Recent content by Malaenis

I went through this for some time as well. In my case it was needing validation from others, and that was an easy way to get it. As I associated people wanting me sexually as them approving of me. I also craved the attention. I agree with what others have said, it's a problem when it...

I had some psych testing recently because my therapist and med prescriber questioned whether or not I have OCD. Up till now we all figured I was just a perfectionist. I found out this week from the testing I do have OCD. I didn't really expect to have it. I thought I was being paranoid, and...

I completely understand where you're coming from. This woman is often over the top "just be positive". Funny thing is after this conversation I saw an article on how being positive all the time is harmful, it explained it very well. I often struggle to verbalize exactly why I feel a certain way...

I haven't been around much. I've been hiding from everything, this month is really hard for me. And I have a new anniversary trigger from last year that I knew would be rough, but wasn't sure what to expect, so I'm trying to ride it all out by hiding till it's over... Which has been incredibly...

Thank you. I am finally seeing a therapist, shortly after I got a prescriber through the same office. She was very helpful with a lot of the things I had concerns about, especially after my experiences with these two doctors. She reassured me that despite the fact that I need to do "unhealthy...

A lot of people have already advised you, I'm just here to give you my experience. I went no contact a little under a year ago. I talked to my therapist about it beforehand. I had my med dr saying the whole "but they're your family", while my therapist said no, you tried setting boundaries...

I just read an article that led to me feeling like I need to get some stuff out. I'm overwhelmingly depressed these days due to multiple anniversary triggers. Anyways, the article was about how to know the difference between enabling someone and helping them. It listed all these things that...

I'm going to be tested soon since my therapist and med prescriber think I have OCD with my PTSD too. I had been on Prozac before, a few years ago. For me it likely helped with the OCD since the symptoms weren't apparent till recently. But I found it wasn't enough for the depression. Though this...

I completely understand how you feel. I think the same with my son sometimes. How much more I could be for him if I didn't have ptsd. Firstly, children have meltdowns, normal children, children with normal parents. I think we sometimes spend so much time panicking/worrying about how we're...

Thank you for replying. I never paid attention to how I felt during the day to know if my dreams changed. They were just weird and seemed random, lol. Though I'm realizing even the strangest seeming dream means something, even if it isn't immediately apparent what it means because the symbolism...

Since I was a kid, I've had very vivid dreams. Dreams where I not only sense that it's real, but physically feel things, and even taste things. I've woken up many times thinking a dream was real, sometimes only a few moments, sometimes it takes a day to realize it was a dream. In the past I've...

Thank you for your reply @riverbrook . Unfortunately no pets since I live in an apartment building. I'm hoping someday I can get one though. I think it'd really help me. Shortly after posting this I'd starting jogging regularly and doing yoga almost every day. It helped and it didn't. Seemed...

I was guilty of this a lot his last school year. Treating him like a troublemaker. But I've recognized over the summer he really struggles to do the right things, but, then the ADHD. I was just talking to another mom today about how you do need a million different coping skills for slightly...

My son doesn't get that extreme, but he will have those behaviors sometimes. If you haven't tried it, try making like it's no big deal, or like it's a joke. When my son says he doesn't like something he liked the other day, I'll laugh and say he's silly, he totally likes that, or something. Or...

Because of his behavior at school, they did think he had ODD. But for me, he's usually great. His mentor and I discussed how outside of the ADHD he is an amazingly well behaved kid. He automatically cleans up after himself, picks up toys before bed since he was about 3.5, will do almost anything...