laurell3
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ORIGINAL: myanon ok ok... I expected some of the above... it's likely I would say the same thing if it wasn't me... but I am also looking for some more constructive advice based on the fact that I don't want to break up with her... thanks to those who gave me some ideas with that in mind... and I know those telling me to get the hell out of here are also offering good advice... I just don't want to do that. I guess I wasn't clear enough about the time frame and where we are now comparatively... there frankly isn't enough room in this message space to give all the details! We've been together for close to 2 years and much of the past year or so has involved little or no bad behaviour on her part. We've talked about it and she understands how it made me feel and she's stopped all that. The problem is, it's still resonating around and causing an effect today. Let me re-phrase my question slightly then. If you don't feel confident in dominating or submitting (because we both switch) to your partner and if you find it hard to get into sex or get your partner to get into sex... and some of this is down to insecurity, confidence, ongoing trust issues etc. based on bad past experiences in the relationship (even though everything else between you is now great)... how would you go about improving things to improve your sex life, your scenes and your confidence? You're getting alot of advice here about power exchange relationships, however, this clearly is not one, nor do I think she desires one at all. We don't know you or your situation truly so you have to take what you can from our advice that you think fits your situation. If what you say is actually true and she has discontinued the negative, belittling, humilaiting, challenging behaviors, it is possible that she was doing it because she has a hard time getting close to others. That could be her issue with not truly enjoying sex also. I think it's possible that you could turn this around, I don't, however, think it's probable. Trust is a delicate thing and having "power" (as you call it) is based on confidence. I have no idea how you will feel either going forward with this person without therapy of some type. I would suggest relationship therapy to look at what's going on, what both of your goals are and how each of you can be more positive. I would also suggest that you see an individual therapist apart from the one doing the relationship therapy to look at how you let yourself get to this point and how you can try to salvage the relationship but still have demands that keep you healthy and happy. Tammy Jo is correct, you need some objective help and online therapy is complete bunk, I would not go there. I have no idea where a place could exist that therapy isn't an option. You can even go to a church pastor, there are so many avenues for therapy IN PERSON with someone that knows you that you can avail yourself of. I can't imagine how it is not an option, can you explain that? However, I have to tell you there's very little I'm hearing here that's positive FOR YOU in this relationship and the reason you don't have any "power" is because YOU aren't taking care of YOU and you're letting some other person walk over you. No one will respect another when they put themselves in such a situation and stay, including yourself. Take her out of the equation for a moment, how do you really feel about YOU in this relationship? Good luck with this OP. It seems to be quite an uphill battle.
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