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How can you regain your former self-image and sense of personal confidence now that you have identified your husband's narcissistic behavior as the force that altered your personality?
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∙ 18y ago
I would normally tell you that you both need to see a psychiatrist, but I know your husband would refuse to go with you. To label him narcissistic is unfair. He could be just a pure creep! Until a professional labels him, then you can't base facts on what he is, but you can take the facts of the way he has treated you and leave. I know I make it sound easy when I tell you that you should leave him. I know it isn't easy because I left my first husband. Still, I would rather leave, take my chance out in the world on my own, than have my personality, dignity and self confidence stripped from me. We are in total control of what we wish to be as a human being and we can't blame someone else! Once I left my ex husband I found out what I was about and just how strong I really was. I did date, but no one seriously for at least a couple of years. I am much stronger now because I know I never needed a man in my life, so when I met and married my second husband I was most confident and he's a wonderful man even after 34 years of marriage. There are many wonderful programs out there for women that you can go to and Abused Women's Center or go to mental health and explain your circumstances and they will see you get the right programs. Little by little you will regain who you once were. Don't be so hard on yourself. We all make mistakes. If we don't know ourselves 100% we can't be expected to know another person 100%. Good luck hon Marcy
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∙ 18y ago
Rebuilding your self-image and confidence after recognizing the impact of a narcissistic spouse involves seeking support from a therapist or counselor to understand the manipulation tactics and regain a sense of self-worth. Engaging in self-care practices, setting boundaries, and surrounding yourself with a supportive community can also help in rediscovering your true self and rebuilding confidence. It's important to prioritize your well-being and emotional healing on this journey of self-discovery.
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How can you make a Windows Vista boot disk if the original is damaged and are there any files that can be copied from the hard drive?
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Could you please explain on the difference between a trans gender transsexual and the transvestite drag queen cross dresser and the gay?
First I want to define another few words:Gender: self perception - what's between your earsSex: reproductive organs - what's between your legs (and on your chest)Orientation: sex which you are attracted to - who you want to be physically and romantically intimate with.gender role. A set of behaviors that are caused by both biological and environmental conditions, and that decide what jobs (paid and not), status and forms of interacting that a person can, and (according to society) should exhibit.binary. The fact of having only two polar states that are mutually exclusive: on and off. Light and dark. evil and good. male and female.binary gender roles. The, generally accepted by society, "fact" that a person may have only one gender role and that is exclusive i.e. you can't be male and female at the same time. This system precludes those who exhibit either physical or behavioral affects of both sexes.Now to the meat:Transgender: A word used 2 different ways by 2 different sets of people -a) A word used to describe the state of a person being born with a specific set or reproductive organs BUT the gender (the social role) of the person is of the opposite sex. A bad analogy is "a man born in a woman's body or a woman born in a man's body." This is too simplistic and demeaning, and medical science is finding ways to explain better this condition. In some cases a person has the driving need to match the physical body to the mind. Others may only simulate the opposite sex i.e. dress and act as the opposite sex but don't get surgery or hormones to change the physical structure.b) A word used by people to describe someone who does not fit into the binary-only gender role beliefs of society-at-large. They believe (and perceive) that sex and gender are not 2 mutually exclusive states, but a spectrum from "Ultimate Manly" to "Ultimate Femalely" and most people are somewhere in between or a mix of both: a stay at home dad has male parts but a "female" role. A female CEO has female parts but a generally male role. Transgender is being appropriated by the group of people in the world who's gender does not fit in the binary gender system put forward by society.Transsexual: An older word, previously used by therapists and psychiatrists, to describe a person who's selfimage and the gender contained there does not match the physical organs they were born with. Nowadays those who would be called transsexuals in the past no longer wish to be associated with the word as they are not "between sexes" but between genders. {trans = between}Transvestite: A male or female who wishes to display some or all the gender characteristics (actions and perception) of the opposite sex, but does not wish to live that way permanently nor do they wish to physically change their body. You could say it's similar to role-playing: there are times when assuming the shape and role of another person allows you to express parts of yourself that would otherwise be unacceptable totally to society-at-large. Crossdresser is another word for Transvestite, as the word Transvestite now has social connotations as a sex based fetish (like feathers or some bondage), where "Crossdressing" just means you wear clothes of the opposite sex (male or female.) They are the same thing, just usage. Most male transvestite and almost all female transvestites are straight in orientation (want sex with a person of the opposite sex) and a very large percentage are married have children and both romantically and platonically love their opposite sex partner.Drag Queen: Generally a gay male who dresses as a female for entertainment or social commentary. Often they show exaggerated female features (6" heels, 4ft high hair, glitter, heavy/pasty makeup, more padding than a US Football player.) A Drag Queen does NOT want to be a woman, they are having fun and pointing out some of both men and women's flaws.Gay: Your orientation is such that you want to have sexual relations with a person of your own sex and only those of your own sex. Dressing has nothing to do with it, surgery or hormones have nothing to do with it, social role/gender has nothing to do with it. 99% of Gay males want a male partner who looks like a man; 99% of Gay females want a female partner who looks like a woman. Most Gay people cannot fathom Transvestites, Transgendered or Transsexuals: they are in their head what they are born with and like being the physical sex they are; they just want to have sex with a person of the same sex.
