Recent content by Calmdown

You can't prevent cheating that way anyway. But people need to be honest. Preventing cheating is about not getting into situations where cheating is likely. That means obviously you can have friends of the opposite gender but you should avoid certain situations. I never believe anyone who says...

If I have all three I know it is very serious again. In that moment it is all you feel but it is important to at least know rationally that there are other states and that even the next day you can feel very different.

Yes, but the feeling that someone is there, especially a certain person sounds psychotic. I want to talk to my therapist about it but therapy just started. I'm not delusional in that moment, I know it can't be but the fear still is there.

It usually happens in the evening, maybe when something triggered me: Fear of noises, every quiet noise feels like there is someone there, and not just anyone but someone specific. While I rationally know it can't be, I still feel that way. Severe anxiety and panic. In that moment I have...

I wish I could trust professionals but I learned that it is best to have some knowledge and not trust blindly. If possible, reduce the dose as little as possible and give it time to be safe.

It is not 100% the type of music I listen to but at my worst times it just feels like the right thing:

Propranolol can help "erase" the emotions linked to a memory. When you take it first of all body reactions get muted, so your body is in a calm state. What many people don't seem to know is that it can also affect emotions, which is why "remembering" traumatic stuff when you take propranolol...

I think there might be different causes. Sometimes it felt like my body was shutting down to protect me. But it could also be a form of narcolepsy if it happens regularly.

You made some good points and I wanted to respond but I can't. I think there are certain things I can't really talk about and if I try it seems to trigger me. I wondered if I should just push through that resistance but it always has been a bad idea and it is now too. I really don't know how...

11 years ago I was in a trauma clinic. It was a very important and positive experience on a relational level. However, I only recently recognized that there was a lack of insight and explanation. I was in the art therapy group. The first time I was there I could not/didn't want to paint and...

Feeling different and thinking differently. Like if you are depressive you feel and think different and you might have ups and downs, but it feels more complicated than that. It is exhausting. Because I never know how I really feel about something. Maybe you could call it mood swings, I really...

I was in a very bad spot because of a bad experience with a therapist. What helped me was finding out about the "presuicidal syndrome" and dealing with the three components of it: -inhibited aggression turned toward the self I learned that the aggression was directed at the therapist...

I recently had a session with a therapist where I went into high tension with trembling after talking about a difficult topic. She did a mindfulness exercise with me, I had to focus on my body, etc. This made everything worse. That picture of me sitting there and focusing on my body somehow is...

I don't react to quiet noises anymore. However, I noticed that I can't cope well with anything happening suddenly or in unexpected ways. For many months now, I've been trying to avoid sudden spikes. I suppose I've become very controlled without even realizing it. This is somewhat embarrassing...