Lauren,
Glad to hear you have found some alternate resources. I strongly encourage you to follow up on getting more anti-depressants, some of them have bad side effects if you stop them cold turkey. Your GP can probably help you with this will you are waiting to get another psychiatrist.
Here are some movies about trauma survivors. I suggest you plan to have someone to connect with in case they trigger you:
"Prince of Tides" , "The Deer Hunter", "Nuts", "The Burning Bed", "An Angel at My Table"
Batgirl,
I think there are people who gravitate towards S & M because of past abuse, in the sense that some people have mixed experiences when sexually abused where they have experienced physical pleasure at the time of the abuse. I want to be clear that I am not talking about the survivor...
condolences
Mouse,
Please be gentle with yourself about not being able to be with your beloved dog when he passes, and allow yourself to grieve in your own way. I think if you were intensely suffering it could make it harder for your dog to let go peacefully to whatever 'happy hunting ground'...
I'd like to make friends to get over my tendency to isolate, and to discuss PTSD with locally - over coffee, or walks in the river valley. It'd be great to have in person contact in addition to the people on the forum.
Thanks for the clarification Anthony, I think I understand the childhood reference...it's a longing to be in a childlike state where I am taken care off, with no worries or responsibilities?
I think a part of secret keeping has to do with the reason for the secret (yours is professional) and...
Hi Anthony,
Thanks for the reply, it was pretty accurate. Your comments sound an awful lot like my therapist, especially when it comes to intimacy and emotional disconnection! I'm in a classic-chicken-and-egg situation: I have had PTSD from abuse I experienced as a child, and later in my...
Part II of Fdhionly's Road Interview
In the first part of the imagery, my road is dry: there is a feeling of being parched, without nourishment. I get the sense that this is a reflection of how I feel unfufilled, spiritually starved on my path right now. The road, which I describe in the...
Start The Road Interview "copy between the tags" //
This is an imaginery journey down a road. Take in the sights, sounds and colours, just like a video camera recording all that lies surrounding you. Survey the scene, noticing whatis far off in the distance, the background surrounds, the...
Hi Everyone,
This is my first post. The first time I was told I had PTSD was about 11 years ago by my therapist at that time. It didn't really sink it at the time what that meaned, it was just another label.
My issues are more of the complex PTDS type, and my current therapist is quite...