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    Feeling Angry

    I journal just about everyday and I think that helps to get it out on paper. I do have a support group where I am pretty open about my feelings. I guess I just need to be patient and realize that this anger, hopefully, won't last forever.
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    Telling Others About Your Past

    Couldn't agree more reallydown!
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    Feeling Angry

    I'm trying very hard to heal and the emotion that is overcoming me recently is anger. I feel angry that what someone else did to me has inflicted so much pain, that I can't seem to get my life together, that I feel very out of control and victimized. I feel like a burden to everyone around me...
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    Something That Helped Me.

    Very interesting! Thanks for sharing! I will have to try this sometime.
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    Telling Others About Your Past

    I've had mixed experiences with telling others about it. I had to tell my boss at my old job, because I had a full-blown panic attacks there and sometimes needed a break in order to prevent more from coming on. Also, he knew something was up and asked my best friend. She wouldn't tell him but...
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    Do You Find It Strangely Easy To Lie?

    Interesting question gigi2690. I think as far as lying to ourselves, that it is pretty common. It's a matter of survival. A girl in my group brought up that her therapist said that she was brutally raped and she seemed shocked by the word brutally. She never attached that to her experience but...
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    Triggered..........

    I hope you feel better soon. Celebrate the progress you have made. Take care and keep venting here if you need to.
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    General Ptsd Sufferers Cant Feel The Love Emotion?

    You're right, this happens to a lot of people who don't have ptsd. They might just simply be afraid of commitment. The walls do prevent true happiness and while we want to feel it again, it doesn't always come as easily. I struggle a lot with trust and hypervigilance (from being raped/abused) so...
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    General Ptsd Sufferers Cant Feel The Love Emotion?

    MsPositive40, I am glad that you make an attempt to understand what it is like to have the disorder. I think you do a great service to not only your sufferer but to you, because in the end, you have at least a knowledge of what he is going through and how that ultimately will affect your...
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    General Ptsd Sufferers Cant Feel The Love Emotion?

    Such an interesting topic....that emotional numbness has been on my mind a lot recently. I agree with what a lot of people have said on here about it. For those of us with PTSD, it is most definitely a defense mechanism. I explained it once to my support group leader about not wanting to even...
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    Vitamin B Supplements

    ScaredofLonely, I haven't had this experience with B vitamins per se, but with another energizing supplement (before I knew I had PTSD). I was taking a weight loss supplement that did have some added B vitamins, and it did add to my anxiety terribly. I'm reminded of the old adage "Everything is...
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    Self Diagnosis Is Not An Option

    Brat17, you are right on in your posts! I was first "diagnosed" by my counselor, who was a social worker with many years of experience. I had been seeing her originally for other issues and in the midst of my therapy, I was raped. I had endured domestic violence from an alcoholic husband...
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    Opinions On This Interaction Please!

    Doglover, I am also in my late 20s and your relationship reminds me a lot of the one I have with my mother. I have come to the conclusion that she needs to control someone and cannot empathize with others. Her apologies are always followed by justification or the word but. If it's not that, then...
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    Internet Dating For Ptsd Dummies

    Gloria, thank you for advice. I never really thought about being too open too fast could be setting me up for another bad situation. Men seem to be wired to be the hero, the problem-solver.
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    Internet Dating For Ptsd Dummies

    First date, we talked a lot and got to know each other and then just a hug goodbye. The second, I had my guard up, a lot more because I'm so scared to get close to someone. We kissed and as soon as it got more heavy kissing, I stopped it and told him I go very slow in that department. So I guess...
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    Internet Dating For Ptsd Dummies

    My date went very well but at the initiation of any physical contact, I got very very tense. He told me he's a very affectionate person and I am scared out of my mind to be affectionate with anyone.
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    Shame And Trauma

    Thank you Dean! Btw, love your icon! It is so true.
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    Shame And Trauma

    I understand. I'm trying to fight to get the services I so desperately know I need. I am unemployed right now but I did have insurance that was supposed to cover it, but it usually cost me over $100/session. I was in a very dark place and knew that if I didn't get therapy, I would not be here...
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    Shame And Trauma

    Sandra, I am in the same boat. I currently do not have insurance and haven't been to therapy in almost 4 months, outside of a support group for rape and domestic violence victims. I know I need much more than that and I also know that I can't afford to go without therapy for any longer (just...
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    Physical Symptoms After Stopping Lexapro

    Yep, a few days after posting this, I began hearing chatter in my head (not voices, but that sound when you hear a lot of people talking quietly nearby but you can't understand anything) and couldn't calm down at all. I have never heard anything in my head before so I checked myself in to the...
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    Internet Dating For Ptsd Dummies

    Doglover, You are being very wise in keeping your number and address secret. I am not so good in this department sometimes. I've had both good and bad experiences with Internet dating. I've recently moved and have no friends down here so I am trying to venture out a little bit and use sites to...
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    Is This Normal? I'm Confused!

    I can really relate to this thread and what everyone has said here. I am slowly realizing I use sleep as an avoidance mechanism as well. My brother thinks I'm lazy because all I do is sleep during the day, when in fact, I can't sleep at night and during the day, not only am I tired, but I just...
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    Feeling Chaotic

    I'm sorry gecko100 that you are feeling this way! PTSD is not something you can understand unless you suffer from it. I have wanted for so long for someone to understand but I've come to terms with they're just not going to. And please don't leave this world. I don't know you but someone out...
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    Physical Symptoms After Stopping Lexapro

    I weaned myself off Lexapro a couple weeks ago. I had no refills left and no insurance so I had no other option. I went from 20mg to nothing, which probably isn't safe, but again, felt like I had no other option. Anyway since then I have had what I would describe as a "fuzzy" feeling in my head...
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    How Do You Forgive To Move On?

    I hate that quote of when will I ever get over it or why is it taking you so long? Sometimes I just wanna scream at them and be like since when is there a timeline for recovering? A guy was interested in me at the time of the trauma and we saw each other 4-5 months later and he was in complete...
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