Recent content by bhavana

One problem about the DSM is that symptoms associated with PTSD, depression and other anxiety disorders resolution is "remission." But, what about recovery? Is that a goal? Is it possible? I feel that I'm on the way to recovery, of hoping that this won't happen again, but is that realistic...

Totally. You have my support! Good for you to take that walk outside. I feel more healthy when I just get a breath of fresh air especially with a companion I can trust. I do the same. I take deep breaths and I plan to face discomfort when I go out of the house. My reality is that I have a...

Thank you so much for the warm welcome! I really am only starting to understand this process. It's great that I can connect here without judgment but with compassion. :) I keep on reading these posts and finding that much of what i suffer from can be validated here. It just doesn't exist on...

Yes, I experience the same dissociative episodes now. It happens when I'm triggered perhaps by a smell, a situation, a memory. I don't try to fight against it when it happens. Actually, one trick I learned: when it happens, just let it happen, and when I come out of it, try to remember what...

Hi, All, Totally new here and am glad to have finally found a place to talk about my symptoms of PTSD. I think this in itself is a huge accomplishment to want to talk to people (albeit virtually) other than my therapist. I'm taking the first step in "coming out" about this thing that I have...

Disassociation is a very intelligent response to protect yourself from harm. It happens sometimes when you go through childhood abuse. The child, knowing that it has experienced trauma, will not remember those events or not remember those events clearly in order to survive. The NotMe that...