Recent content by LosingHope

There are lots of trauma survivors who feel responsible for everyone else's feelings. I think it is important to remember that other people don't necessarily require us to take care of their feelings for them because they can do this for themselves! In this case, the therapist has a...

I wanted you to know that you are not alone! Christmas is a difficult time every year, but this year for me the lead up has been particularly stressful. Its the relationships and the stress of fitting everything in and the aftermath! Bring on February where everything starts to settle down a bit.

I realised today that part of why I struggle to make changes that I know to be good for me is that when I start to feel good, I become super anxious that the bad is on its way. I know that life is about ups and downs and so there is an element of the bad following good that is normal, but this...

Thanks for your replies everyone! I am soooo sorry that it has taken me so long to reply. I made a pact with myself that if 25mg was a bit overwhelming at first, to start with 12.5mg for a week and work up to the 25mg. I started this last night and had a very weird (extremely tired but also...

Hi Everyone, Interested in getting your advice/experiences/feedback about medications... I have been diagnosed with anorexia (B/P subtype) and PTSD. After trialling a few medications (Lexapro worked wonderfully but six weeks in I had an allergic reaction, then tried fluoxetine with no benefit...

I have a very longstanding eating disorder and CPTSD and both are very much related. I am very unwell at the moment with both and am finding it very difficult to manage the task of recovery from both. Its comforting to know that there are other people who can relate as it is a very lonely...

@mumstheword good luck with your new therapy! I find therapy is the place where I hold the most hope so when I leave feeling helpless it can be overwhelming! My husband is away too and so its always that little bit harder I think because of the empty space and time to think and feel! I hope it...

@saraemerald - there are wonderful people out there and there are people who are unable or unwilling to understand. Maybe we don't need to be strong for other people or even our adult selves, but for the child who was abused/traumatised and who DID need rescuing and who DOES need us now x

@saraemerald I hear you. It is sad how the times where we need the most help and feel so desperate for it, we turn against ourselves.

@saraemerald I know! I turn it in on myself too and self destruct. It is so hard to just survive each day. Some days I get tired. Other days like today, I feel angry, helpless and overwhelmed.

I am post-therapy and I am feeling a combination of helplessness and anger. I am in a place where I desperately want someone to help/save me (whatever that looks like), yet simultaneously fear it too. I know only I can help myself, but I am so tired of helping myself and sometimes want someone...