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I agree with the above :). You should stick to a practice that is trauma based or very gentle and slow - like hatha, and take the practice itself very slowly as lots of things will come up. This form of yoga is known to be troublesome for some people and even dangerous. I practice meditation and...

Haha thanks :)! I wonder why we can't edit ourselves? Loved your detour lol!! Interesting! I love his rouge ways lol :P!

Fayne Jane - **wraps in biggest tightest hug**!! EMDR can really just pull out some memories from nowhere, but it can also help take the pain of those dragged up memories away. It's hard at first but then the memory will lose it's force and power, EMDR really helped me so much - so keep going...

Speaking as someone who worked in mental health - you get many, many people coming to you who are dealing with all kinds of pain. You try to stay kind and helpful - but it;s not within your capacity sadly to be able to do that all the time, perfectly. A lot of the time you can only do your best...

Well if anti-depressants change your brain chemicals (and mood as a byproduct), so does good, wholesome food - directly involving serotonin and dopamine. This is a great video on the effectiveness of plant-based diets for anxiety and depression :) Plant-Based Diets for Improved Mood &...

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I guess for me also, I like putting time and effort into my look - especially dressing up to go out, but it really gets my back up when guys catcall, or harass me, or even flirt with me - "No, I really don't want to be tickled - you're killing me" lol. No makeup and not bothering means I don't...

I like clothes that are like edgy but stylish, that's how I'd describe my style. Like my wardrobe used to be so much black - dark skinny jeans and oversized sweaters are mainly what I wear, but I recently started bringing in more colours. I like cute jackets, leather jackets, cute military style...

Yeah, but you don't know what was happening in your mind when you did get in the car - maybe you thought he was guiding you to a taxi or something? Or maybe he said something like "I'll take you home". Sometimes people with abuse and trauma histories are more accommodating and less resistant -...

Hello everyone, There are a lot of threads on here about EMDR and people having a had time and difficult symptoms being dredged up from EMDR (seems to come up a lot when I search for EMDR). So, I wanted to come and share my experiences with EMDR so far, as an example of some of the positive...

**biggest hugs**. You didn't say no, because you couldn't say no, you also made it clear when you were less intoxicated that you were not interested and he still did it. The blame is fully on him. You had a classic freeze response that happens very often with assault when we are threatened and...

I asked you to consider if it's abuse for your sake. At the end of the day it's your relationship and it's your trauma and it's you that is having the toxic effects from it. It doesn't make any shred of difference if I end up agreeing with you or not. I'm stepping out of the debate and reading...

One of my friends with PTSD is more aggressively 'f*ck you' with it and I get that that is a result of her experience and how her PTSD manifests. But she isn't repeatedly cruel and abusive. That's the difference. Don't get it twisted. If you guys are actually reading my posts - I have...

I get that, thanks for pointing that out. I see what you guys are saying about different sufferers having different cooing mechanisms, but I am pointing out that a lot of what is being discussed is cruel, dehumanising and seemingly abusive here - what I'm saying is that it's important to not let...

Lashing out and raging is not always a choice. Cruelty is a choice!! That's the difference!