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    Unsure - newly diagnosed

    Grit , Thank you for your response . I completely believe what you mentioned about paying attention to my body. For years ive suffered health wise and drs could never physically find something wrong with me .every time i feel stressed i feel it in my body, and to me that would automatically...
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    Unsure - newly diagnosed

    Thank you ladee! I actually joined this site a while ago because i was dating someone with ptsd and we broke up. I always thought i just had high anxiety all this time, ooohh but the irony ? I seriously can't help but laugh. Things definitely make sense now , but hearing my therapist finally...
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    Unsure - newly diagnosed

    Life has a funny way of doing things... I was recently diagnosed with C-ptsd. I have no clue how to feel..it honestly hasnt set in yet. I'll probably never tell my family, but I just wanted to get it out somehow. Feel like crying but i have no idea why. i also felt like things made more sense...
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    Therapist.. and narcissist?

    I'm struggling with my journey I knew it was going to be a struggle anyway but damn! I feel like im in rehab or something. I'm also struggling with the word or term "Codependent" i understand that the word is used to draw a line between being healthy dependent and unhealthy dependent. I can now...
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    Therapist.. and narcissist?

    I definitely need boundaries with lots of people in my life! Right now as I am working ln myself, I do feel as if certain people are picking up on this change..and pushing my buttons.. I'm not sure what I should do as I find myself getting aggressive. Especially when a certain narcissist in my...
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    Therapist.. and narcissist?

    This would be great! as I do not fully understand the concept of codependency yet. i understand the signs of it a little better but not as a whole.Im still doing research , and reading books and they've all been helpful but im definitely still missing key elements and valid points. so far In...
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    Therapist.. and narcissist?

    Thank you for your reply! this makes a lot of sense! I'm learning so much about thes Thank you! I also really appreciate you replying! your insight is awesome! i truly had no idea how codependency worked, and why as you stated it works so well with ptsd. I think the great part of all of it was...
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    Therapist.. and narcissist?

    Well. that's just it she really didn't let me go in to too much detail about the ptsd relationship Is it possible for someone that has ptsd to be a narcissist as well? (asking because i honestly dont know) Um i think she just held on to the pattern of all my other relationships being with...
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    Therapist.. and narcissist?

    Not sure how to get to the point without rambling . I recently entered Therapy, and I'm still not sure what's ok and what's not ok for a therapist to do... or insist . (Yes I know I have every right to disagree with things that she says.) But i would like to know how often this kind of scenario...
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    People of color and trauma

    hmm...this is kind of interesting as this is a tabo subject for people of color "mental illness" for many people of color simply isnt a thing from my experience my parents believed in some form of "demonic possession " or something an "ass whipping"could fix to add on to this i was molested as...
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    Relationship Am i even in the right thread?! i just need help!!

    I wish I could like this more than once!!! Thank you for always being able to say something that helps beyond measure ! I've been sitting here for days, wrecking my brain wondering if he was there or not. I just couldn't figure it out! I suspected but by the time I did it was way too late. the...
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    Relationship Am i even in the right thread?! i just need help!!

    Thank you for answering the question! as I do not know much about the VA, and he did not tell me if he checked in. I'm simply trying to clarify while venting out my thoughts in the process so I can put two and two together .
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    Relationship Am i even in the right thread?! i just need help!!

    I clearly said I don't know if he is in the hospital !! I assume it to be so because of him saying he has limited phone use therefore You're missing the whole point ! I'm not mad about his social media use! I asked about the context in relation to him having "limited phone use" and if anyone...
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    Relationship Am i even in the right thread?! i just need help!!

    I didn't speak to him about the relationship. I honestly don't care to speak about such things as I understand the words mental health I mainly vented in several parts of this post . As my question was he said he had "limited phone use" this is what I dont understand...does anyone know if the...
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    Relationship Am i even in the right thread?! i just need help!!

    My thoughts are all over the place...and I'm not sure how to go about things.... so I'm going to try and ask for help here . I think he's doing in patient therapy ? is that what you call it? Not sure how the Va does things. Anyways i already talked about the vm that i left saying if you want...
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