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I identify with your description of how you feel post therapy. It was explained to me that sharing a secret that I was supposed to take to my grave requires incredible courage and trust. Two characteristics that I never had before starting therapy. So now you’re on the other side. And it is...

@I’smom. What does teactree oil do to help? I only know it’s a natural disinfectant. I use it to wash my hands.

I trained and worked at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston for 15 years beginning in 1972. We were routinely educated about caring for Holocost survivors, many who we extremely frail and easily triggered. BI went to great lengths to honor and reduce the suffering of this group, and to support...

It absolutely does. It’s one of the feelings that have followed me through my life. I still struggle to start urine flow. My body remembers the pain. I wish I could give you advice other than realizing it had that effect on you validates your memory. I mean think about how small we were, I bled...

Personally, I know that I flow from one stage to another not in a linear line, but more in a wavelength. I will never be cured of PTSD because my traumas started as an infant and have had several near death experiences as an adult. It’s hardwired. I do have times that I am very functional and...

My requested accommodations per several docs were for resolving toxic chemicals that were being illegally disposed of. They refused to clean the area up and I became permanently disabled and lost my career. Lost my workers comp case because they used my PTSD against me so I filed a...

I’m sorry for your loss. Grief is hard but proves the capacity we have for love.

@CdnCopper whens your daughters wedding? We will have to support each other!! I’ll keep my phone nearby. My daughters getting married at a camp in the Poconos a 7 hour drive from my home-ugh! Then I have to sleep in a bunk room because I can’t stay in motels due to my chemical sensitivities...

Me too! My daughters wedding is in May 150 People. I am excited for them by already exhausted just thinking about it.

Double and triple kudos! I got my degree while in the throes of PTSD. I know how tenacious you must be, because Biology is a lot of labs!!! Congrats!!

The thing about PTSD and therapy is that it is peeling back the layers of an onion. You deal with the here and now, stabilization, coping strategies. At some point in time, the core of the onion reveals itself. This is a predictable part of healing from PTSD. This is the territory of your...

One of my abusers was not musically inclined when we met. But I am very musical, have it playing all the time or am playing my guitar. So he just got used to my music and we went to concerts. But now that he’s gone, I don’t attach him to my music. It was mine to begin with, he did steal a bunch...

I’m in bed when I’m not working. My couch is not comfy and people can see inside my unit. I’ve just needed naps to break up my work day, so I’m usually asleep. The only downside to this is that my body is not getting anything physical and sometimes my joints ache

Well, what a difference a good reiki session makes. My reiki master at one point, because she’s also my Shaman, sat at my head and held it in her hands. I was completely grounded, the feeling was awesome. Then she quiety called for all of my guides to come together to help me find a...

And the time came when the Risk to remain tight in a bud Was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. —Annaise Nin

have any of you gotten treatment via telemedicine? I’m considering several possible med management providers and the woman I clicked with does that. She’ll be calling me tomorrow to determine if I match the criteria needed to be accepted. It sounds good to me. I can be in the comfort of my home...

@courelly im so glad your t is wise to him. You will need nerves of steel for awhile. We are here for you. Just take one day at a time. I was in an intensive outpatient program during the time that he was refusing to leave and terrorizing me. I felt trapped. I learned about how victims...

Still haven’t gotten a call from the new provider. I’ve been making calls all morning to shrinks in the area. Everyone’s got a 6 or more months wait. One woman I called answered her own phone and we had a brief chat. She’s going to call me tomorrow to give me time to see if my insurance will pay...

Just my two cents. I needed out of an abusive realationship. I suffered for too many years and let him stay because he always said he’d have nowhere to go or he had no money. I’d give him an ultimatum: leave or the police will be called. I belonged to a DV support group, I went to the ER twice...

I keep hoping to end this thread, but as I am surrounded by morons, the thread goes on. Last Thursday I met with new shrink, she was not friendly. There was no human connection. She had her agenda that took an hour and a half. I told her I had additional medical records from the neurologist and...

My therapist won’t start EMDR with me due to the severity of my abuse and I can’t stay grounded. I think if you could find a t who specializes in trauma, your experiences will be helpful, not hurtful.

Yeah. I’m definitely going to ask my MGH doc to write a letter clarifying my medical condition and how serious a problem I have from chemical irritants. And the only way I can stay employed is to continue with my regeime that’s been in place for 18 years. And I’m going to ask him to write a...

In seeking alternatives to standard talk therapy, I explored yoga, reiki and Buddhism. I practice mindful meditation and read books on the spiritual path. To keep my heart pure in order to pass it on and enjoy the peace of mind the practice brings me, my brain has changed. If I find myself in a...

@Lionheart777 that is a great book. So much positive energy in the Universe!!

This thread has been triggery (is that a word?) for me. I am so sorry that you all have suffered because of this invasion of our bodies. I sometimes wonder what ever happened to them. But, yes, I hate being photographed and leered at. I wouldn’t even consider having a wedding because I have to...