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My sister has done similar things to me for the last month or so. She also has anxiety/depression issues from a recent breakup and is taking everything out on me, and I live with her. I definitely understand how you feel. I've been trying to set boundaries with my sister and let her know...

Nothing is wrong with self help books. There are a lot of great ones on trauma. There are also some work books for PTSD that might help, but some people suggest working with a therapist while you are working through them. I actually have three that I have never really used, only because I am not...

Time can help. Talking about it can, if you feel safe and are able to do so. I threw myself into a lot of therapy years ago, but that was because I was pretty much chronically in a traumatized state...it didn't help that much because I was seeing too many different people for different things. I...

Support systems can be hard to come by. I have tried using family as mine but since they sometimes add to symptoms, I try to step back from them in that way. I used to have a lot of professionals that worked with me, but it was for several different issues, so it got really strange because not...

It's awesome you can put the blame on those who hurt you. I've kind of been able to do that, but at the same time don't often feel much about it. I sometimes get angry because I feel like my entire life has been ruined by the effects of what happened to me, but I can't always feel blame towards...

I know that people can have things triggered from trips, but not sure you can get PTSD just from that exactly. I've heard of panic attacks being triggered from drugs though. I've had PTSD my entire life but never realized it until I was into my teens, when I started to remember things that had...

I live in Canada and have been on disability since I was about 20 or 21. I tried to go to college straight out of high school for 10 months. I managed to complete the program, but towards the end I couldn't function to complete the practicum to get the certificate, not getting a job in what I...

Actually, it isn't simple. Not when you have just bought a place with someone. The choices are selling my share to someone when there is really no one to do that, and not being able to actually afford living elsewhere, ending up in foreclosure (which might be an option), or agreeing to sell the...

Thank you. Like the person you spoke of, I was told by family that what I went through was things my mind made up or not as bad as I perceived it to be. When I first started struggling at 13, my mom was reluctant to even let me see a counselor. I was severely depressed and suicidal then and...

I've lived with my sister on and off for most of my life. We recently moved in together again after having a separate place (but in the same house) for two years. Before that, we lived together on and off with her boyfriend. They were in a verbally and emotionally abusive cycle for eight years...

I don't have advice, but that is one of the reasons I am afraid to be in a relationship, and have never been.

I meant that if I had tried after that it would have felt like attention seeking, and I know what I had was not enough to do enough harm that I felt like doing, so I didn't because I knew it wouldn't actually have the result I was looking for = to end my life. I went to the ER because I didn't...

I reacted like that because I was really dissociated, terrified, and suicidal. I was completely at the end of my rope that night and I had no idea what else to do. Normally I would isolate and not let anyone know what was going on, but I really felt like a danger to myself. When I feel like...

I have thought a lot over the years about having been born early and what effects it had on my development of PTSD, aside from the abuse in childhood. I know that a lot of people born early have to hold trauma in their bodies from all they endured, but I have always wondered if I had never gone...

I can remember even as a child not feeling like I was good enough, even with friends I had and outside of the abuse. Then again, I never remembered the abuse for a long time, so it could have been linked then too. There are a lot of situations that trigger low self esteem and self worth for me...

Sometimes I think anger can be useful. As long as you don't harm yourself or someone else. I do not like to feel anger. Maybe the anger can be used in a good way for you though. Maybe it will be something that will keep you looking forward and keep you fighting. You have a right to be angry...

I'm not sure how or why you managed to take just the self harm part of my post and come up with the opinion you did, which is fine, but the point of it was to tell my story about how even when seeking help (mainly if you are feeling suicidal or otherwise at the end of your rope) how...

I have never 'expected' someone to save me. It's hard when you are wanting to live, but part of you is the opposite. All you really want is for someone to care sometimes in the moments are you completely terrified and have no idea what to do. I think everyone's experience with how they process...

No, no. I didn't go there because I was anorexic or a self-injurer. In fact, I never let anyone ever know about my self harm unless it actually was accidents where I needed medical attention. I went to the ER when I was seriously afraid I was going to kill myself. The reason I had gone that...

When I first started therapy at 13 I had no idea what I was getting into. For the first few years I saw several different professionals, psychiatrists, counselors, community rehabilitation workers, and even a psychiatric nurse. I think those were the years where I felt like I was actually taken...

Self diagnosing is kind of how I figured out what I was dealing with, well, in a way. I started reading things that just made so much sense to me. I brought some things up with professionals, some agreed, some did not. That is where it gets tricky, dealing with a lot of psychiatrists...

In March, I was visiting one of my sister's. My mom and other sister were with me. We started talking about dating and somehow the topic turned into me dating. I didn't think before I spoke, but I started explaining to all three of them why it was so hard for me. I mentioned that I was s**ually...

When I was in more active therapy I tended to dissociate more at the therapist's office because I was so anxious to even be there. It still hasn't gotten better, much, but I also don't go as often as I used to. I still tend to avoid whatever I can so it doesn't happen. I am able to be a bit more...

It is hard to have PTSD because the symptoms often come and go. For myself, sometimes I can go out and do 'normal' things and other times I cannot, so I often make excuses as to why I can't. I get really anxious even if I want to do things and feel really guilty when I don't follow through...

My sister blamed me with the first episode that happened with her ex boyfriend. She said that I was an adult and it takes two, even though I was intoxicated and mentally not really there. I tried to explain to her about dissociation on top of all of the other stuff, but she never understood it...