Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Support Group

Hey retard,

I'm not sure if or how much of this is related to PTSD. I think that it is possible depending on the subjective circumstances in your history.

I don't think that anyone likes to feel that they're being "put on a guilt trip."

Are you able to be more specific?

I would like to say that there is a difference between...

1. Feeling guilty (and interpreting it as "being put on a guilt trip," and

2. Actually being manipulated (really being put on a guilt trip).

Sometimes saying that "someone put us on a guilt trip" is merely a defensive strategy.

What we're "really" trying to say is,

"I feel guilty," and you made me feel this way...therefore "you" did this.

Am I understanding you at all?

PS, I've always wanted to ask you...

What is the meaning behind the name you chose? "ImpulsiveRetard" seems somewhat self-efacing.

Are you an impulsive and retarded person?

Don't be sad if you are. I am sometimes impulsive and sometimes retarded...

...along with everyone else LOL

And the image in your photo...

No criticism intended. Just observing.

It reminds me of something from the twilight zone.

I think there was an episode (if I recall correctly) of a doll that drove it's owner out of her mind.

"Let's have some fun..."

Do you know what episode I'm talking about?

It's enough to make a sweet little girl put a fire cracker in the dolls butt and put a torch to 'er.

Geezus! Can you feel the love in me tonight?! LOL

haha Thank you for all the replies. Sorry I didn't respond sooner...I was offline. Actually the reason for my name was because I impulsively had my last account deleted and I do a lot of life threatening retarded things...on impulse. That's how I got the name.

No...I mean when people actually try to guilt trip people into doing things for them. In order, to get what someone want's..but the person won't do it...they GUILT them into doing it by making them feel bad for not wanting to do it.

As for specifics....I've grown up with it my whole life. As long as I can remember, my mom has always used Guilt Tripping on us kids. She claimed that she'd never do it because she had it done to her all her life....but she always did it. I don't know why I react so intensely to it...but I do.

If someone "threatens" to guilt trip...even one of my friends...I start to fly off the handle and get enraged. But I don't know why. And I wonder if it has something to do with my mom, her mom...and everyone else who seems to use to get their way. But I'm not sure.

I get triggered by other things that are very similar.

I think that considering your background, it's perfectly normal that it would trigger you. My triggers do not have to be directed at me. I get raged when I see these things happening to others, as well.

As a child, this may have threatened your safety. Perhaps there is more to it but I think managing the trigger is key. You seem to be aware of the cause which is half the battle!

I can't allow myself to be around people who play games.

Guilt trips used to send me over the edge and I resented the person(s) who use this 'controlling' method.

I took my final 'guilt trip' about a year ago. I packed my bags and aint never goin' back.

Retard,

Glad you did not take offense to my sometime twisted comments. I am positive it is a release. I can't believe the stuff that goes on inside my head sometimes. LOL

I understand what you mean. Just had it happen. Guy calls me, starts selling me a business that is unethical and illegal. I tell him it's a bad connection and I'd like to move on. He starts suggesting that I am not going to be successful in relationships if I'm not willing to be more forgiving. Essentially, and despite the fact that he bombarded me right off the bat with an illegal scheme, that I am defective characteristically. Guilt trip!

I think, given what you've explained, it makes perfect sense why you are hyper-sensitive to this sort've thing. But I also see a gift in it. It's unlikely that anyone is going to pull the wool over your eyes. Am I right?

PS, I'm sorry you had to live within that environment for so long.

yes...people trying to guilt me or others is a trigger for me.

It is manipulative behavior!

Any manipulative behavior posts out the red flags for me.

To me....manipulation feels like a form of molestation that just takes place outside of the sexual arena.

It is someone trying to get what they want...a response of somekind....with total disregard to others...it is selfishness at the expense of others...it is deceitful. Isn't that similar to other types of abuse?