Recent content by Thizette

Thanks y'all!

After an extremely stressful year or so, I'm finally getting back to the things that make me feel capable. I have been using my audible subscription to compensate for not having as much time to read, and I'm making time each week to read a book on paper, too. I bought a charger for my mp3...

What a wonderful update to this thread!

Advice from someone with PTSD: set your expectations and boundaries and stick to them. A relationship means both people have a right to express their feelings: you are not required to keep a happy face on for him all the time. That is not what support means. It's good that you are doing...

I think @Friday and @Recovery4Me have wonderful thoughts. Kids can understand a lot more than we give them credit for if we keep the language at their level. What we often don't plan for is where their thoughts and worries will take them. I think it's ok to say that grandma is sick, or her brain...

All PTSD is valid. No one kind is worse than the other. No one here mentioned soldiers, and it is apparent that YOU don't understand the victimization that the OP is talking about. How dare you. How dare you step into this discussion and degrade the mental illness of another person. That is...

Me, too.

Be your own mom. That might sound silly, but think about it. You had an abusive childhood, right? Me too. But I'm willing to be at some point you had a friend who's mom always knew what to say, or maybe a TV mom that you adored. When you start to feel bad, down on yourself, or are...

PTSD sufferer in full agreement with @Justmehere . It's up to us to manage our symptoms and communicate our needs, and relationships work better when you are communicating your needs, too. Let us know what your boundaries are and what you need up front and let us decide if we can work with that...

@Heather Just remember to tip the delivery guy extra--he's got to work on a holiday.

You can't get revenge on a sociopath--the only feeling they understand is winning, and they will do anything to win. What you should actually do is focus on processing your emotions about what happened, limit or eliminate your exposure to this person, and encourage your brother to get out of the...

Develop criteria for friendship. There are a lot of people I genuinely like but have no desire to develop a deeper friendship with because of things like this. I agree with other posters that you need to directly tell your friend what is bothering you and why. She might not be aware of what...

You are not alone. More importantly, you are not obligated to spend a holiday with family you don't enjoy. If you can't be with the family you want to be with, do something just for you. People will tell you that you're being selfish, at first, even your closest friends might tell you that, but...

Absolutely explain every detail of the connection. There's disturbing content and then there are things that specifically trigger us and lead to PTSD-related behaviors. Clearly stating the difference has the potential to help a lot. I, too, am annoyed by the overuse of the word "trigger". I...

Crying exists though almost all of my panic now. :/