Recent content by aev3

Hi all, I had an incident with my boyfriend recently, and I'm not really sure how to move past it. I'd love any insight that anyone else who's been in a similar situation can provide. First of all, my boyfriend has been my platonic best friend for the last 4 years, and only recently (about...

I'm so sorry you're experiencing this. It sounds like it must be so disturbing for you, and I will be praying that you find relief and peace soon. I can definitely relate - I'm a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and intimate partner assault, and I sometimes experience somatic pain that sounds...

Hi all, I wanted to write an update on the post above. First, thank you all so, so much for your kind words, and for sharing your struggles with me - I really appreciate it, and I wish you all healing & meaning & peace. I think that the feeling of happiness triggered too much fear in me...

Recently I've had a lot of transitions going on - I finally moved out of my mother's house, so I'm once again out from the house where so much of the abuse happened. As you all know, we with PTSD have a way of going numb while we're in the danger zone, and it's only when we're somewhat safe that...

Hi there, everyone! I'm new to these parts, and new to PTSD forums in general, so forgive me if I'm not totally sure how this works... Complex PTSD here, 12 years in therapy and still going. I'm 24, and I was very, very lucky to have been working with the same T my entire journey; I saw a few...