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She's 60, no good friends to talk to or family members she's close to. She tried therapy once and had a bad experience so she doesn't want to try that again, but I keep gently nudging her towards therapy anyways. She doesn't have a good doctor either, that's why her chronic pain isn't getting...

I have a family member who has had a really rough life, and now they're getting older and a bunch of chronic pain is setting in, in addition to the rough times theyve had. Lately they've been saying some really alarming things like "Im done with this world" and "Im ready for this life to be...

Im sorry you are feeling this way. It sounds like your brain is doing its best to heal--age regression and denial are both ways the brain deals with trauma. Age regression can be very scary too. I cope with age regression by setting aside some 'child' things like toys and books and a snack, so...

Just in case anyone comes across this and wants to know some other things that helped, I've found a few! -A fun drinking mug has helped -Corn is pretty juicy, especially eaten in a bowl with some water added -Adding lemonade powder makes water taste good enough to power through, even if all...

Thanks for all the replies! To answer some questions: Yes I'm horribly allergic to melons, I can eat them without dying but it feels like eating fire ants. Apples do this, bananas, pears, and some non-fruit things like juicy carrots. I've talked to my T and she has no good advice beyond "just...

Sometimes nightmares are just our brain's way of processing trauma, and they don't mean anything other than you are healing. My therapist is fond of saying that nightmares are a sign that you need to process trauma while awake. Sorry you had such an awful sounding dream! Wishing you a good...

I'm living off of the few things that taste good enough that I can drink them without getting too triggered: coffee and chocolate milk! Im always parched but I can't find anything else that doesn't give me flashbacks. Any suggestions?? How do I avoid dehydration?? Sometimes I wish I could go...

It's certainly a normal experience, and a sign that your brain is healing from the trauma. My T recommends setting aside a small chunk of the day (half an hour, ten minutes, an hour--whatever you're ready for) to process the trauma. Then when you go to bed, do something really soothing, to tell...

I do try self-talk, but it usually doesn't help. I've also got a therapist back home that I'll work through this. Unfortunately I'm away from her for a while.

My bf (a trans man) and I have been together over 2 years. I always knew about and supported his decision to transition one day. Well, that day is here! Technically, that day was here three months ago when he got his first testosterone injection. The problem is I was, hhh, *hurt* by a guy, when...

I take citalopram, usually right before bed. I was taking it between 12:30am and 1:00am usually, but now I take it anywhere between 12:00am to 4:00am (I've been catching up on lost sleep now that college finals are over and it's thrown off my sleep schedule a bit). Citalopram should be taken...

Do you know how much he lowered his dose?

Thanks for replies. I was also pretty sure it was awkward but not abusive, but I wanted some outside opinions to be sure.

It feels very much like that! Problems pale in comparison to the universe, everything makes sense, all that stuff. But I do check on my 'hypomania'-y theories when I've, eh, "calmed down?" They're actually correct. I remember reading about RNA and DNA and wondering which came first, and...

I experience the world in 3 ways. World 1: I experience this maybe 20% to 30% of the time. It's an unreal world. Everything feels like a dream. Nothing seems to have consequence, and time is a tangled web of seemingly unrelated events. World 2: I experience this most of the time. things feel...