Recent content by SometimesWriter

Alright, I've read every reply and at first I wasn't going to add on to the thread because I think you've heard so many different opinions and everyone here has some really great ideas and solid suggestions - but I just want to say how proud I am that you've come to THIS conclusion about it...

Don't give up hope - relationships are very possible, and hopefully for you, with time, sex will be possible too. Don't make that judgement yet, and don't feel badly if it takes some time - it could be years before you're ready to be intimate with someone, but THAT'S OKAY. Whatever you need to...

Do you think you may need to decide whether you want to take a break from romantic relationships for a little while? Because it's okay to say you're not ready yet and let him go if you think it would be best or him. But I will also say that it is definitely possible to live with PTSD and love...

I'm so sorry you're going through this - my partner has autism and during a meltdown he struggles with this as well. I can tell you from someone on the receiving end that I understand he would never physically hurt me and that part of his process is that he has to physically act out in some way...

I think that's an incredibly astute realization, that probably hurt a lot to realize and I'm really proud of you for coming on here and sharing this with us. I've read your other posts but I can't remember if you've said that you see a T, if you don't - and you want to talk about it with a...

I think you may be right some of the time, for me I'm a SUPER light sleeper from thinking someone could break in at any minute and I don't want to be caught off guard. Even though that's never happened to me and the bad things that have happened to me weren't carried out by strangers. But I...

Beebee, I'm with Buckaroo - I don't want this to sound harsh or like I'm REALLY trying to tell you what to do but I followed very nearly the same exact model and it has proven to be the best thing I could have ever done for myself - My parents were putting me into inpatient very young, way too...

I have the same problem, one thing I just started doing that so far is helping is the SAM app. (Self-help Anxiety Management) I'm sure there are other apps that would allow you to do this but it has an anxiety tracker on it that I can check in with whenever I want. I wake up a lot in the middle...

YES! That has been the best way for me to find a way to function in any home I've lived in - it sounds so weird and my BF thinks I'm a complete nutjob sometimes but I keep a hidden knife in every room, even the bathroom. I used to keep a small hatchet under my pillow until that just became too...

Thank you for this article, I read trough it and I'm realizing this describes my mother fairly accurately, which had a ripple effect on how I was raised and how she continues to treat me as an adult - thank you for helping me to put that into perspective.

I'm so, so sorry you are going through this, I wish I could give you some advice - does this happen every time you try to have sex or only some of the time? If it's only some of the time is there something that could be happening that triggers you? For me, I only get uncomfortable if a partner...

Thank you! Just in the last 2 days since I've joined I've already gotten some really good advice from the forums and feel like a weight's been lifted :happy:

I'm sorry, I have to back JustMeHere on this - this isn't just PTSD sweetie, this sounds like domestic abuse. I'm a crisis counselor and speak with victims of emotional abuse and domestic violence every day - what he's doing to you is stalking, controlling behavior and he can't blame that on how...

Great question, and welcome to the forum, I'm new too! Maybe we can help each other - I dissociate so it's pretty easy for me not to feel emotional about something, ha ha! Sorry, not helpful. I took another post's suggestion earlier today and worked on mindfulness while my BF was talking to...

Thank you!