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sallymander36
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PathStep 10 Compassion hearts136 Forum posts11 Forum upvotes19 Current upvotes19 Age GroupAdult Last activeMay, 2023 Member sinceApril 3, 2023
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Hi I’m 59 and starting over I left a 12 yr relationship because he he didn’t understand (my anxiety or chronic pain from back) with anxiety issues and very bad back issues, I use a rolling walker to get around and I’m trying to keep myself together at the moment… I never thought I’d be in this position at this age.

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Fear of being alone
Relationship Stress / by sallymander36
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April 13th, 2023
...See more I broke up with my long time bf approx 6 mo ago. We were very happy together then we moved to another state for warmer weather and a new job he had been offer, everything went wrong there for me…first of all o have back issues which make it difficult to get around sometimes but that was starting to slightly improve, I felt isolated because I knew no one and was unfamiliar with the city we moved to & he works I don’t. About 3 mo after we moved there I fell on concrete and broke a vertebrae in my back & he didn’t believe I was in as much pain as I was… end up in ER 2 weeks later(I couldn’t take it anymore) and found out about the they called fracture, well every thing went down hill between us because I couldn’t go out and sit at a beach bar of ho for long rides in the car. I literally think I had some sort of nervous breakdown I was crying all the time. He started staying out till late at night and I decided to leave. I didn’t want us to end up hating each other and I regret that I wish we could’ve talked but at that point we weren’t even sleeping in the same bedroom and I just didn’t want us to hate each other so I moved back to the state we had previously lived where my oldest son lives. my biggest fear is that I’m gonna be alone forever because I don’t walk right because of what I did to my back. I use a walker i’m still in Physical Therapy and drs here say I did quite a bit of damage when I fell… I feel alone I feel isolated because it’s hard for me to get out and I just don’t want to be alone for the rest of my life. I want to find someone that I love and that loves me and understand me that is my biggest fear is that I will never find this man especially because it’s hard for me to get out.
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50 & Over Community / by sallymander36
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April 9th, 2023
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