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My wife and I spent the afternoon on Mackinac Island. If you have seen the Movie "Somewhere in Time" with Christopher Reeves and Jane Seymour, this is the island it was filmed on.

I have been having dreams for the last couple of years, and never really considered them nightmares. I don't wake up screaming, or filled with terror, just mildly triggered. My usual dream is running into former co-workers and getting triggered by seeing them. The other night I had a dream...

My church held a fund raiser for the Braveheart Estate. It is part of an organization that helps injured soldiers. It serves as a weekend retreat for men, women and their families who have been injured in service to their country. We held a rib cook off dinner. I competed against three...

I have been thinking about this a lot lately. I have noticed over the past several years that, when I have somewhere I have to be, or a task I need to complete, if someone or something gets in my way, or delays my completely the task I get impatient too get there, or finish the task. I have...

this was taken (not by me) of the moon rising over the Mackinac bridge. It is the bridge that spans the Mackinac straits where Lake Michigan and lake Huron (The great lakes) in Michigan

I was sitting here reading some of the threads and this thought came to me. I am overly sensitive to certain kinds of humor. When I see someone being laughed at, or people posting videos of others doing something perceived as stupid; I find myself thinking that it is a mean-spirited thing that...

I learned yesterday that a former co-worker, at my previous job, died last week, and my feeling are mixed. He was a bully, and as such, caused me some problems at work. At best I tolerated him, and at worst hoped his medical problems would make him quit, or worse. Now he has died, and...

Fox and friends were doing a segment about cooking with families or friends, and invited viewers to submit pictures showing family members or friends cooking together. My wife sent a picture of me and my granddaughter cooking together and they showed it on the air.

I just wanted to let all my friends, and all members here, that I have been is some kind of a strange mood lately, so I haven't been posting much, or visiting chat. I just have not been ready to talk or communicate. However I am still visiting on a regular basis, and reading all of your post. I...

I saw the cover of the 2015 edition of the Sports Illustrated 2015 swimsuit edition, and lets just say the model has her bathing suit panties pulled down really low. As a normal male, it is very eye appealing to me, but as I briefly looked at it, I found myself incredibly saddened. I was...

I find it easy, at times, to feel normal. To be as I use to be; able to handle situations and circumstances that I should be able to handle. And then something happens and the walls of my glass house comes tumbling down. My wife was doing our taxes and she asked if I wanted the good news or the...

I went back on my anti anxiety medications a few months ago, and have been doing pretty well. However it seems that just when you think you are getting better, something happens/ I needed an oil change on my car, and frankly it is the pits trying to change it without a lift. I had talked with a...

Here I am in my comfies making snowman pancakes for my granddaughters

My company had their Christmas party last night. I have been stressing over this, because of fear. My PTSD spent all day lying to me; telling me that my co-workers would not want me around, that, at best, my presence would be tolerated but not welcomed. It was enough to tempt me to stay home...

I was reading another thread, and it got me to thinking,, which can be dangerous, is PTSD progressive? In other words, if you suffer from PTSD and do not seek out therapy, can the symptoms of the disorder become progressive in terms of severity and frequency? I honesty don't know, but I have...

This is looking out my back door

Here is a picture of my new grandson, Gabriel Michael

This is for all the broken people.

This week marks the anniversary of my world turning upside down. I was badly triggered last year in october, then lost my job as a result of being tiggered. Today, I was at work running a cash register. We have a customer reward program that is based on a customer number that our customers can...

God has a sense of humor. The other day my wife did a load of laundry. When she took the wash out of the machine she found a dollar in the machine, and gave it to me. This morning I went to put a load of wash in the machine, and found another dollar in there. So, I prayed. I said "Lord if this...

For me, this is a victory. Although it is an accomplishment, it does not merit the level that success and accomplishments; I went to visit a friend today. I have not seen this friend since I was triggered last October, and then lost my job in january. I have not seen any of my friends, other...

Here is a story I found on the fox news web site regarding probotics. The reason I am posting it is because of the comments it makes linking probotics to mental health. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/09/18/best-way-to-lose-weight-may-already-be-in-your-kitchen/?intcmp=features

Today I went to the store to get some potatoes. As I was walking in a bumped into a former co-worker, whom I considered, and still consider a friend. However I have not seen him since I lost my job, and seeing him just brought up all the pain and humiliation of losing my job. I almost lost it...

When my abuse finally got to the place where I could no longer take it, I broke, and really I shattered into a million pieces. Since that time, well before I knew I had ptsd, or knew anyone else felt like me, if I tried to talk about it, I would say that I broke, and a part of me died. And I...

I have read a lot of post here on the forum, and I have had the honor of getting to know many of you. And one thing I have noticed is how many highly motivated, highly educated people we have here on the forum. So, this is my question: How many of you, who have been abused, are now more...