Today, I realized I can never live with my fiancée. A childhood of systematic teasing, abuse, and humiliation has made me terrified to use a bathroom around a guy if there's the slightest chance I can be heard, seen, or even have anyone know what I'm up to. Therapy has yet to fix anything. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I finally told my boyfriend that I see a therapist every week because, amongst other things, I'm terrified of being locked in a room. He didn't believe me, so he locked me in the bathroom "for a laugh." I had a panic attack and passed out. FML
Today, I still have my ridiculous fear of being heard on the toilet, and I can't go if people are around. I'd just sat down on the toilet when three of my housemates started chatting immediately outside the door. I had to sit silently until they were gone. For half an hour. FML
Today, while getting intimate with my girlfriend, I felt a sharp pain in my stomach, and had to run to the bathroom to evacuate my bowels. She heard the horrible sounds, and I doubt I'll ever be able to seduce her again. FML
Today, despite my fear of using public restrooms, I was forced to anyway to avoid my bladder exploding. I was finally getting over it when someone stuck their head under the stall to "see if someone's in there". I'm scared more now than I was before. FML
Today, my boyfriend threatened to break up with me because I still close the door when I go to the bathroom. He pees and poops with the door wide open and expects me to do the same. FML
Today, I accidentally walked in on my girlfriend changing. She responded by screaming, throwing herself on the ground to avoid me seeing her, and crawling into the bathroom. We've been living together for two months. FML
Today, I found out that both my boyfriend and his brother feel completely comfortable going into the bathroom and talking to their mother while she is on the toilet. FML
Today, and for the last week, I've resorted to driving myself to the nearest corner store to take my daily dump. I'm doing this because I recently moved in with my boyfriend, and I'm afraid he'll be disgusted at how often I clog the toilet. FML
Today, I was speaking with my therapist about future romantic endeavors. I'm currently separating from my husband of three years. I feel it's unlikely I will ever date again, and I've developed a phobia of sex over the past year. It's so severe that I cannot even masturbate. Destined to die alone. FML
Today, I admitted my fear of small spaces to my boyfriend. His response was to immediately lock me in the hall closet. FML
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cursesonyourmom 1
buy a little radio and play it in the bathroom. even if your just putting on makeup. that way he can't hear you and doesn't know what your doing.
lolorly 0
"If you have to shit, shit! If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it." ~Mao Tse-tung
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ooji 0
perdix 31
Diapers -- cuz you can't hold it forever.
ooji 0
heck I lost my long post to you fml in short tell your fiancée then sit down together and come up with a list of things he can do or places he can be where he is out of ear shot when you need the toilet if he won't help u don't need him .anxiety suxs big time nobody needs there partner making anxiety worse. good luck
Rawrified 0
Is this Elliot?
Leatherandlace 0
You shouldn't try to reveal a person, and you have potentially embarrassed one completely unrelated person.
xNephilim 19
Yes because all of us FML-readers magically know that Elliot so-and-so is reading this and will walk up to them and laugh at them for their pooping issues they probably don't even have. There's just no way in hell this embarrassed a completely unrelated person.
xNephilim 19
And after reading a comment that's down there somewhere... This is a joke. Elliot is a character on the TV show scrubs and apparently she has the same issue OP has. Can't believe I missed that episode...
Whiterabbitm1 0
hey sweetie I know you must be getting tons of messages but trust me when I say theriopy will work it might take a little while but you will get passed your fears eventually... I know all this because I am speaking from experience
trizzieb 0
take advice from the nutjob with experience...right.
xninix_fml 36
@85 **** you.
EricJ 3
So use the bathroom while he's at work. If that's not an option, then at least talk to him about it before breaking up with him.
ColdGold 6
Better talk about it, soon.
luckyducky123 0
Fiancé*
52fremont 0
thank you!
pandabear90 0
this is lame. not a fml moment!! booooring
sb44480 0
o fyl