Recent content by katiem

You're not alone. Anxiety creeps up on me and usually I don't know what the trigger was. If you haven't yet, try the EFT/Tapping, it helps. I hope you feel better!

I noted your sharing about the 2 of you who escaped, but are avoiding each other. For me, it is hard to be around my brother, who also experienced the abuse, because being around him reminds me of our childhood and that triggers me. It triggers him too and his reaction is to binge-drink. It's...

I use Facebook to feel connected to people I don't see often. I have lived all across the US and there are many people, including one of my children, that I only get to visit once a year or less. I also enjoy photography so I am in a couple of photography groups, because I like to see other...

My mother was bipolar and my father had an anxiety disorder which he self medicated with illegal drugs.. My older brother was mentally ill but undiagnosed. Growing up with parents and a brother who were unpredictable, neglectful and sometimes violent has caused me to always be waiting for...

Welcome Trish Pets are great, they make me get out of bed in the morning.

I go through times when I want to be saved. Usually when I'm feeling tired of trying to be strong. Sometimes just acting "normal" for my job all week is exhausting and lonely because it involves so much filtering and deciding how to respond and making sure that I don't respond the wrong way...

Willowtree, My former husband acted very, very similar to yours when he left me and it turned out that he had fallen in love with someone else. I am not saying that ptsd can't be the reason for his leaving you, I just want you to rule out the possibility that he is leaving you for another...