Recent content by Roland

Orange is the New Black, Southern Belles.

Can you do general anaesthesia? I had to have a D&E when I had a miscarriage and they gave me light/twilight anaesthesia and holy hell it traumatized me very badly. Just my choice, if I couldn't have general anaesthesia, I would prefer no anaesthesia instead of twilight. A plan helps soooo...

Congratulations on starting this journey. It's so f*cking hard, but you're doing it. It'll get better. Keep going to therapy. All my trauma exploded on me when I was about 16 years old. I'm 24 now and things are hard, so hard, but it gets better. This forum is an amazing resource.

Yes!!! I take it in the morning now and it works wonders.

I recently discovered magnesium glycinate. That stuff is magic. Some people say to take it 30mins-1hr before bed, but I did that and I was more wired. So then I did some research and learned that if you're deficient in magnesium glycinate you need to take it in the morning.

For me, I dreaded being female because in my framework growing up, males don't get sexualized. They don't get raped, they can't get pregnant from rape, they are physically stronger/bigger than women typically. So when I was a teenager, I felt a sense of envy for that. But I grew to hate and fear...

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I'm so sorry 💔 I'll pray for them.

Funny, I have dyscalculia so I hate math and numbers but I have a lot of associations with numbers. Like when I see 9:09 on the clock, I think of my son because that's what time he was born. I have a number, my brother has a number, my husband always sees 1107 everywhere. If you tell me a...

What a great quote

I worry my oversharing on this forum will allow others to find me and connect that this account is mine.

Thank you very much

My natural state is couch potato, however I feel it when I don't workout. My body is stiff and tense, I have a knot in my lower back, my mind doesn't focus and it's like foggy, etc. So really what motivates me is wanting to feel better. I never went back to pre-pregnancy weight and I'm a little...

Hey nothing wrong with distraction. I've been going through a rough time lately as well and it's been a lot of TV in between active processing (talking, writing, painting). I think sometimes the pressure to relax can stress you out. One thing I do if I'm really bad is stay up really late...

That's definitely true. I have done a ten minute one an hour or two before bed and then couldn't fall asleep. However, if you do it as you're going to sleep you may find it ushers you into a full deep sleep. At least that's what happens with me!