I know my triggers and most of them relate well with autistic traits. I've been trying for years to overcome this and I'm exhausted as I push myself constantly to interact with people and it's horrible. A positive diagnosis would make me more accepting of my social failures and allow me to...
I've had EMDR privately before. We identified the trauma events and spent some time on rethinking it. tbh, I never really thought that my trauma was traumatic enough to have such a profound effect on me. I didn't go any further. Back for another try 8 years later.
Its hard to describe but...
I've had people poking around in my head for decades and until very recently the consensus was that I have CPTSD.
I have a friend who has ADHD so I did a bit of research and saw a Youtube about autism in adults and had a huge omg moment. Loads more research and lots of boxes ticked. I'd like...
I'm searching for ideas. Like could I have been superconditioned to not get angry. Did someone tell me that being angry isn't nice and I took the concept to far? Is it even possible not to feel anger?
I have an anger problem.
I don't get angry. Never have done.
It would be easy to say that not getting angry could be an avoidance, but I was a non angry child well before the event.
I've had plenty of therapy over the years, but we always hit a block. Something so distressing that my Ts were...
This could be moany and not too PTSDy but it's really knocked me for six :( I have a friend that I've been helping with his alcohol problems (I know a fair bit about it from personal experience, I'm over 2 years sober :) So my friend is doing well. He's a month in and the change in him is...
I've made an appointment with MIND. Apparently I need to focus on me at my very worst which goes totally against my way of thinking and seems a little dishonest.
I'm currently off sick and Universal Credit want me to complete a UC50 form. I have no idea what to say. I just look at the form and my mind goes blank. I guess it's an avoidance thing. I really don't like thinking too deeply about how my mental health effects me as I find it extremely...
After years of self medicating with alcohol, my liver is in really bad shape. I'm two years sober and ready to sort out my cPTSD, but my GP is very weary of what to prescribe. I tried sertraline (did nothing), fluoxetine (made me feel really nauseous) and mirtazapine sent me bonkers. Every...
.. and I've never felt so crap :(
It's not a booze thing. I kicked that into touch with remarkable ease after a decompensated liver diag. I thought I'd be better able to sort the issues that led me to self-medicate as a sober person, but no :( I'm remembering so many forgotten things and...
I'm on the IAPS list and I've filled in the AnxietyUk referral but they don't have many EMDR people on the books :( I've even considered go fund me, maybe with a direct appeal to those responsible ? Donate a $ and get a sad selfie of me hiding in a corner lol (notlol)