Recent content by purplebear13

When I dissociate, I don't retain anything that I'm learning. I honestly don't even remember most of the classes... Sorry you had the same experiences. It's frustrating!

School has started back up again and there are too many students to fit in the building. The hallway intersections are so packed that the people are often at a standstill. I experienced csa and I have a problem with touch, so being touched and bumped into by so many people in the hallways makes...

This isn't even a question or anything, I'm just really...proud and overwhelmed at the same time. So I was finally able to start talking about my csa in therapy today. It was so difficult, but so rewarding. While talking about the setting of the event I started to get extremely embarrassed and...

I have finally found a place to vent. I'm in therapy and I trust my therapist (she's amazing :)), but I have so much trouble talking about my past sexual abuse. Writing about it is hard too, but for some reason, this feels safe. I was sexually abused by my neighbor. It started when I was 6 and...

I have almost the exact same problem. Sometimes it helps to write it. Other times my T will ask questions about the specific trauma, so I don't have to put it into words myself. Maybe that's something you could ask them to do? I know that the most embarrassing and difficult part for me is saying...

Thank you! Honestly, just hearing that I'm not alone in that is amazing.

Hello! Does anyone else feel so disgusting/embarrassed when they try to tell their t about what happened to them? I know I shouldn't feel this way, but I do anyway. I trust my t and she is really caring and good at what she does, but I can't get past those feelings. Also, does anyone know how...

Hey, I'm Abby. I was sexually abused by my neighbor. It started when I was 6 and stopped when I was 12 because I told someone. I've never been able to talk about the abuse, and I'm not sure why. Nothing ever got reported, and now he's going on to be a teacher, which is a really scary thought. My...