Sideways

Yup! We started playing it around the start of November, randomly. A good apartment tree. Less room. Less mess. We also found it...

I’m usually the Christmas grinch. Over the last decade, I’ve spent the relevant days in hospital more often than not, and I have a...

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Right now. But there’s ways to force down our physiological arousal levels, that we can learn to do, ingest, or habituate.

Right. But post-trauma (hence Ptsd), it’s the brain’s inability to recognise that it’s no longer in one of those life-or-death...

Time will be a lot of it. Be patient, because this is an experience that she has to live with for the rest of her life. Even though...

Welcome to the forum!

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It’s not the first time Facebook has been the conduit for bringing up things that have been put away long ago. I’m sorry that’s...

A couple of illnesses have set me back swimming but I do get in the water and hope to be in the water longer. It’s hard. My head...

I shut my head down every night with guided relaxation tracks. And some nights it’s tracks plural. Or exercise. You still swim?

I would like to say thank you to all that posted for your comments. I told the doctor and my wife that I wanted to run away! To a...

Welcome to the forum:) I’ve found Daniel Shaw’s work incredibly helpful for my recovery. Particularly his first book on traumatic...

I was dissociated AF at the 300+ fundraising lunch I just went to. Walked out doing little high fives to myself about surviving that...

There’s a lot of people find their way to this website with serious distress over their perceived hypersexuality at a young age...

Welcome to the forum - hopefully now that you have your diagnosis, it helps you target recovery strategies that work for you:)

Just start a thread the same way you do in any other forum. The reason there are in threads in there is that only your own threads will...

Have a great break:)

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Yep. So, there’s a lot going on, and you recognise that you’re ready to do the fight/flight thing pretty easily. Dysregulated...

I am still getting caught up in codenpency issues hung up on what ever people say. I am currently terrified. Today my fear escalated to...

Is this the tip of a bigger iceberg? A bigger issue with your dad than his not understanding about your ESA?

I’ve been working with various different sorts of service animals for a number of years now, as a trainer for both the dogs, and the...

@Friday - I mean, I agree with you. Swearish doesn’t necessarily mean unreasonable…. Seemed to be more swearing than feeling… Someone...

@Sideways NOPE. NOT a swearish rant. Threaten the life of someone I love, and your life is forfeit. THAT is what I’m feeling, today...

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There can be a lot of reasons why this happens. Remember that it doesn’t impact your truth at all, or invalidate your suffering in any way.

Welcome to the forum. Hopefully you find this place supportive for your recovery:)

Welcome to the forum.

Could range from significant psychological impact to no impact at all.

Welcome to the forum - definitely no ptsd ghosts here! Hope your symptoms settle soon with your emdr:)

Great news, I remembered what I said above are all Symptoms of my Symptoms Syndrome. As in, it's amazing that I would have symptoms of...

Running from a relationship is squarely within the Avoidance cluster of symptoms. Using an illness as an excuse, or as a reason, can be...

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i cant figure out how to take this post down. its ok. i am just overwhelmed and looking for help. i will read through posts and see...

This does really work, feeling SO much calmer now, thank you thank you @Sideways I think I may be enjoying a little depression episode...

Okay yeah that seems so obvious suddenly, maybe should avoid certain websites for a while 😓 Oh, right, I've been given this task to do...

Three things I'm grateful for today/positives: The rain sounds lovely No thunder, but that means my traumatized service dog wasn't...

mild update: drank some water after realizing im dehydrated from sleep 24 hrs, got a snack, listened to some good songs, and made fun of...

The thing that springs immediately to mind is: Whoever the fk is sending you these videos? Tell them stop. If they don’t? They gotta...

No need to apologise! It can be very frustrating when, to a lay person, our life ticks a lot of the ‘Apparently successful’ boxes...

Welcome to the forum! Tbh, I’ve done a lot of therapy with trauma therapists, and it hasn’t included EMDR, IFS, or brainspotting...

Looked up the movie “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” and it suggested “What’s Eating Gilbert’s Grape.” Which puts a whole new spin on it...

Welcome to the forum. It’s always difficult when someone we know doesn’t want to accept our diagnosis. Unfortunately, there’s usually...

Welcome to the forum. Hope you find some helpful resources for your healing here:)

So he is a MASTER blame-shifter. Which means? 2 things. 1. If you don’t have boundaries carved in diamond, he’s going to end up...

This is a very common feeling after an assault. Sometimes, it’s easier if we imagine it happened to someone else: if the exact same...

You may find the resources linked here helpful:)