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Essentially, yes.

That's fantastic. Thanks to all who donated

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And a special thanks to the anonymous member who got us right up to the finish line with an extremely generous donation. It's not quite...

i am doing well , feeling better . thank you all for being here

That's exactly it, well said.

We're not saying emotional abuse isn't as bad or that it doesn't matter. The DSM just doesn't define emotional abuse as a criterion A...

I've suffered from Narcissistic abuse. It didn't give me ptsd. I have a history of complex trauma but that's from violent physical...

✋🏼 I’m here - just found this site yesterday. Critical Care/Resuscitation Medicine. Day one of the pandemic at my previous position...

Been following posts for awhile seems like a supportive group.

Nothing to apologize for. In fact, I think you can be proud of yourself for reaching out. The times we are most in need of help often...

i'm sorry, i had a hard time the last few days.

sadistic hyper-sexuality was one of my major psych symptoms, starting at an obscenely young age, even for a child prostitute. in my 70's...

Oh my god, thank you! I have been consumed by this manipulation thing. I know I was getting hung up in the semantics a bit and reading...

It’s a precept of Developmental Psychology. Babies have needs. Children have wants. Adults have agendas. A 6yo throwing a tantrum...

I've just watched a video about child therapy. It was short, but she had a snippet where she said children can't be manipulative. I am...

@Roxinator Just to clarify… Do all 3 of you have PTSD?

OP hasn’t been here for almost a year, but she mentioned that her husband’s behaviors were related to his trauma history, and that he...

Do you have any extended family outside of the home that you and your sister could go stay with? It sounds like you and she both would...

I feel exact same. I’m 42 years old now. My mom dad and grandma were mentally ill before they died while I grew up. I have had...

It's quite evident that, while you have the symptoms, you don't have PTSD. Not all diagnosticians are created equal. Some are poor at...

What I typed was actually the diagnostic criteria of both the DSM (used in the US, and a few other places) & the ICD (used in the rest...

I'm not enough of a researcher to properly argue this point - but I'll say that it's a hypothesis, a rhetorical question - not a thesis...

I hope you find some longevity in being asymptomatic. Myself, I was asymptomatic for 10 years. Long enough to think that I “had” PTSD...

I cannot more highly recommend 7 Cups of Tea. https://www.7cups.com/ In my own experience? The 2 main reasons are - Not knowing where...

Alright, I'll bite. @dutchmortimer - can I ask, what was the nature of the trauma that caused your CPTSD? And, what was it that caused...

Does it matter *why* she is doing this more than the fact that she *is* doing it at all? This is a huge supporter trap. “Our poor...

I'm 34 and I realize that help for mental health has only really started to make strides in the last 10 years. I sort of stumbled into...

This all makes sense - and yes, partly it's to work on caring more about what you think about you than what others think...the other...

Yeah, that makes sense. When I try to think more reasonably about it I do realize that these things that people do and say that make me...

Yes, to all this. I couldn't agree more. Also, '[no] need to serve the other members divorce papers' is now entering my personal...

a rule i have greatly benefitted from on my recovery road is, "take what you like and leave the rest." i don't need to analyze or...

Oh my apologies, I definitely didn't intend to presume on your part! And you raise an excellent point and an issue very near and dear to...

That's an excellent point. Hadn't thought of it that way.

This in particular is something I have found is only too true. I've come to look at it through the lens of the actual PTSD diagnostic...

Yeah, didn't say it was. It's an essay, that's all. I think it helped me because the context of my event was completely devoid of any...

Such is the cyclical nature of traumatic processing, eh? There are times where it is plain to me as day and where a single ordinary...