Recent content by Sophie's Daddy

I only have time for weekly updates from this forum lately and made responding to yours a priority. I read your post and completely empathize with your position; it’s no picnic, and I’ve been there myself. Please know you have my ear/my eye on your posts and will reply again when I can. In the...

My service dog Sophie and I were camping out on public land in Arizona. We were keeping to ourselves and, as a matter of fact, I've been working on this forum all day before this assault occurred. In fact, dealing with my PTSD was the reason I was in the desert in the first place. I spent the...

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The situation was a bad mix, given that my PTSD was already triggered from my days work. Even if I hadn't been triggered, the federal officer who attacked Sophie and I would have caused trouble – I'm sure of it. There was no turning around and walking away from the sky. Besides, when I left...

I'm not sure how to reblog a post I recently made on one of my public blogs but, for the sake of anonymity that's okay. Instead, I've cut-and-pasted it here. It's lengthy, but it's a terrible trauma I need to release. I know that those among you who are service dog handlers in particular will...

Hi, Justmehere, Here's my two cents as a Borderline: I've been diagnosed with BPD for nearly seven years, and have lived most if not all of my adult life with it. According to what I've learned over the years, from therapists and also my own research, there's only abatement of Borderline...

Thank you for your kind words..!

Take heart, my friend-exercise is the one thing I can count on to ease my ptsd symptoms. Walking my doggie or riding my bicycle are among my two favorite ways to do this. Contributing to this forum is considerably improved, too, as the improved blood flow to my brain allows me better access to...

Good for you for realizing how the valuable friendships you've made here will serve you well in your offline life as well. Just as your family's there for you now, the things you've learned here - and will continue sharing at home - will be an appropriate memorial to everyone who's celebrated...

Hi everyone, I've been away for a while, with good reason. I've been afraid to log back into the forum for the past month or so, as I've been mired in my own recent trauma. It began late one Friday afternoon, after spending most of the day researching the subject of my BPD and cPTSD recovery...

You're welcome-it's not just a US phenomenon, but global, too.

My seizures started out of the blue one morning at age eleven, when I woke up on the floor, with "pee pants". I heard about it from my father right on up to the day I moved out, in some of the most vulgar terms imaginable. Since there's only so much a kid-or anyone-can take, I know how my...

I'm Borderline too, and it makes me feel good to know you've got a support group to (presumably) meet with personally. That puts you light years ahead of me in my recovery & gives me something more to work toward. My biggest challenge of the many BPD presents is establishing a stable sense of...

Yes, despite it's inherent positive definition, empathy can feel downright burdensome, even insidious in entering my thoughts. For example, a half-hour ago I was thinking about a pleasant day Sophie and I were having at a hideaway mountain lake last summer in the Colorado Rockies. Few others...

Yes, a special thank you for your recommendation, Anarchy. This is a recording I highly recommend to anybody else on this thread who's voiced their concerns. It's an excellent reminder that many similar tyrants with an eye toward world conquest have come before him, and that this one is...