Recent content by Eppi

Hello everyone. I hope this is the right place to post this. I'm recently coming to terms with childhood sexual abuse, and am viewing old thoughts and feelings under this new lens. As a result I've begun paying attention to a strange sensation in my body that I've experienced on and off my...

@catjudo I have PTSD and I'm in the very beginning of my treatment and recovery, which should be obvious by now. I took the frightening risk of reaching out to others and my very first posts were perceived by me to have been critiqued and made an example of. It's true that I am reactionary...

I would have appreciated being informed of my mistake in a less shaming way.

I replied to those threads because they were posted on the main page when you login, where current threads pop up for notice and discussion. I don't appreciate being singled out.

I'm new here, and I don't think it's useful or kind to focus so much attention on my mistake.

Hi Spikerola! Welcome, you're in the right place. I don't know very much about EMDR, although I may begin treatment with it after Halloween. I'll let you know what my impressions are. I have heard that EMDR can be touchy, as it can apparently unlock repressed memory. Like I said, I know very...

Hello and welcome! Books are a marvelous way to escape: useful, comforting, and diverting! Reading anything good currently? I've been focusing primarily on self help books lately (that, and text books for school) but I think it's time for a little fiction. All work and no play, as the saying...

Hi there! Our handles are remarkably similar! Weird coincidence. I'd change mine to avoid confusion, but being new, I'm not sure how. Anyhow, welcome! :)

Hello everyone. I'm a 29 year old female from the west coast of the US. I've been coping with mental illness for as long as I can remember. My current attempt at therapy (there have been many!) has helped me get to a place where I'm beginning to accept my diagnosis of PTSD. It's an ongoing...