Recent content by magnolia2224

Thank you, that's a kind way to put it. My last therapist recommended doing EMDR with me but then never followed through. I just started seeing a new therapist so hopefully she will be able to help me with all this.

Thanks for your thoughts! I am diagnosed actually with sleep apnea and use a CPAP machine, and sleep on my side almost exclusively. I've only been using CPAP for a couple weeks now and I had hope that it would help my nightmares, but unfortunately it hasn't made much of a dent there. If...

This is a really good point. I do that all the time with my physical health too. I'll have a day where my pain is mild and I can walk around my house, and I'll think "Wow, I was just faking this disease the whole time." Then the next day will bring multiple joint dislocations and I will quickly...

I'm not sure if dissociation is the right word, if it's not then please someone correct me. But during various traumas, I have (automatically, without realizing it) detached myself from the situation, to varying degrees of severity. At the time obviously this was helpful. But now when I'm...

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I suffer with a lot of nightmares and sleep paralysis. The medication prazosin has been amazing, but it has a short half-life so if I wake up in the middle of the night (or if I'm taking a nap during the day which happens often due to chronic illness) then it's worn off and I get a nightmare...

That's a good point. Thanks for your response. I guess it's kind of like getting exposed to someone who's sick with something contagious. You might get sick too from being around them, or you might not. It all depends on a lot more factors than just exposure. Thanks as well for the reminder to...

Why do I keep doing this to myself? I feel so stupid, like my trauma isn't valid. I see posts from people on here talking about how only some specific traumas like war or sexual assault count for PTSD, and then the thought worms deep into my head that I'm just faking or malingering and I hate...

Hi Sideways, thanks so much for the kind reply. It means a lot to know there's a community of people here going through similar things. And I'll look into EMDR. Thanks for the suggestion, I really appreciate it. Hi, first off I want to say thank you so much for your kind words. I'm sorry you've...

Hi all. I'm a young woman with many physical disabilities. I have a genetic disorder that runs in my family but no one knew we had it until two years ago when my health started going downhill and we had to go see a million doctors to try to get answers. I've always had the disorder, I was born...