NotWeakNotStupid

I think your approach is fine, overall i'm very suspicious of prescribed psychiatric medication because i've been prescribed 4 different...

Not at all. If anything, it complicates things.

I think it probably depends on how you define "innocent", like if people are only victims (the legal definition, not opinion) if they're...

It's hard to blame a child for getting hurt by an adult...i tend to assume that there's no guilt, innocence, responsibility. In reality...

Gaslighting is pretty rough concept, to me, that just sounds like the person was "canceling" you in modern terms, or just overly...

I voted yes. I personally have felt it has been helpful to find vocabulary for what I’ve been experiencing. It’s not quite like that now...

I'm just wondering, as a person with no professional training in psychology...WELL, i did study it in college, but that doesn't always...

Doctors Without Borders. Or anything travel related where I am completely immersed in the culture. I also want to learn so many...

Wasn't sure where to put this, so please move as appropriate. I kind of love playing this game. Although admittedly, it sometimes makes...

i'd spend as much time as possible going for walks and reading books

You're doing just fine with the cats because they don't like to be controlled, you've got to treat them with great sensitivity, and if...

Yeah i hate twitter and facebook, and frankly forums in general scare me because moderators can only abide by their own policy...i do...

You’ll quickly pick up when you can and when you can’t handle what’s being posted. People take breaks sometimes for years! Then come...

I think your post was very brave and insightful. I’ve found there are a lot of great people on this site who “get it”… and the...

I actually don't remember where i read about being "blameless" as a buddhist ethic, some book. But what i was saying is that since i...

This >>> Reading Forum Increases Symptoms!

Your post is so true to me. I'm new here too and feel the same way. We are all supposed to be here to learn to be better or just be. In...

We all will upset someone at some point on these forums, mainly because we are all different people, all grappling with trauma. I have...

far from being offensive, your post touches on one of my ongoing psychoweirds. my participation in live support groups and digital...

Perhaps I didn't communicate well. Im not trying to convey jealousy or despair but agreement and compliment the clarity of writing...

Nah don't despair, i've read lot's of books and thought "man, i wish i had published this, because i knew it all along! So jealous!". I...

I want to extend the overall benefit of what reading and posting on any community related to your trauma will do for you. Exposure...

I've spent a lot of time watching documentaries about the really horrible things people do, trying to understand psychological...

There's just so much spiraling despair, anxiety, and vague information about traumas. I'm not saying the forum is bad, but I would...

Fair enough, and if you are female, you are also more likely to be killed by a man or non-sexually assaulted too. However, whether it is...

Yes, but why not attack that directly in therapy (figuratively speaking) instead of breadcrumbing when lilac already answered the...

I appreciate the sympathy, luckily i got to sleep less than a 1/2 hour after i posted this.Today is going to be a good day!

This looks like a really nice forum to talk about anxiety and traumatic experiences -- I've self-diagnosed because i've taken quizzes on...

That is a weird question! Of course, it's not that weird considering that you are both women, and unfortunately mental health...