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Recent content by AussieBeanie

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    Touch starved with touch aversion?

    When I was in therapy, regarding my abuse, I was told by my therapist that I will have to work extra hard to trust someone being physically close to me. The reaction to the years of abuse I went through (I was a toddler when it started) has become a part of me. My touch receptors have become...
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    Touch starved with touch aversion?

    Yes, I agree. I have been in a lot of therapy over the years. I definitely had to work on myself and to understand who I was as a person. It was only then that I could communicate and better speak to who I am with someone else. The hardest part was to accept that I can’t change who I am or at...
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    Touch starved with touch aversion?

    Yes, I agree. I have been in a lot of therapy over the years. I definitely had to work on myself and to understand who I was as a person. It was only then that I could communicate and better speak about who I am. The hardest part was to accept that I can’t change who I am or at least not...
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    Touch starved with touch aversion?

    I agree with you. I am sorry if it came across sounding like I was asking her to compromise her boundaries...I wasn’t. Boundaries are boundaries. I only meant to compromise where she can but not if it means sacrificing yourself for someone else. Again, sorry.
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    Touch starved with touch aversion?

    From the time I was an infant my mother told me I didn’t like physical touch and that affection was only on my terms. She told me I was cold and called me “the stone”. I was abused as a child and into adulthood. I was in and out of relationships and frequently heard from others “You act like to...
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    Don't Be Shy To Introduce Yourself

    Thank you. It takes me a long time to write anything. I always start with the raw side of me and tone it down to something that I think it should look like and be accepted by. Speaking is a whole other story...to avoid saying anything odd or strange I will speak clear, concise and use big...
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    Don't Be Shy To Introduce Yourself

    Hello, I like reading the other posts and feel comforted by them...thank you all for sharing. It wasn’t until recently, when my son was diagnosed with Tourette’s and OCD, that I discovered that these conditions are hereditary. My son is also diagnosed with autism and I began to question if I...
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