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I'm not entirely sure. I've heard some victims have an increased sex drive. I was abused at a young age (14-15) but I had just about no sex drive before that and quite an intense one ever since. I never thought it was related, but I suppose it could be.
Spiderallis,
I know what you mean. What I deal with is more characteristic of C-PTSD (or DESNOS?) than just PTSD, but as I went to see an official diagnostician, PTSD was the only diagnosis he could really give.
NF types, especially, tend to be very empathetic in general. Even more so the INFP and INFJ, because introverts tend to be better at reading people. These types are typically the sort who cry when they see someone else crying and become utterly enraged when reading an article about human rights...
This link explains Identity Disturbance. Does anyone else feel that they deal with this in relation to PTSD/C-PTSD or due to a trauma? I have this a lot. One moment I think I'm sexy and beautiful and smart and funny and friendly and badass, and the next I'm fat and pale and ugly and unlovable...
hey, you, don't even whisper
the silence like a blanket keeps you safe
the monster in the closet can't get you 'til you speak
so behave
don't make a sound
the lights are only getting brighter
all you have to do is wait and hope
the night will be over soon
the fear is all around...
I've known and been seeing this therapist since elementary school. He's great and a close friend. But every time he's asked direct questions about the rape, I've had basically a dissociative episode and stopped responding and he's had to call me back to the present.
I'm Anna.
I'm scared.
I'm starting PTSD therapy this week. Or next week. Depends when we can schedule the appointment.
It was 3 years ago.
No one believed me.
I don't want to talk about it in detail but I'm going to have to for therapy. That scares me.
I'm tired of driving people away because of...
And it wasn't just me. He once confessed to me that he'd touched his little sisters before coming to boarding school, where we met when I was 14. He was my best friend. He's currently living in Texas. Happily, I assume