Recent content by provencepearl

My all-time most hated question is when people ask where I live. Seriously? Why is that anyone's business? They planning to tp the house? kill me? no reason for such a question but wanting to harm me. I fight that hard. No one's business. And people think it is stragne that I don't want...

Yes, I become hyper vigilant about people demanding too much personal information. There is so much ID theft. I am at the point I don't like people even asking my name. I developed this. (hearing sounds louder than others and from a distance or through walls, etc) I thought it was...

I am super sensitive to noise. Ear plugs don't help. Headphones don't help. Walls don't help. Was staying at a hostel. Had problems with housekeepers putting radio on full blast in kitchen. This is where all the guests go to prepare food, eat, and socialize. I went to desk clerks to...

Is it possible to be tested for this gene? Would it be a blood test? If it shows up, is that conclusive proof that one has ptsd??

Congratulations! I did not know a dog needed to pass such a test or that there was such a test. I have a letter from T and my dog is registered with the county as a service dog. I am training him myself. We have a long way to go. People are always wanting to pet him and I have a hard time...

I went to a therapist for ptsd following a car accident. Instead of being helped, I was traumatized by her. So seeing a therapist is so scary I cannot consider it. For some time, I have been hoping and believing that if I could resolve some of the legal abuse I have suffered, I could recover...

Thank you so much. Most of what you wrote I have to deal with here. Traffic is an issue for me. Are there smaller cities with less traffic? I wonder if we are allowed to communicate privately and how we would do that. I have questions about finding some of the foods I love, weather...

I have noticed some deterioration for me in that I no longer want to be touched at all by anyone. It is horribly awkward when someone hugs me. However, I have a dog again. He has been made my therapy dog. When reading a list of services a therapy dog can be trained to give someone with ptsd...

Can you tell me anything about what it is like to live in Bulgaria? I just read an article about places to retire and Bulgaria was one of the listed countries. Will I be safe there as an elderly woman alone? Sorry, I know this is off topic but I just read the article today and it is such a...

After a car accident, I had severe symptoms of ptsd. But doc wanted to label me depressed even though I wasn't. I was given zoloft and told there are NO side effects. I had "something invisible trying to make me harm myself" and stopped taking zoloft as there was NO benefit. Went in for...

I grew up in a home with alcoholic mother and step-father. I went to meetings for adults who were children of alcoholics (aca). This is one of the characteristics of people growing up in such an environment. I have felt this way pretty much all my life. But ptsd as an adult made it much...

This looks very interesting. I am saving to read later as I am far behind on reading these posts and trying to get caught up.

Yes. I realize it was about physical changes after trauma. But it got me thinking about the immediate time after the accident. Whether it is just how people treat me or how society today treats everyone, I was treated very badly. And it made me realize my problems might not have been so bad...

Interesting. The car accident that started my ptsd problems was because a driver pulled to my right, where there was no lane and then crashed into me. Looking up and seeing him, he had a very intense look on his face, like he was concentrating on plowing into me. It was very scary. He was...

Because it is affecting EVERYTHING in my life. Little bits and pieces everywhere with nothing concrete enough to act on. One person told me someone else had told him about my medical condition. Went over head at the moment. And when processed, assumed it was auditory processing disorder...