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  1. rtodd5011

    Putting it all on the line.......

    I am really sticking out my neck here for some clarity and consolation. I pray all will be encouraging and compassionate with empathy as I bear my soul and share what is on my heart. I have struggled with my sexuality since I very young age. But I hid it in my mind. I guess you might as well...
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    My Current Condition and Line of Thinking...

    I have been plagued with mental health issues since my early teenage years. In 2002 I was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and put on Abilify which helped for the most part with that medicine when it was properly managed. I have as well been dealing with depression as well through the...
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    Schizophrenia and Marriage relationships?

    I have not posted here in awhile. I have posted on and off since 2012 with my struggles with schizophrenia. I have undergone 2 divorces. ultimately I ended up not trusting my wives and thought they were messing around with other men behind my back. I don't know if it was true or not. I do not...
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    I Published a book!!

    I have been on and off this forum for many years. I started writing consecutively since 2012. I found someone who helped me compile and self publish my first book. It is called "From Recovery to Freedom." It was a huge leap of faith for me. If you would like more details inbox me and I will tell...
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    Marital Advice needed!!!

    I need some deep advice, and to know if I am overreacting. My wife of 6 years just found out her 20 year old daughter is pregnant and the baby daddy may not possibly be in the picture...My wife told me tonight that her daughter was going to live with her dad who never got remarried. Then she...
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    I am back...after a long spell

    A lot of changes have happened with this forum. It looks nice. Its been over a year since I have been here and posted. I finally made a friend, and just in the last several months slowly lost that friendship. It would have been a year in August that we would have been friends. He has bipolar...
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    Please pray for guidance...

    I dont know what to do. I feel like my wife is screwing around with someone around my back. This same thing happened last year and I have to go into a mental place where they regulated my medicines and made sure I was taking them. I am schizoaffective with depression and anxiety. I dont have...
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    Mental Illness and Marriage...does it mix?!?

    I have not posted here in a while. I was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2002. I have a ongoing issue in my marriage that is really breaking me bad. I went into the hospital last year because I thought my wife was cheating on me with another man. The voices are silent but they are there taunting...
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    married and struggle in my mind with ssa.

    I have been married and have struggled in my mind my whole life but just recently came forward with what I have been hiding, which is my sexual attraction towards other men. I have never had sex with other men but during certain lonely times in my life I have wanted to. I have only had sex with...
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    Out of hospital...

    I got out of inpatient hospital Wednesday afternoon. My wife and I have patched things up, and will stay together. She came to see me in the hospital. I feel very sober and some sadness, I just dont feel like myself. The doctor put me on Effexor. Hopefully I will cheer up and back to my old...
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    Had Meltdown texting with wife...

    I was ready to pack my bags and leave until she gave me some REAL answers....The reality of it is that she does love me unconditionally and does not want me to leave. I was relieved with some of her answers were real and honest, I felt bad that I had to resort to thinking out a plan of escape...
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    Now that the cat...

    is out of the bag about my sexuality to my wife, I just dont know what to think. I just feel depressed most days. Yes, I am regularly taking my meds. I just dont understand why she would want to still be with me, she says im very delusional and paranoid and that she doesnt think that I am gay...
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    ISO New Chat Friends...

    Hi, my name is Richard and I am from Mississippi and I have been married to my second wife for 4 years. I am 51 years old and in search of new chat friends. I would prefer people(male) around my age - 35+ - Its always been tough for me to find new friends. So I thought I would post. Send me a...
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    One to One Chat...

    I am kinda shy at chatting with several people or in forums. I would like to make some christian chat friends. So private message me that way and we can go from there. I am 51, married and from Mississippi. I prefer to chat with people my age 35+ and prefer male friendships since I am married...
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    Coming to Terms...

    with the truth that I have same sex issues going on in my mind, and they have been there since I was 12 years old. I am 51, and have attempted to stuff / hide this crap in my mind all these year has taken a big toil on my mental health..I have to deal with these same sex fantasy and thoughts. I...
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    Ominous Cloud looming (strangely familiar)

    over my life right now. I am discerned it as paranoia that has "secretly" seeped in once again through the cracks of my "fragmented mind." After being married for over 4 years - will be 5 years in Oct. 1, 2015 - I have become so overcome by paranoia, that I think that people are talking about me...
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    A New Church...will I be shunned there too?

    I do not know where to start with this so here goes. My wife and I were not happy in the last church we were in. It took me awhile to get there but I was very overlooked and shunned. My wife doesn't know that I had went and let my pastor see my testimony, which I posted in another thread here...
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    Schizophrenia and music....

    When I was 25 I had my first mental breakdown and I heard voices coming from a collection of classic rock music I had, and threw away the music. I think we really need to be cautious about what type of music we listen to. I listen to Contemporary Christian Worship music these days when I am...
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    Diagnosis Change...

    Since I moved to Mississippi in 2010 I have had a new doctor. She has changed my diagnosis to schizoaffective disorder in the last 2 months. She says I still cant work because of my paranoia, anxiety, and depression. I guess I am ok with this change. People are so afraid of people with paranoid...
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    Feeling things that are not there....

    I have had my experiences with feeling things that are not there. Can any of you relate and what do you feel? Remember this is a moderated forum so be truthful and modest as well.