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What's helped me is realising: The feelings will pass (because when I'm super triggered I am just frozen in that feeling and I forget...

Thanks for this. Good to know that I am on the right path now. 👍👍👍

Alcoholic father, addicted mother. No idea what her addictions were though as they seemed to be around food and support groups. None of...

Hello, I recently surfed to the website of ACA and I am confronted by to how much of the questions I answered yes to. All of them. This...

I've gotta print this out and give it to my sufferer. He's hesitant to come here. I've gently introduced the topic, but he's not on...

This visual helps to put things in perspective. My T talked about using my Glimmers to counter my Triggers and so reducing bad stress...

Hi Sammy, whilst I agree with you in relation to complex traumatic circumstances, that you’re trained a certain way… so is every child...

Something I should elaborate on, which I have been asked before: “Bad stress is just that — negative interactions that create negative...

Interesting article. I find that illustration to be very helpful thank you. In my mind, I see a correlation between the military...

Every person can have explosive anger. Nobody is above it. You should not confuse combat experienced and the explanation of a button...

Nearly a decade ago (2006) I wrote The PTSD Cup Explanation, a simple view of how PTSD causes symptoms in day-to-day life. This article...

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Yes, thanks for the heads up. Much appreciated! Greets, B

Yes, definitely, because you're turning your entire concept of self, and the way you think about your entire history, condensed into as...

Allright! Thanks for the feedback everybody. My T also has me doing a course about complex trauma and recovery/healing. I read a...

Ditto. Learning about Scripts & Schemas was like getting God-Mode to apply to my life. Not 100%, probably closer to 40, but still? OMFG.

It probably should be! But no, Healthy Parent is a 'schema mode' where you're basically treating yourself like a healthy parent would...

Yep - done it, loved it, it was fantastically helpful!!! It's a bit complicated at first - or at least, we deep dived into the theory...

Hi, Currently doing Schema Therapy. Anybody any experience with it? Looking forward to the comments. Thanks. B

Hanging on inbetween train cars! Good luck to you 🍀

I was raised in a medical family and the difference between the level of professionalism amongst practioners in healthcare is downright...

Yes @enough . Egos aside, I heard something interesting once, that doctors for example who are kinesthetic learners often entered...

I don’t remember feeling numb, but that’s a pretty constant state for me. I felt like for about 48 hours that my brain was having its...

for me? Yep. It lasts about 24 hours so I've learned to take the day after EMDR as a total sit on the couch and watch cartoon day...

We’ve done quite a lot. plus I’m on lexapro and I feel like that’s helping me move through all this without too much anxiety and fear...

How much groundwork did you and your therapist lay out before starting the EMDR, in terms of grounding, coping, transitioning out of the...

SO very true. And to the point about understanding...it always blows my mind a little that Lithium - something that wasn't created, but...

I'm sorry @OliveJewel it's too personal for me even to share anonymously. Besides which, it would require so much back info I've never...

I read a book about the early testing of SSRI s on humans. They took the suicides out of the data to get approved and to manipulate the...

The different parts of our brain communicate with each other using neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitters are "chemicals" in the literal...

This was revealed several years ago, the Journal of the American Medical Association (who apparently wrote an entire edition on how they...

The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review of the evidence From the article: “Our comprehensive review of the...

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I’m in coach at the moment. My brain is pretty powerful in its ability to protect itself. It’s odd that my ADHD doesn’t come into play...

Okay. Thanks. Thanks for this.

That was one of the first things I learned - stay away from describing that stuff......even here.

Thank you for this. I do feel empty and hollow now 2 days after. I am starting to believe my T when she says that it's a lot with me. I...

One thing that finally tweaked on me was - I have to let my T know how "loaded" I am with reprocessing tasks. We get so good at hiding...

Thank you for the support. The feeling of knowing that I am not alone or a psycho helps a lot. Riding first class or coach? 😄

Sending lots of support to you. I often feel this same way. It’s such hard work and it feels so unfair. Get lots of rest….Riding the...