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    Feeling Like I Can't Function At Work

    I feel like I'm stuck/trapped right now with no way out. I had to leave a job I was at for about a year because the only other person in the office also had an anxiety disorder (and I felt sorry for her), but she kept taking it out on me. She would yell at me on a daily basis in front of...
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    Relationship Can't Understand His Behavior.

    I think it's good that you're looking after yourself. No matter how much you care about someone, sometimes you have to put yourself and your own well-being first. I actually did something similar to my boyfriend. I have PTSD and was undergoing a lot of stress through school, and I started...
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    I Hate Incompetence

    Ugh. You had every right to be angry. It's their responsibility to make sure you have all the information you need for any tests, etc. I actually used to work in a dr.'s office. We had templates made up with full instructions for all appointments and tests that we gave to the patients when...
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    Having A Job And PTSD

    Thanks for the response naturalfirebrand :). Working at home is actually something I would be interested in, I just haven't any idea how I would go about looking for such jobs.
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    Having A Job And PTSD

    Right now I wish I could take a month off to just de-stress from everything that's going on in my life. But I can't...I don't work the kind of job where I can take breaks at all, and I can't afford to even if I did. In the past I've managed to hold down a full-time job and do really well at...
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    Having a Hard Time Talking About It All

    Monarch - I definitely understand where you're coming from about having a difficult time talking about what caused your PTSD! After 8 years of this I still have a hard time talking about it. When I was having counselling I wasn't even sure I wanted to explain to my counsellor exactly what...
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    Sleeplessness? I am Really Having Trouble

    Hi - I just wanted to let you know that you're not alone in this. I too have problems with sleeping and with being tired all the time. For me it's a mixture of sleep avoidance and sleep disturbance.
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    Afraid to Sleep - Trauma Occurred Before Sleeping

    anthony - yes I understand what you're saying and I agree. Thankfully I have made quite a bit of progress with the "problem at the core" - more so in the past few months than I had in the 7 years or so before that :). However, although many of my symptoms are improving, the sleep avoidance has...
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    Afraid to Sleep - Trauma Occurred Before Sleeping

    Thanks so much to everyone who responded. It really helps to know that this isn't some strange symptom that I have, but that it actually has a cause. I've been trying to figure out for ages why I do the whole sleep avoidance thing. I started to suspect the answer as I typed out my initial post...
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    Afraid to Sleep - Trauma Occurred Before Sleeping

    For a while now I've had really horrible sleep patterns (staying up far too late and sleeping in too late). The problem is most nights I feel like I'd rather do anything than go to sleep. I used to have regular recurring violent nightmares...sometimes even every night several times a night...
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    New To The Forum - Battling PTSD

    Hi Marlene and cookie - thanks for the welcome :). Marlene - I love the triskele avatar.
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    New To The Forum - Battling PTSD

    Hi I'm new to this forum...I'm trying to find an online resource that might help me a little with information and also to find a supportive community that I can both ask help from and give help to. Anyhow...I've had a "mild" form of PTSD for nearly 8 years now due to a sexual assault in the...
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