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If you're getting treatment with the NHS, then you should have access to a Welfare Right Officer who will help you put in an application for DLA. If you're not getting treatment, then it might be a good idea to get a psychiatrist if you don't already have one and see if they can put you in touch...

I'm currently waiting for a verdict on DLA but I'm not hopeful. They sent me a letter saying they asked for a report from my GP. That in itself is quite frustrating because my GP only has basic mental health knowledge and only sees me once every three months so really has no clue as to things I...

Your determination is so admirable, Gloria. You're being really strong about this and you should be proud. *hugs* Keep us updated, okay?

I'm currently in therapy. He's not. He "doesn't hold with that nonsense" (well, that's the politer version of what he calls it). It took him a long time to even acknowledge that I had PTSD or be supportive of my treatment. Until I got diagnosed, he always used to say that I used my childhood as...

The only real issue that crops up with us is that I like to plan things and he doesn't plan things at all. It makes doing anything really difficult. Other than that, I guess something I struggle with in our relationship is that I'm afraid of conflict, which often leads to me not expressing...

I don't think so. I drank alcohol a long time before I met him and I used to smoke before I met him too.

Sunshine, Short-term memory loss is to be expected with PTSD as over time, the hippocampus (the part that produces your short-term memories) is damaged and shrinks. However, long-term memory is never usually effected so that's cause for concern, I think. The only other alternative I can think...

Monday works for me too. 30th May or 6th June? Either works for me so it's your choice :)

Thursday is usually a work day for me, I'm afraid. The best days for me would be Sunday, Monday, Wednesday or Saturday. Do any of those sound doable?

That sounds good to me. Is the date negotiable? I have group therapy at 2:15 on Tuesdays, so it's not a good day for me.

I don't live too far from Birmingham and can get there by train quite easily but the meeting would have to be early enough for me to get the train back as I don't drive.

My boyfriend is straightedge. This means he is against smoking, drinking, taking drugs and promiscuity. I don't hold the same belief but we've been able to respect that and he's been tolerant of me drinking. About a month ago, I started smoking socially, just cigarettes, probably about a pack a...

I cannot even begin to express how I am filled with undiluted rage at this comment. It's not often that I get truly angry, reading through this thread has pushed some of my buttons so far but I can honestly say that I find this comment to be highly offensive. Torture, which is what...

*takes a deep breath and goes away to reconstruct her thoughts*

I dreamt about my ex-fiance 18 months before I met him and I've had other dreams that come true and sometimes I pick up on people's thoughts or feelings and know things I couldn't possibly know. The other day I dreamt of a conversation between myself and a colleague hours before it happened...

I loathe loud noises. It also doesn't help that I have synaesthesia, which means that I hear sounds in colour. So loud noises create a kind of over stimulation of my senses.

I had a series of nightmares like the following one for three days when I was 14. I was lost inside a house. It was a complete maze and whilst I could see the world outside through the windows, none of the doors seemed to lead outside. The world outside the house was bright orange. The sky was...

I get palpitations all the time too. Especially if I've been drinking. I guess the only thing I could advise would be to not drink alcohol because it makes your body work really hard to get rid of it and make sure you eat regularly so that your heart doesn't have to work too hard. When it gets...

I suffered from complex trauma and as a result I have a dual diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder and PTSD. I'm currently awaiting treatment for BPD within an out-patient therapeutic community that runs five days a week. Before the put you in the main 5 day a week group, they invite you...

Anthony, I understand you have a position of responsibility as a moderator to not promote or advocate illegal or irresponsible activity amongst your members. I respect that. However, sharing my experience or my opinion is not a terrorist action. I certainly never meant to upset anyone and I...

I hope this is the right place to post this. I'm 20, currently. When I was 16, my mother kicked me out of the house and I ended up renting a room with my godparents. This was the best thing that ever happened to me, as my mom's or my father's house were not safe places compared to my...

I've struggled with my eating for years and rocket back and forth from starvation to eating normal meals. I think for me, for a long time, it was more a systematic form of self-harm. I didn't eat when I felt I needed to be punished or when I felt like I needed to be a better person. There are...

Firstly, I'd just like to illustrate the PTSD symptoms that I struggle with. I suffer from severe dissociation. So severe, in fact, that it is nearly constant. Being "in" my body, as it were, causes me to have panic attacks. Being dissociated makes me incredibly lonely because I feel I cannot...

I think it might be a good idea to talk to your new T about it. Let us know how it goes, okay? Good luck! *hugs*

I feel slightly abandoned. Like no one even cares about helping me. I got a letter this morning saying the T had to rearrange an appointment from Monday to Tuesday. It took me a month to even get that appointment.