Recent content by Gcat

Hi again PureDogs, I do OK one-on-one with a hearing therapist I can understand, or someone who can sign- though there are few really qualified therapists who can sign or who specialize in trauma. I am not comfortable with an interpreter in private sessions. Actually I'd prefer to carry on this...

Hi PureDogs- it would be great to form a local trauma support group, especially a Deaf/hard of hearing group, in the Metro DC area. The Deaf therapist I saw and might go back to is from ASC-Alternative Solutions Center. And the school district I worked for is under investigation for...

"I am not a cochlear implant candidate yet, but I have serious to profound loss depending on the frequency. ........They kind of had to accept it when I got my first hearing aids in my 20's." Dear Franciemarie, I wasn't good cochlear implant candidate a few years ago because I had a lot of...

I'm 47 and have PTSD and possible c-PTSD with bipolar in the family. I've been Dxed with Bipolar II, though not all doctors were sure I had it. I'm on Zoloft, lithium and a thyroid med, with clonazepam if I need it. I had therapy for 23 years starting after one suicide attempt at age 21 but...

Well, my understanding is that a lot of this is on the same spectrum. Some say Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) is like BPD (borderline), some people want to rename BPD as C-PTSD,DID and BPD are 'types' of PTSD, BD (bipolar) has been misDx (misdiagnosed) as PTSD, GAD (generalized anxiety) can be misDx as...

I have wondered a lot about possible crossover between bipolar and PTSD. Apparently my grandfather, brother, possibly mother and me have bipolar, although there's been variation from Bipolar I (more extremes of mania and/or depression) and Bipolar II (hypomania, more anxiety & depression). I was...

I've had a bit of a "work phobia" for a while, keeping the same kind of part-time (though not steady) work for 4 years. I now recognize that my lack of work, while it may have served a purpose for a time, is not necessarily helping me get better- I need to be busier and more connected with...

I agree about TV- TV can be a great way to veg out (so can computers and video games) but on the flip side there's just so much information it makes you feel unfocused and overwhelmed. For a long time I didn't have cable, then when I did it was simultaneously addictive and disconcerting...

Hi, Your list mentioned many great therapies- another worthy of mention: Family Constellations Therapy, developed and expanded by Burt Hellinger. Both individual and group sessions address family relations and wounds passed down from generations. Truly healing for many.

A friend once told me the three most important words are: Let Me Help

Something about me: I've been to 44 (U.S.) states. I currently teach American Sign Language and taught Deaf kids. I'm an avid cat and animal lover. I worked for a recycling company near Seattle. I want to write a book (possible title: Diagnosis: Human) I'm a multi-media artist specializing in...

Once when I was 21. Many years later after my brother's death I contemplated cutting my hand. My cat knocked the sharp object I was using out of my hand a couple times, so there was nothing damaged as a result. Before she died, she looked at me straight in the eye and put her paw in my...

One more: as a dog ordered around by Pavlov, you not only stop salivating, you get whatever you're salivating after, then break free of that horrid man!

You may wonder what this post is about...it's an expansion of the "What Does the Inner Critic Mean to You?" thread in this forum. I initially got the idea from just me here's post on our memories being like computer files...bear with me!: I responded by saying our inner/outer schemas are like...