I don’t know who to talk to

[Interstellar89]

I don’t know who to talk to when I have problems in my relationship. We live incredibly near his family but really far away from my family and friends. I darent call a friend, I’m pretty embarrassed and I don’t want to let my family know when I am hurting, I don’t want them to know. I have nowhere to turn to. What do I do?

I have found emailing The Samaritans so helpful in the past. There’s been a few times in my life where I felt I had no one to talk to about what was going on and I didn’t want to burden the people who I could have spoken to. The Samaritans were fab at listening and felt so much better to get it off my chest.

If I were you I’d speak to a friend on the phone or zoom. You don’t have to tell them everything if you feel embarrassed, just start off with a little thing and see how that goes? Don’t feel embarrassed, everyone has problems. Make sure you pick someone who’s trustworthy / understanding. You maybe have a fear of vulnerability but it’s not good to keep stuff all to yourself. Hope you’re ok

If your relationship has left you this isolated, you need to get out of it.

Why are you embarrassed? Everyone has relationship problems at times, and isn't that what friends are for?

You sound very isolated from your own support network. How has that happened? Are you in a controlling relationship?