Recent content by cetiya

Wow. That's insane! So sorry that happened to you. I didn't come from a bad home, I was just a naive 22 year old who got caught up in a vortex of violence. He beat me hundreds of times in that year and abused 3 children on top of that. They weren't allowed to go to school. It was a mess I...

Mine was a more gradual kidnapping. I was with him voluntarily for about a month when he was pretending to be my friend. It's like I walked into a spider web. By the time I realized I was in trouble, it was too late.

Wow. Do you remember much of what they did to you? A month is a long time!

What a thoughtful response! Thanks. I can't forgive my kidnapper for what I saw him do. I don't want to forgive him . I freely admit I hate him. I think my problem is I didn't find the right therapist until much later, maybe if I had a good one in the beginning I might be different today...

Boy you got that right! Thanks

I love my friend. We've known each other since we were 11 years old. Friend like that are worth keeping,! People don't understand PTSD never goes away. For me anyway.

I'm dying to find someone out there I can relate too. I was kidnapped when I was 22. Even though I wasn't a domestic violence victim, I got caught up in a dv vortex of hell. Terrible child abuse . My memories haunt me daily. It was 11 months of pure hell. I'd like to hear other people...

Yeah, I'm over it. I did a podcast about my kidnapping. She heard it and still doesn't understand. Oh well!

I knew I'd find people that understand here! Its aggravating but what can you do? I'm over it. I guess ill have my understanding from total strangers and give up on her! Oh well she's a good friend in other ways

We've been best friends for 50 years so I accept that she'll never understand. It just bugs me sometimes.

I wouldn't wish this understanding on my friend but she says things like you should just let go, you're holding onto this, why won't you get better. So it's frustrating. PTSD doesn't go away, for me anyway. She doesn't get it

Being understood is important to me. It'll be nice to have that

I was kidnapped by a psychotic maniac on the run from the law when I was 22 and held against my will for almost a year. It was hell. 41 years later and when triggered, can really get bad symptoms. It comes and goes, every few years it'll get really bad, then it will "sleep" until the next...