Recent content by woundedmind

Oh and I've not been in therapy much with the VA at least not individual therapy except with a few interns one of which had been pretty terrible.

I went to the VA locally for therapy for CPTSD and found I was being lumped with people with PTSD and were abusers of others who got PTSD from abusing others, very much not compatible with me at all. Locally there are no MST related groups any more, which is one of the issues I faced during my...

Well, you might want to leave that relationship as being highly toxic and antithetical to your continued existence. Just a suggestion.

I was a fire dispatcher/911 call taker with a very large poplulation county (Los Angeles County) in the state of California, USA, although I don't attribute my CPTSD from there but some things that happened there didn't help and for a while hearing a standard ringtone from old fashioned phones...

Yes, I was used as the excuse as to why my biological father had to marry my mother and he in turn acted in passive agressive ways against us both to quit his jobs, take drugs, neglect me, abuse me and have sexual parties exclusive of my mother's knowledge and participation but in full view of...

Honestly, I've had bad experiences with therapists, so its a dance on thin ice between what I can tell them without being involuntarily committed. Had that happen plenty of times and it only reaffirms my desire never to be involuntarily committed again.

Almost as soon as it was put in the DSM as an actual legitimate diagnosis, I was diagnosed with CPTSD and prior to that just about anything with a component of Major Depression, Chronic and similar diagnoses, along with what they thought was unrelated or somatoform disorders, which the medical...

Also former military (US Army Active 1986-1991). During my time period the Army was a hostile place if you were even suspected of being what they considered any of the LGBTQ spectrum. Varying levels of in/tolerance depending who you were/where you were, etc. Even if someone thought you could out...

If you think about it, manipulation in some form is common in human exchanges. When manipulation is basically harmless its fine, when it becomes abusive then its not fine. However, getting what we need is a product of manipulation in some form, again. The whole point of CBT is to get you to...

Sounds like some form of dissassociation possibly if the events actually happened to YOU. Other possibilities exist, the whole thing is I am not there to verify and gather more information. Talking to a mental health specialist seems totally reasonable to me and attendance by other people who...

Oh and yeah, survivor's guilt is a thing, there might be a good reason and then again maybe dying would have had no effect on whether anyone else had survived or not and at this point it doesn't do anyone any good unless he changes his behaviors to do something proactive to give back without...

Technically, Memorial Day is to remember those who died while serving in the military, often 'war dead' but you can include those whose service either directly or indirectly led to their death. Veteran's Day is to appreciate those who are alive and served. Armed Forces day is to appreciate those...

I'd say that this is a combination of things. One is you both have a boundaries issue, she steps over yours and you can't stick to yours, so you send a mixed message. That combination in itself will probably lead to more abusive behavior which I feel that this is. Apparently, she may have a...

I have Body Dysmorphic Disorder in addition to my CPTSD and a variety of other things mental and physical, which seem to stem from the prolonged fear response and related adrenaline release may have caused constant inflammation in my body, which possibly led to a lot of what's going wrong with...

I need to know the name of this clinic that will assist a person with suicide without having a prognosis of death within a year.