Sues

Both my adult son and I are using Gabapentin. I started out with just Buspar, but I can only take lower doses of it. So we added the...

I don't cry either. I hold it all in, and I bury all the trauma, emotions, and pain. I know that's bad, but I've been working on that...

That's why I love this place, there's so much support here! Thank you @Weemie and @Freida

@Sues I totally get it. I didn't tell anyone for decades, and even after T introduced the concept of torture I still didn't say...

I'm honored you could share it here Sues. Judith Herman said it herself. This is why we make the threads. This is why we name the...

I’m really sorry that happened to you and that you’re still struggling with it. I couldn’t even begin to fall asleep for more than a...

I've never told anyone. I've told my therapist a little bit, but not much. I don't say the word torture, but that's what it was. This...

And no one will come to you to make you suffer if you talk now @Freida . It isn't that kind of secret anymore. They do not have this...

What it is. What it isn't. [*1] The legal definition. Is there ever a point at which torture is justified? [*2] The colloquial...

Hello, I'm sorry you're going through this. When you quit your two jobs, did you give your 2 week notice? If you didn't, then you...

I have had to shelf a number of memories and come back and do EMDR later when my brain is more ready. It I would say it’s been very...

It’s a cyclic sonnuvabitch. Starvation keeps your body in survival mode, which makes PTSD a zillion times worse; whilst at the same...

That is horrible. I'm sorry that you're going through this. I have heard that restraining orders are pretty useless, from the people I...

I have an excellent trauma therapist. We don't work with touch at all, and I know I'd never want touch. The somatic part he does is...

In the US, the system treats the victim horribly. My abuser has violated the restraining order countless times. Most recently he had a...

Rape convictions in the UK are at 1.7%. So if you're "lucky" enough to get your rapist to a criminal trial there is 98.3% chance they...

@leggirl You're doing all the right things! Therapy, somatic processing (running), caring for yourself, honest self-reflection...

Hi. I'm new here. I'm scared to type this post. My anxiety has gotten so bad but I have to. I'm a survivor of abuse as a child and for...

Who’s “they”? Because if a cure for PTSD &/or CPTSD was discovered? That would be front page news. Don’t get me wrong, I THOUGHT I was...

I've been through a lot of abuse, and I can relate to not wanting to confront this man. I also agree that you shouldn't have to. It's so...

Hi I'm not going to go in depth detail here : I Served in the Police - worked in accident investigation / forensics department, crime...