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I worry I'll attract the same person as my ex-abusive step father. It runs in the family, a cycle of bad relationships. Therapy and all that might help, and has, but I still fear I will continue the cycle. Wow do you know when you're ready? what in you feel's confident enough, strong enough...

ugh that's basically it. yup.

I'm so glad I'm not alone on this. It doesn't need to be a big long reminder, just mentioning them and talking about them for like... 30 min. Just thinking about them stresses me out, maybe it's feeling the stress deeply in the day, that i dream about the stress that night? I know it's sooo...

So my father and step father abused me as child, step dad more-so as teen as well. Neither are in my direct life anymore, but when they were talked about i dreamed about them, and the fear or seeing them/anger just gets lot all over again. Anyone else end up being re-triggered and then...

I have a start of a crisis plan now, and me/family are slowly getting ready to be in a new living environment.

thank you. I'm not in any specific treatment. I suppose my doctors don't see it as severe. I was getting therapy with my family for PTSD and other disorders up until a few years ago. Me and my family have been discussing getting/find a new therapist soon, though.

... I can. I didn't think of local crisis lines, though. I've only heard of the nation-wide ones... that's a nice tip.

I'm in the middle of forming a crisis plan with my family - so at this moment, i don't, actually.

That's really nice. I'm glad to know that this is a encouraging, more open-esq place to deal with the struggles/triggers of PTSD. Thank you for replying.

Hi, I have a few sources of my PTSD. They mainly revolve around people who abused me as a child to now or situations that created traumatizing havoc. One is my stepfather (no longer in my life/zero contact), who abused me, my mom, our animals and my brother. My bio-father and his... entire...