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Hi all, I am PureBliss. I just joined a few days ago. Basically I was diagnosed with PTSD in April 2016, but I have received lots of diagnoses before, like depression, anxiety and bipolar 2. Multiple traumatic situations in my life, but they are quite unusual things that people would not...

i have had suicidal thoughts since I was 12. I am now 21. Don't give up on life. There are many options to seek help. Forums, self help, therapy, alternative treatments. I recently got out of a suicidal episode (just thinking about it), and I realise when we are suicidal, we are not thinking...

Prolonged Exposure, Cognitive Processing Therapy, EMDR.

I regretted taking meds. They don't help me as much except just one symptom of mine - really loud self critical voices in my mind (they are not hallucinations by the way, just self talk gone wrong). I was on Seroquel and Lamictal for two years. Didn't help much. In fact, therapy during those two...

I don't agree with the part where you say a therapeutic relationship is not needed though. If a person don't trust his/her therapist, how is the person willing to share his/her deepest thoughts and feelings?

I have read the Dsm 5 criteria for Ptsd. Does seem to fit. I definitely believe I did have depression some years ago but it sort of changed into anger and frustration over the years.

Hi guys, I have been through five professionals who diagnosed me with different things. 1) psychiatrist - Depression and Anxiety (Later said I actually don't have a problem but I was just stressed like a usual teenager) 2) psychiatrist - Bipolar 2. Diagnosed me within 2 sessions but stick with...

I haven't done it yet but I was told it will be important to do it to heal the trauma. I was told it's not a guarantee for the trauma memories to be healed completely. But at the very least they won't affect me as much as now I guess. I might give it a try in a few sessions time

All questions you have seems valid to me. it's just whether or not you are willing to speak up and ask. It can feel a bit scary at first but if your T is worth your money, they would answer professionally.

Sometimes when I have sessions that are two weeks apart, I contact my T via email too. I have seen other therapists before and two of them allow email contact, one allows phone contact while the other one did not allow any contact outside sessions. My current T asks me to email him if I have...