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You are absolutely right not to fall into a codependency trap. I would never debate that. I simply wanted to point out that not all who want to fix us or save us or help us are in it for us to rely on them in return as to expect favors in return.

You have good advice. And it doesn’t encompass all want to help you. If you set your own personal boundaries and allow them their own, and there is no problem, then there is no problem. You kind of have to have a nose for if somebody’s being needy and relying on you, or you them. If someone...

I recommend that you read the criteria for diagnosis on the front page carefully. This should alleviate any doubt. Even if you have to read it over and over to understand it. There is a lot of content there. It is also possible to already have a tendency to other disorder In addition to PTSD...

Yes I have felt like I needed saving by someone. My life has felt out of control at times. It’s true we can help ourselves but I don’t believe that is not true that others cannot help us too. Others do help us but others can hurt us yes. It has been hard to let people in. I have questioned...

Yes I have some anger issues and really it’s not that bad it’s more about expressing anger and holding it in and just being an inner turmoil about that. Really the person I live with has a much much more serious anger problem and doesn’t even have PTSD. It’s just another example of anybody can...

Yes I questioned that as well I had never heard of Prozac being addictive. I don’t see any evidence that Effexor was originally an antipsychotic. However I have heard that in some people it has caused a psychotic episode, or that occasionally antipsychotics are prescribed with it to get rid of...

Yes even after being diagnosed eventually I thought maybe the diagnosis was wrong. I have been going to therapy I was on medications, I was managing my anxiety really well and everything. Most symptoms were seemingly gone. I had even gone completely off of all meds. But after yet another...

Great advice! I remember being lost when I went to therapy I did not really have goals although she asked me them. It is probably worth looking into what the goals should be before going into it

Oh Lord…! The 3M’s. Surely there is another way ha ha… meditation yes medication I don’t care for the idea of playing with myself every night is offputting !!

A break from this responsibility I’ve taken on. I lose more and more energy and overall every day this severe lack of sleep is kind of rough.

Yes I’m sorry about your upbringing and I can relate to much of it maybe. My mother lied to my stepdad and told him I was his child but he knew I wasn’t. He excluded me whatever he could since the age of four. He was very emotionally abusive to me and condescending. He would go on trips with...

I just recently viewed this topic in the forum. I read the fact page, Ive taken the tests. I ignored this section for a long time and deep down it scares me. I know I’ve been doing things in my mind that make no sense but it was my normal, ive been abnormal all my life and don’t want to admit...

Yep sometimes we just have to take what we can get or take what we want from therapy. There’s a balance to be made between acceptance and willingness to change and likely situations require both. This is sort of what mindfulness and meditation are all about. Too much acceptance is not good and...

Welcome. I’m so sorry that you suffer from these tendencies! You’re definitely not alone here. I think you have an amazing attitude and optimism. You will likely give hope to others. Draw on this forum as you need to also. May you find many friends here. There are many great pages here to...

Exactly people do say dumb things even though they care on some level. When I told one of my stepdad‘s, a non abusive one about my diagnosis, He didn’t believe me and questioned how as well. But as time went on I realized that he has survivors guilt and number of his own issues that lead him...

Chaos At first Work through it We are still here Persevere

Totally agree here. PTSD waxes and wanes over periods of time. We can get a pretty good handle on things. Noticed after my big onset looking back that there were aspects of my life they were pretty out of control. And therapy helped to manage all that. Meds to get it under control, therapy to...

I probably had three hours of sleep in 36 hours before finally getting rest last night at four in the morning. I am up after seven hours of sleep.

I know what you mean about the video games. I stopped playing them because it’s kind of an imaginary land that pulls me into my dissociative tendencies too much. It also raises my overall anxiety level. It really depends on how anxious I am and how well I am handling things. If I feel pretty...

I know right! This medication is like a sick joke!

Yep, it also gave me gas. I felt like my anxiety was worse. It is a stimulant-based antidepressant. Not for me!

I also took it as prescribed for pain. I decided to play some video games I was laying down close to the computer screen and about the time the drug took effect I felt a wave of euphoria sort of like with Vicodin. Then my eyes started getting kind of shifty as I stared at the computer screen...

Yes I’ve heard all this about ultram. It is unpredictable. Sometimes pupils are dialated and sometimes they are constricted. Feel amped and then kind of wasted an hour later. In my opinion it is a terrible drug and should be limited to pain relief for dogs. It also seems to quit working for...

It could be an odd reaction to that medication you have. There is another thing to consider. Maybe you enjoy the way the drug makes you feel and so you feel sort of amped up and willing to interact with the world. Typically though this is a drug that causes drowsiness and is a suppressant. It...

Allrighty then! That makes for a terrible human being… I really should stop doing those things…!!