Recent content by alittlehelpplease

I will at my next session.Therapist thinks I have ADHD Thank you for your help

I’m currently going through therapy and have been doing a lot of thinking lately about many different things. I’m remembering several times thinking about how much better life would be if only I was more energetic, taller, smarter, handsome, and the like. So do all the things I wish I was...

As an example, I want to be more outgoing like other people I know such as my wife. Does wanting to be more outgoing really mean that I have a negative view of my ability to socially interact? Does it mean I see myself as being negative because I’m a bit of an introvert?

Does wishing or daydreaming about somehow being better than I am actually become a self negating pattern?

Depends. What ages are you talking about?

Darkness Reborn, Thank you for the comments. I agree with what you said. I share with my spouse and most of the time she is supportive but sometimes I can tell she thinks some stuff is BS. I even sometimes question whether I’m making more out of it than necessary. But then I remember laying in...

Thank you LotF

Thank you Arfie. Good point.

How can I get doubting friends or family to understand my PTSD, depression, anxiety, and avoidance?

Thanks again Sideways

Thank you for the kind words and advice Riley. I just started EMDR therapy a couple weeks ago. That seems to be going well so far. Sideways, Thank you for the kind words Can you recommend a forum that would sort of fit with my situation?

For my own healing A conversation between my older self, my younger self, and a person who mentally damaged me for life when I was a young child. First a back story for context. I was born in 1966 to a Catholic family that would eventually have 5 children. I’m the middle child. (Issues about...