Recent content by jennifer0506

helena; I have often thought about how stress and the brain are linked, and if possibly these two things could come hand in hand when it comes to too much stress, and brain damage. My grandmother developed alzheimers, and it was always unclear to why she developed it. However, she did abuse...

You have just described my own father, through and through. Honestly. I understand, truly. And NO It is not right for him to treat you like that. Verbal and mental abuse can be completely and utterly destroying. Self esteem is not a bunch of BS, because in the end, without self esteem we begin...

I think that it's difficult to tell. I was actually diagnosed 4 years after the traumatic event. But when i look back, i started having nightmares almost immediately after the event. And flashbacks started happening i guess around 6 months after.. I think that my life generally went downhill...

I completely agree. So many things nowadays lose their sense of seriousness, because of these stupid jokes. I fail to see the humour in so many of them, and they often hit a sore patch. It's not even just rape; there are countless jokes about the disabled and about those with brain damage and...

My thoughts are with you Pandora. Stay strong, you have helped me out an awful lot on this site, and I hope that you put your own advice into good use. Remember that you're strong, and you've got this far. You're coming off benzo is ultimately a very good thing. I'm always here to talk, vent...

My shoulders are always really tensed. Always. People always tell me to put my shoulders down, and i do not realise it at all. I think it's like, a level of stress. Like when your body has stress, your heart rate increases, meaning you'll be more tense ready for 'fight or flight'. If a person...

Honestly, I'm not sure at all how you can get someone to understand. Both my parents have failed to understand about PTSD, and i doubt even looked it up, even though I was diagnosed with my Father. I think that generally, it's a very hard thing to accept. When i was diagnosed, it didn't feel...

My Complex PTSD, mainly, has occurred from my mother having a brain injury when i was 11. Although there were other things that happened to me, later, that have also had a strong effect on me.. I was wondering whether anyone else on the forum has experienced a close relative to have traumatic...

You can never moan on here too long, that is one thing i have learnt here. The people here understand and care. Good luck to you, as lame as that may sound.

Sorry, this is going to be quite long. I am so utterly down, and I am sitting here trying to figure out exactly what is getting me down so badly. I go for my first counselling session tomorrow, but I'm scared about what's going to happen. My boyfriend is in Spain, and is increasingly making me...

I would pick a fight with my boyfriend to see how better i would handle it i would make wild passionate love to him, happy, and truly happy. i would go and do everything i had every wanted to with no fear. i would stop feeling so insecure.

Indeed, i am very blunt too. Quite a few people don't like it, sometimes it does hurt feelings. Maybe it is sometimes the best way to be though, means your not two facedd! I think its better to see the positive in sometimes can-be negative traits. Everything comes in handy sometimes even...

Im angry that I'm always pushing everyone away with my anger. And I'm angry that my father is so far in denial he isn't going to support me with my Ptsd. And I'm angry that I'm so misunderstood. And I'm angry the only things I recognize as emotions are guilt, anger and sadness. I'm angry that I...

hello. I lost it earlier, I got so angry, my boyfriend went without saying goodbye as he had to go quickly from instant messenger which slightly annoyed me. When he said his computer turned off, I said the comment don't worry you weren't talking to me much anyway. And he said you hardly were...

Everyone in this world is special, Think of the thing that makes you special. Everyone has something. I'm talking about inside, think of something you like about yourself, and that you know makes you you. Mine is, My ability to help other people, and offer them good advice. It makes me feel...