Recent content by Nellie

Hi, I was wondering if anyone else has suffered from hair loss as a result of PTSD? I'm only 28 and I'm a girl and my hair keeps falling out because I'm so often in a high state of stress. Then I get more stressed because I feel so unattractive with such short, thin hair (it's only just...

I can relate to everything you wrote here. I am sorry you feel that way, it's the worst. The only thing that calms me down is if I have a hot shower and then distract myself by watching television and eating comfort food. I also have a punching bag now to take out my hysteria/anger on it rather...

I just got my motorcycle license and am about to embark on an off-road motorcycle adventure in Colombia haha! Radise, I've skydived and never really saw it as a risk-taking behaviour either. Hashi, I'm sure that's part of it. I never really thought of it like that. If I'm living in fear I don't...

Hehe, balance has never been my strong point! Thanks for all of your contributions, it's so interesting to hear other peoples' perspectives :)

I think I do reckless things both when I'm feeling numb (so as to feel something) and when I'm already filled with adrenaline (so as to release some energy and to stop myself from actively and directly trying to hurt/kill myself, if that makes any sense). I've only just started noticing this...

Solara that's the problem - I have too much of it too. I'm not consciously seeking it, but with hindsight almost all my choices show that I'm seeking it on some level. I definitely don't want any more adrenaline rushing through my body. I have hypertension, heart palpitations, crippling anxiety...

Not really. I mean I guess in that sense I'm attracted to dark, emotionally unavailable, aggressively sexual men, and I'd say that's related to being sexually abused as a kid. But I'm talking more about the need to fill my life with danger and fear (like traveling to dangerous places...

As for my own self image, it is terrible right now. Physically I feel like an ugly old woman and hate every single part of me. Almost all of my hair has fallen out because my body is under so much stress from PTSD. I'm female and 28 years old. Emotionally I feel like a young child.

I was wondering if anyone else craves danger? I don't know if that's the right way to put it, but I feel like I keep getting drawn to do things which will put me in harm's way, but at the time it seems like an innocent decision. It's only later that I see it fit into the pattern.

Your photo certainly wouldn't scare me away :)

I think the main reason I don't want to tell some people is because I don't want them to feel burdened by it or to feel like it was inappropriate for me to talk about. Like I trust them and I'm close enough to them for me to feel like I want them to know, but I don't know if they see us as being...

Thank you xo

When you are completely consumed by PTSD, but don't want to tell people what happened to you, how do you explain your behaviour? Like if you can't go to work, or you can't hold a conversation, or you have no interest in doing anything, or you can't even say what you did yesterday? How do you...

Thanks everyone for your help xo

Hi Hashi, no I never knew there was such training available, but you've inspired me to google it! :)