Recent content by flappergirl35

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I'm so sorry for your losses. I've suffered with rumination most of my life. It hits me worse at night and causes me to be unable to sleep. I talked to my therapist about it and he suggested I try meditation. I have a TV in my room and found some youtube sleep hypnosis/body scan type...

Thank you for sharing this. It clarifies a lot for me.

I wasn't sure about the meaning of "flashbacks" either until my therapist told me I was having one in his office. He was helping me with guided body scan meditation to help me with relaxation and as he was moving from my calves to my knees, I got extremely anxious and asked him to stop. I was...

I'd come back as a ghost and haunt the shower of every person that's hurt me physically or otherwise. Sweet revenge. For an animal, I'd definitely come back as a seagull. I'd just want to glide effortlessly over the ocean and harass the occasional person for french fries at the park.

So true! I have the local crisis line and my mental health office on speed dial.

Thank you for sharing this. I've been under a lot of financial stress lately and I've been so worried about my temperament lately because I was very short with people at work. Normally I have no problems working with people but it's been next to impossible lately. It's gotten so bad that I have...

Thank you. It's so awkward for me to meet new friends in real life because my past makes it so hard to connect to people in the present. I rarely trust anyone and it can take me years to feel safe around people I meet.

Thank you so much! I've had such a tough time making new friends because I'm so afraid of getting close to people. I'm truly happy to have found an online community of people who have been through similar experiences and understand the pain of what it's like to deal with lifelong trauma. I also...

This is such an interesting topic and one I don't often speak about with anyone. I've always thought of evil as being a disease of the soul. I've encountered people who were evil and I don't think there is anything that would make them anything else than what they are. I think there are times...

Hello, I'd like to introduce myself. I'm so happy to have found this site. I'm a 54 year old woman who has suffered with PTSD most of my life. I was abused in every way you can think of by my mother and extended family ever since I can remember. The worst was one night where I violently SA'd by...