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I am starting EEG neurofeedback. I have an excellent and trusted therapist who told me he has good results with other patients. One needs to have an evaluation first, to determine which part of the brain to work with first. I do not know how it will turn out for me, but I am hopeful...

Mel, I have no idea if it is LENS. I will try find out. Warrior

Several things I have been learning recently which seem to help with being more present to myself: 1. DBT (dialectical behavioral therapy) which has a component of mindfulness practice 2. homeopathy 3. exercises from energy medicine Homeopathy and energy medicine both refer to the subtle...

Personally, I find it exasperating and negative to have to explain myself all the time and repeatedly. We do not always have the answers to our experiences, and even if we have, we may not have the right answer. I find it particularly hard to answer questions from people who are extremely...

Wow, thank you all for your input. Hearing others experiencing the same thing normalizes my own experience a lot for me. Thank you so much for sharing. Dylan, I am very curious about your comment on practicing being alone. Would you mind sharing more on that please? I find myself having much...

I have been diagnosed with complex PTSD some months ago, after having been struggling a lot for years on end. Since my diagnosis, I find myself changing a lot, I mean, A LOT! I have learnt it is extremely important to recovery, to be gentle with myself. A more gentle way of looking at all...

The EEG neurofeedback that I have in mind, is specifically used to moderate the symptoms of PTSD. The theory is that the brains of PTSD sufferers are highly reactive and have different EEG patterns compared to the norms. By using EEG biofeedback, one can recondition the brain, so to speak, to...

I am learning a lot about various forms of treatment since I received my diagnosis of complex PTSD a few months ago. EEG neurofeedback is a recent one which I learnt about. Apparently the brain of traumatized people is conditioned and hardwired by their trauma(s) to be highly reactive. The...

I have the same challenge. I find for myself practicing mindfulness exercises very useful. Although the principle seems simple: one thing at a time, the actual practice goes far more beyond this. I learn it from Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. There are groups around for this at mental health...

The shattered self Hello, I learn that people who have been traumatised, particularly over a long period of time and/or as a child suffer from the condition of the 'shattered self'. Although we all have different parts to our self, which is very normal, in the case of trauma the different...

Hello, With my recent diagnosis of complex PTSD and undergoing therapy, I am having increasing awareness of my condition of 'split selves'. It is like I have different parts to my self - one that is competent and that takes charge, another that is like a child, one that panics and freaks out...

hello, i've been diagnosed (complex) ptsd a few months ago. That was after having been struggling all my life and not functioning for the past years, and eventually everything - literally everything - just falling apart. after receiving the diagnosis, i feel tremendous relief, just being able...