Hello and thanks for your time,

I’m a 29m who was abused as a child and has had pretty rough relationships as an adult.

I find I have a lot of anxiety when I start talking to new people and I think it comes from being afraid they will leave if I tell them about my childhood. My old therapist said it’s up to me how much I want to discuss. I also feel like I need to get it out of the way when I meet someone.

I think at this point I should just tell people I had a shitty childhood and that I still have problems from it and try to move on. I’ve been diagnosed with depression and anxiety and some PTSD at different times but it’s hard to get into that stuff.

How do you handle this? One reason I struggle with it is people say you should find a partner who you can talk about everything with, but I don’t really want my partner thinking about my abuse or putting that on them. So I end up in a situation where I think about it a lot and don’t talk about it. Idk.

Thank you