And sone therapists are gay themselves...I've recently qualified as a therapist in the UK and I found it really helpful seeing a lesbian therapist...
I hear you. I don't feel hatred towards other lesbians but I am struggling to find anyone compatible. There are a lot of people out there on the...
This is something I struggle with. I always seem to be the one making the first move with women, but I've got more reticent about laying my cards...
Precisely this, except I'm a lesbian, so after living just over 40 years presuming I was straight but a little broken I felt WHOLE. But there was...
Wonderful advice, full of empathy and compassion as always,, David.
Vikki, your profile picture looks very normal and nice and approachable, if this is the kind of photo you are using on the apps. I am older than...
Hello Rachel and welcome to EC. I too came out after marriage and kids. Here to chat and support any way I can.
Yes certainly I have met others who have been true to themselves from a much earlier point. And some of our older, brave gay brothers and sisters...
You are nor alone. And welcome here.
I am wondering how it would feel to acknowledge what you cannot change about yourself and shifting the focus onto those things you CAN change? I...
I am so pleased for you that you have felt empowered to take a step in the direction that feels right to you...I hear how good it felt for you to...
This is beautiful. So brilliantly expressed. May I share your words, totally anonymously, with others who have encountered grief, that they might...
This is a huge dilemma for you. I absolutely hear your very real, deep pain. Perhaps it is true that there us no solution that is entirely...
What a loving, supportive thing to say, Dean. And true.
That's spot on. Nobody could say it more succinctly, Old Tacoma.
I hear your pain and anguish and that you do not want to be gay. It does not fit with who you want to be. That is really hard, but sadly, I would...
I can only echo others. I think you can only grow around a loss so great - the hole will always be there - but growing you are. I agree that it...
Thank you for continuing to be a strong, compassionate and empathetic presence here on EC, David. Merry Christmad to you and wishing you a good...
I think she is experiencing emotional overload. She has been in psychotherapy for a long time and I am coming to believe that it isn't really...
Thank you, David. I really appreciate your reply. I know you have faced some really hard times in your life, the massive and irreplaceable loss of...
