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I just found out my eldest brother took his life an hour ago. I lost my second eldest brother when I was 18 years old and it ruined my life.

Hi She Cat, how do you define sugar? Sugars are in fruits, wheat, starches, and vegetables. Onions are loaded with them so I assume you mean you gave up processed sugar additives? Stay away from corn syrup that they put in all processed/packaged food and sodas. I gave up salt cold turkey...

My experience with religion and my trauma was very negative. I got shunned and banned from my church because I started to doubt if god was good and ultimately if there was a god. I know some find healing in their religion but for me it was another part of my traumatic experience. Truthfully...

I don't feel there is anything wrong with being naïve about sexuality. I'm right there with you. I am 45 years old and never even kissed a woman let alone had a girl friend so talk about naïve when it comes to anything to do with sexuality, that would be me. Nothing to feel bad about, we did...

It is a slow process with many setbacks. But overtime, therapy does help. Also important, you have to find the right therapist. I went through quite a few before finding one who unbeknownst to me had experienced the same trauma I had. She was the first person I ever met who was herself a...

I am very sorry to hear this happened to you. The same thing happened to me years ago. Four guys jumped me and I thought I was going to die. What was more terrifying is that I wore glasses at the time (had lasik so no longer need glasses). The first person came up and punched me so I lost my...

It is not necessary for the abuser to get sexual gratification. They can do something to exert control or power rather than desire sexual gratification. For example, if someone rips your clothes off because they want to humiliate you - wouldn't that be sexual assault?

That is great that you are open to dating and being in a relationship. Since the person you are interested in sounds kind and patient, maybe you should take things quite slowly and if he puts some pressure, just mention for reasons you'd rather not get in to right now, please accept my slow...

Thank you, Joan!

Thank you for the warm welcome. :)

Hello everyone, I am a new member to this forum and wanted to introduce myself. I have been diagnosed with PTSD and a suicide survivor. I also suffer from social anxiety. After many years of therapy and treatment, though I still struggle I have made a lot of progress and would like to meet...