Recent content by Paul Hartnett

Lucy - You've done me a great favor! I know nothing about EMDR, and I hadn't even seen it mentioned until you did! (It made me worried, thinking 'What might I be getting into?". Thank you - I wanted to think it was going to provide some help. Paul

Thanks, Lucy. After having done some reading up, for me it seems more like back-drop to my entire life for me (with very early development from living with fear and trauma for a number of years). But I knew nothing about it. Now perhaps I will be able to get some level of coping back.

How do you survive?

Thank you again, Junebug. I might actually survive!

Thank you for your message Junebug. It released a torrent of tears . . .probably because you gave me some hope . . .and validation, more importantly, I realize. Yes, war-zone . . .from which I've never recovered.

Thank you for responding TLight.

I am rather frightened after reading the preceding posts: I am contemplating putting in for disability after working for the State of Texas for about four years. I am only recently diagnosed. I've already been diagnosed with GAD and had a brief stay in a psych ward (self-admitted and arranged by...

I am a 52-year old male who has only just recently come to believe that I have been suffering from PTSD since I left an alcoholic home at age 18. This seems strange to me, but after reading up on PTSD, I find that this is not at all strange. My doctor has referred me to a psychotherapist who has...