Recent content by once normal

Thanks for your kind words. It is sickening just to see his car drive up the road - knowing what he did to that little girl. Honestly, what is worse is when I was young and going through that, I found a way to stop it all by myself. Now, here I am, 50 years later and the damage this child...

I agree with what TimeToHeal said. I have also been in and out of therapy most of my life since I was first diagnosed over 40 years ago with what it now called PTSD (back then, it was called similar to shell shock for non-veterans). Seeking a trauma specialist is the way to go, but you can...

Court and Police have caused devastating changes for me. I've lived with PTSD for nearly 50 years, but when a child molester (convicted) moved in next door and started harassing me because he didn't like dogs, I fell down into the bottom of the well. Back in November, it got worse. I was...

What incredible inner strength you have to have dealt with those problems for a full month. I was prescribed Prozac (same family of meds) and within minutes of taking the dose became suicidal -- my body wanted to end it's life. It was the hardest night of my life trying to flush it out of my...

I've had the problem of hot/cold most of my life. If it is any help, I can tell you that it is only a symptom and, at least for me, I don't worry about it anymore. From the body's perspective, after a stressful event, what is happening is you are experiencing a mild case of shock. It's...

Yeah, there is another clinic -- guess who the psychiatrist is!! Same one! There is a psychiatric intern there who diagnosed the Bipolar but didn't bother to do anything other than put it on the chart who prescribed an anti-psychotic medication at $748.00 per month. But, after the...

I wish....... Best I have is an intern MFT. She's good, but this is way over her head. The effects of the PTSD are so severe that lost everything including work and now have only medi-cal. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to have at least that, but you don't have much beyond very basics...

Things have gotten so much worse lately, that I don't know where to begin. In addition to severe PTSD, I was diagnosed with Mixed Bipolar (but no one bothered to tell me). As my situation has changed, the restraining order to stop the child molester harassing me was denied, I lost what little...

Yup, same here. I run into it all the time. I can be watching something even silly and it triggers a flashback/ panic attack. Sometimes, even flipping television stations, I see something that quickly that sets things off. \ Honestly, i don't let it stop me. If I want to watch something, I...

I bought my copy used on Amazon. The company is called Brain Sync. I think I'll try the anxiety CD and let you know if it helps.

I've heard a lot about Theta waves and I recently bought an Audio CD for weight loss which contains subliminal messages (which you don't hear). I'm really quite pleased with the results for the weight loss CD. I went on to the website and they do have a lot specifically for PTSD. I was...

I live in the High Desert as well, near Palm Springs. Would love to find some friends to chat and talk to.

I feel as if I am in the depths of despair. I feel angry that my mind doesn't work right anymore, the dissociation is unbearable. I feel frustrated that I am stuck in a position I don't want to be and despite how hard I fight, I fail. I feel fear for myself and my family I feel sad that I can't...

I live in the High Desert near Palm Springs. I'm looking for friends to talk to with similar interests and condition. I work from home (on the days my brain will let me), working has hard as I can to bring my PTSD back under control. It would be nice to have some friends who understand. It...

Absolutely! If a lawyer had been there, I would have gotten the restraining order. A lawyer would have known when to object and how to push the judge to look at the evidence. Coming up with $3,500 could take years and there are no other options. I've checked into legal aid to see if I could...