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Holy heck this is me today!!!!! The sponsor of today's efforts are self doubt and overthinking

I'm so sorry to hear your nightmares are now including your son, that sounds understandably terrifying. But I think you're quite right that big life events can certainly affect our nightmares. My ptsd stems from the poor medical care received when my daughter died in childbirth. Weirdly, I don't...

Thank you for your kind words, and i totally agree. Tbf I can see how far I've come with therapy, I haven't blamed myself and know it was best for me to go home, I'm just sad that I miss out on time with loved ones, and I guess it reinforces that not only will I forever miss my baby, I have to...

I can completely relate to this. My therapist said its very common when we've felt so unable to control things in a traumatic event, that the world can then seem a scary place. Maybe because you can't see around that corner immediately is triggering a feeling of not being in full control, and...

Thank you, and yep, I'm sooooo with you on it driving you up the damm wall! The heartbreak, I think that's what infuriates me so much is that so much of my heartbreak and grief is so heavily intertwined with my ptsd, and that even with all the trauma therapy and helpful techniques in the world...

I'm just venting, so bare with me here. My trauma stems from the death of my baby daughter during a very early labour, the poor medical treatment at that time and also many years of ttc prior to all this, nearly 9yrs ago now Today, myself, sisters and a friend were doing a little surprise...

Going to a college for hair and beauty is a great idea!

.......when you're "doing really well" post therapy ending, and suddenly 1 single piece of news causes the mother of all panic attacks, catastrophsizing, hyperventilating, tears galore......you get the gist. All happening at 3.44am, and because of this piece of news you need to go look after...

How about trying a semi permanent black, like Artic fox, crazy colour or dimensions? They all typically last 12-28 washes depending on the brand/your starting colour, and super easy to do yourself at home. I say do whatever makes you feel more you, more happy in your own skin. life is too short...

Thank you for reading my post and responding with such kind words and understanding. I'm so sorry you've also lost 2 of your children, it's an unfair world at times. We lost 3 babies many years ago to early miscarriage, and then got pregnant with our miracle ivf babies. We lost twin 1 quite...

So in the UK its mother's day, and as all of my babies died before/during birth, it's pretty painful. My partner is currently working away, and bless his heart, he'd arranged flowers and card delivery to me. So so beautiful, and I'm so thankful he is so willing and able to share his grief and...

This is HUGE! Massive congrats! It's not odd to think of this as an accomplishment (although I totally appreciate why it can feel that way). But it is definitely a brilliant accomplishment to be able to receive and recognise that change, regardless of how small it may feel. As joeylittle quite...

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Last night, not too bad, however I slept in reeeeeealy late! The night before I only managed a few hours. I just couldn't shut off and then had a full day of work, so I'm assuming the previous night just wiped me out. I don't always remember my nightmares, but know I've had a bad dream if that...

Well as we've had gastroenteritis for the past 6 days, not much! 🤣🤦‍♀️. Starting to feel better though, so managed soup and bread tonight woo hoo!

A friend who has been through a similar type of trauma as myself has been doing EMDR for a little while now with T suggesting it may be time to finish in a fee weeks, but she's not finding it particularly useful In this situation, when the patient is adamant a particular place/room is too...

I'm a hair stylist and nail tech, so artistic flair is kinda part of the job I guess. In my spare time I like to draw, albeit very infrequent these days. I also did some painting during bereavement therapy, mainly because she kept pushing me to write (letters, journals and stories etc), but I...

I'm so sorry for all the trauma and distress you've been through and still are. That all sounds like a horrific amount of trauma throughout your life. The thing is, part of ptsd is the brain trying to disbelieve the truth, pretend it didn't happen, it wasn't that bad, you're over exaggerating...

Really sorry to hear that. I'm not working halloween this year, and partner has just had an op so no dressing up for us either. Sounds silly because it's not like we would go to a big party or anything, but I'm gutted too because I love Halloween and had already bought an outfit etc. Made a cute...

Oh wow, again, a huge step in speaking to others and getting that action plan in place. That's amazing that you've been able to speak up and advocate for yourself. That is by no means an easy task, so I really hope you see how well you are doing, (even if it may not feel like it right now), and...

I flippin love halloween, which for someone in the UK is a rarity, and seen as a bit odd lol. I've decorated my porch (not that we get trick or treaters much), I just love the decorations. I've also put some decorations in my living room with candles and tealights for Halloween movie night! I'm...

That's not cheating, that's ingenious!

Thank you so much for replying. It all makes sense to me, and your article on the stress cup was really interesting. I've always been a bit of a self confessed nerd 🤣, and proud of it! I'm not particularly clever in all fairness, I always seemed to have to work harder than my peers to gain...

I'm so sorry to hear you're having these constant thoughts. It sounds really distressing and confusing. I'm no expert, however not knowing your "purpose" other than what you've always believed is a huge part of my own struggles. The truth is, we should all be allowed to make/find our own...