What one thing would people never guess about you?

[Thisisit777]

Me - I was shy at school and rarely talked.

You?

Have taken two overdoses .....

That I’m agoraphobic. There are several days of the week during which my personal hygiene bombs and I don’t feel capable of leaving the house. Started aged 15, still hasn’t gone away 30 years later. No medical explanation or psychiatric treatment - over the years my GP and I have concluded it’s just the way I’m built.

That I’m an aristocrat. I spent every summer holiday in my grandparents’ palace until I was well into my twenties. I’ve seen my mother literally worshipped as a re-incarnation. I’m not white and not rich so nobody realises until they come to my house and see the photos and relics.

Worked as an escort/prostitute for almost 3 years when I was 18. Actually really enjoyed myself, got to meet a few rock stars and then had my very own pretty woman type ending when I married one of my clients.
Now I'm very much a 'mumsy' mum and quite sensible. No make up or heels really but at one point in life I lived in lingerie and stilettos

That my dad was a heroin addict.
That I was raped when I was four.
That I used to be a life model for artists.
That I speak four languages.
That I love skinny dipping.
That I have sensory processing difficulties.

I feel like no one knows me at all! I've really enjoyed reading these posts!!!!

Yuzuko you have just made me cry, I mean sobbed so hard I want to bloody hug you. X

We're married 25 years, teenage children, successful careers, financially secure, fab house, cars, vacation and so on. We get on very well, but sex (lack of it, no interest) has always been a problem. It just got worse and worse. I've raised the topic frequently, tried to address it in many ways, but it has never worked out.

A few months ago I started an arrangement with an ex-colleague. We see each other once a week, sometimes twice if I'm lucky. It feels so great to have sex, to be desired, to have someone cater for my needs.

I don't feel guilty. If he finds out then so be it. I really should have done this years ago. I've missed out in this part of life.

That I have experienced serious financial difficulty many years ago, leading to my family and I spending time in a shelter. Today I am a senior black woman at the top of my field. It has been a journey, that’s for sure.

I have been in and out of mental hospitals as an inpatient this year, and had two suicide attempts. Completed a high profile project at work, attending Board meetings from hospital. Anorexia and bulimia, on a million anti depressants. Manage a team of 15 at work, who have no idea. DDs don’t know how suicidal I am today, as I am trying to gave them the fab Christmas they deserve.

I'm so completely unhappy and miserable. I'm unhappy in my marriage even though from the outside everything's perfect. I do such a good job at pretending everything's ok I frighten myself

This is me as well.

That I spent the best part of a decade a prisoner in my own home.
I was in a violent and abusive relationship and isolation was the first sign.
This was pre internet so I really didn't know I had options.
I don't have any signs of damage from all this except a few scars on my shin from being hit with an electric plug.
People who don't know me well would say I'd never have put up with any of it.

@MrsMartinRohde wow, fantastic! I don't have as many years as you - but totally understand the sharp edge. The deceit, hiding bottles, shame and the Four Horsemen. Life seems so much simpler now.

That DH tried to commit suicide.

Only two people know.

If he'd succeeded, I guess everyone would know.

I am a witch.

I have a deeply religious family, I have been a witch for all of my life.

My age. People always mistake me forat least 10 years younger.

How many children i have.

That i have a First Class degree.

I’m amazed at how interesting you all are!

I was addicted to cocaine for 10 years and would be regularly out of it or coming down whilst at work (home based job) but I'll tell you know it's very easy as a 40something professional mother to get away with it as no one even came close to suspecting a thing. Clean now, finally but definitely felt like I was leading a double life for a while.

I'm also a witch. Seems there's a lot of us about. My dad & grandad were also pagan believers.

ikltownofboothlehem

How lovely. Have you joined us on the witch thread?

I tried to commit suicide in my twenties
I had an abortion in my late teens and often wonder, what if.
I have no memories of my childhood and an awful memory still. I think it is related to the childhood abuse.

A myriad of reveals and events on this thread
Interesting how the social facade can conceal so much

i was abused as a child by 3 people 2 men 1 woman
i have tried to take my life 4 times
i walked away from my children as i felt they would be better without me
i have alcohol problems
ive spent years homeless from the age of 14
im now settled with a man i wish id met years ago
we are both bi sexual swingers with enormous sexual needs
though both late 50s can make love up to 5 times a day

I have really low self esteem and not a lot of confidence. I am amazed that anyone wants to date me/ be in a relationship with me/ have sex with me or finds me attractive. I don’t believe it when people give me compliments.

I really don’t think I’m that good at my job either. I have created a real “Boss Bitch” persona at work and I am constantly told I am the most confident person people know. I am a master at faking it but the reality is very different. I constantly doubt myself.

I was drugged and sexually assaulted when I was 14.I have never told anyone up till now

I have a ten year old child with a famous singer, not globally famous but well known in the UK. He did give me some money when he was first born, but has literally never laid eyes on his son.

38 years ago my parents lied about me to the private consultant they paid for me to see and so got me put in a psychiatric unit which meant I couldn't do my end of school exams, go to college or get a job. We are NC now.