Recent content by Ellie226

Thank you for your perspective! I think that could be it. I was doing alright for a couple months and I genuinely believed I would be fine so I'm sure she would have too. I think now that it's coming up I'm getting more anxious about not having regular therapy. I've gotten so used to it and my T...

She said she'll be back in early June. I'm actually moving to a different state in July so our plan right now is to "close" in June and I have been looking for a new T that I can start seeing after I move.

She didn't, is that what's supposed to happen?

Hi everyone! It's been a while since I've been on this forum and I've actually been doing semi okay. Starting next week my T is going to be on maternity leave. Because I'd been feeling okay lately, I didn't think I would be worried about this at all, but I'm starting to struggle again and I'm...

Hi everyone, I wasn't sure which thread to post this in. I have been having a very rough week and have given into self-harm urges which left some significant bruising on my arms and legs. I am wondering how people have gone about telling significant others about self-harm marks. I am seeing my...

Thank you! And this is so true. It's so hard to resist when my bad self harm coping habits provide immediate relief to what feels unbearable.

Thank you everyone for your responses! It is very helpful to hear your perspectives. I plan on meeting with my T early next week and will hopefully get some clarification. Now I'm thinking the fact that I have been spiraling into negative thoughts and giving into self harm urges this week after...

Thank you for your reply! The thing is, I feel like I'm in a much better place now and that I'm actually doing very well, so I'm surprised to hear that my T doesn't think I'm ready or stable enough to get deeper into my trauma. It also confuses me because to me it feels like we've already delved...

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with PTSD a few months ago due to childhood physical abuse and I've been seeing my T for about 9 months now. During our last session, my T and I were talking about goals for therapy and what I'd like to do moving forward and she commented that she doesn't think I'm...