Bamboo

100%. Totally and utterly understand the frustration about denial. I share it. And the lack of feel about a memory. And the self gas...

I'm 49. There's never been a question that my dad was not a great dad. He's a diagnosed narcissist, he was emotionally abusive...

I don't have much to add other than a rollcall of "yes this happens to me, too." I actually have a very blurry memory with my own...

brief, unidentified snippets would be typical of how my own repressed memories first reemerge. for what it's worth i take great care to...

I blocked out rapes. So it's not uncommon to block things out and not remember. It's also common for memories to come back in a...

Have any of you ever had a very brief snippet of a memory, but not even a clear memory. I had a flash of someone lay on top of me, when...

Reading that made my heart start to race a little bit Me too. Me too. That's exactly what happens to me. Snippets. Flashes...

apology NOT accepted bamboo. i need the right to ramble aimlessly during times like this. this particular post makes more sense than it...

Same. Working on some heavy stuff right now too. The biggest difference in my life between initial stages of EMDR and now has been...

What kind of therapy? It doesn't matter what kind but this is something to learn and live. Without it I would still be stuggling...

Yeah, I hear you. Makes perfect sense, so far as any kind of sense can be made out at all at times like this.

Thank you. I was told to be easy on myself. To have no self judgement. To put the blame where it truly lies. To be self...

We need each other. People need other people when the road is hard. And you've come to a place where other people get how hard it is...

Only posted once here so far. Not sure what I'm doing exactly. Therapy has slowly been getting close and closer to "the thing" I...

You are getting somewhere. You just don't realize it yet. For some stuff - the dark and tangled that goes with it needs to be dealt...

steadying support, justme. i'll add my voice to the assurance choir that this is part of the process and the gain is most definitely...

I can't explain even to myself how I totally understand what you mean by this........but I do

my breakthroughs seem to come so suddenly that it is all too easy for me to minimize the work that paved the way for that breakthrough...

this used to bother me unmercifully, but somewhere along my recovery road i realized i was **just** going to hardware stores for bread...

I've thought about this a little bit more. It's not that I can't find the words so much as i just can't get my mouth to speak them...

That's word finding difficulties...... Some just hide it by being quiet. For some it turns into more fears or agoraphobia where they...

I don't know if this is really the same as what everyone else is describing because it's not like an every day type issue, but I...

So, in order, the things that helped me most in dealing with EMDR were: (in the order we worked on them in therapy) 1 . Building a...

I've been doing EMDR for a little while now. Though I have weekly appointments with my T we do not do EMDR every week, though I think...

Not over dramatic at all. Totally normal. https://www.myptsd.com/threads/reading-forum-increases-symptoms.13886/ Welcome!

That's a wonderful intro!!! And yep - finding others like me made a huge HUGE difference in my life and my recovery. I'm grateful every...

Welcome to the forum and the similar feelings of what alot of us experience. Sorry you go through this too. The lack of memory, or it...

Wecome @Bamboo ! You did great on your intro! I hope to see you around! Blessings of Peace sent your way☮️

Despite your anxiety, that was an excellent first post. Welcome to the forum! The truth is - it doesn't matter who had the worst...

Thank you so much. Its such an incredibly difficult thing, convincing yourself that what you don't remember is your younger self's...

Thank you. I appreciate that

Thank you for that

I'm not really sure how to start this post and I'm uncertain how far this will go. I'm not certain if this single post will be all...