….a skipped heart beat, feels like a quickening when it happens. Sometimes it feels like a butterfly but it’s a little more startling. anyway…. It used to be easier to control the body. Physical manifestations of anxiety seemed more acute but now after 24 hours my body seems to manifest the anxiety of prior stressful moments. Same thing happened last year when my dad passed. it’s like the older I get I fear I’m becoming less resilient, weaker, more fragile more frail. Life takes its toll. Drinking hot water. Relaxing…but they still occur. Maybe I can fall asleep soon.
Now that I'm single and looking again...
Relationship Stress / by sensitiveBranch7948
Last post
 January 24th, 2018
...See more One thing I noticed in my last relationship that really made me unhappy, early on, was my boyfriends lack of interest in asking me questions about myself. Seems pretty normal when getting to know someone that you would ask the person questions about themself. Well, he did in the first month but then all of a sudden I guess he felt he knew all about me. Well, I know it was shocker when I broke up with him after a year. Yes,a year too long. But I have worked through all that and I'm feeling really good. So, now, thats one thing that I really need and I have said so on my dating profile. So, this new interest and I have been talking since yesterday, still very superficial and light. He just asked me to text him on his phone and I said I would because he said some really cute things blah blah blah. So, I responded and said "Ok, I will do that. However, one of my big things right now is really feeling like someone genuinely wants to get to know me by actually asking questions and being interested in knowing the answers. Thats how you really connect with someone. Does that make sense? Is that what you are looking to do, really get to know someone?" Not sure if he was waiting for me to text him or what. He hasn't responded. That was about 30 minutes ago. Let's see how entertaining this thread can get. haha!
Broke up with my boyfriend today
Relationship Stress / by sensitiveBranch7948
Last post
 January 30th, 2018
...See more We were together for a year. We had some major issues we tried to work out. He is actually a wonderful person. But the relationship wasn't moving along like I wanted. We didn't live close by one another so it was sort of a LDR. We would only see each other every other weekend. We chatted online every night but it lacked in quality. Also, I just needed more of him emotionally and he was often distant, as kind and as generous and affectionate as he was. He was still lacking in areas where I had unmet needs, important needs. So, I'm struggling with wondering if maybe I should have weighed the pros and cons more in favor of the relationship. He never tried to stop me though from breaking up with him. He just said a few times that I needed to be happy. So, it hurts when someone doesn't fight for you. He said it was because everything I said was right and he wasn't doing what I wanted him to do. He said I wasn't being unreasonable either. But yet, he cried. We had been through this twice before where something messed up happened, where he lied and it hurt me. We cried and I fought for the relationship to survive. I went to therapy ( he went to therapy one time on his own)and established boundaries for the relationship etc... Each time it was a fresh start but soon waned into the same old feeling of something being amiss. I didn't break up with him today because he lied though. It was just a feeling of not getting any enthusiasm from him about us. Thats what got the can of worms opened last night. However, all that said, it doesn't seem right to break up with someone when you are both crying during the process. Wonderful in so many ways but also not willing to meet certain needs of mine. Either way, I guess I"m lucky because we can still be friends. We can still be in contact. We shared so many wonderful moments together while we were together. He never raised his voice or got angry with me. He loves me even right now and said I'm a beautiful girl etc...etc...Anyway, I"m not trying to figure out why this did not work out. I just need strength to limit if not completely cut off contact with him so I can move on. I want to guard myself from thinking "oh it wasn't that bad. You should get back with him". Its easy for me to be in denial sometimes because I"m always looking at things from many angles at any given time. So, I feel relieved in a sense this finally happened. But I find myself today being overwhelmed with tears, sadness and a very deep sense of loss.
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