Hello. I'm a late 30s man whose closest link to parenthood is my much loved niece aged 1. So by all means tell me if you feel it is inappropriate for me to post here and I will respect that. I am having counselling for depression and shyness atm. I am lucky to have friends albeit scattered and almost all in relationships/having families now which I'm not. I had a pretty bad time when I was young as my father died and I kind of had to step in and help my mother and sisters. Lots of financial problems as well at that time and my relation ship with my sister has never recovered as she thought I was trying to replace her much loved Dad.
20 years on and I've a reasonable job, a nice house, some good friends but low self esteem and little relationships experience. I hate the way I look even though objectively I am ok. I can't bear to look at myself in a a mirror or have my photo taken. My colleague told me recently some of our colleagues were saying they thought I was gay. I'm not, but the presumption seems to follow me around and people seem almost disappointed when I say I am straight. Amy advice will be gratefully received. Thank you.
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Bestofthebest · 20/08/2016 12:30
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