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Can I tell you specifically what was crushed? No. However I very much remember the specific time where it became too much and something in me broke. I am still broken.

A persons chances of surviving cardiac arrest outside of the hospital are less than five percent. your ability to perform, or not perform cpr properly was most likely not a factor in the outcome.

A good therapist may help you uncover any past abuse, or at least help you understand the feelings you have.

As for the shame: if you are feeling that because you think your ignoring them is rejecting them it isn't. It is simply you protecting yourself

Yoda, welcome, you are to the community. The force is strong in you.

Simon, it sounds like your were his sunshine, and you made the end of his life so much better; filling it with joy and laughter.

I work in a job that puts me in contact with a lot of people, so on my days off I will make myself go run some errands in the morning, then I spend the rest of the day inside the house. I may do laundry, or some cleaning, watch tv, or read. I will also come on here and read post, but don't...

@Alice.in.Wonderland I would personally keep the word complex out of the conversation. It is difficult enough to explain PTSD without adding the word complex to it, and there is a good chance it will only serve to increase your bosses concern. I would simply tell him / her that you have had...

Another thing to consider when using the terminology is this: If you use the word rape, you are in no way indicting yourself, nor are you diminishing your value as a person. What you are doing is making the statement that your attacker is, in fact, a rapist, and as such he have very little value...

If you look up the criteria for PTSD it states that witnessing a traumatic event like a bad auto accident could cause a person to develop PTSD. I am sure witnessing a sexual assault would be the same.

Dear young lady (I will not use the name ugliestgirl) I just want to say that physical beauty is a very subjective concept. Personal appearance says nothing about the true beauty of a person. So let me ask you; who are you as a person? Are you someone who shows kindness to others when it has...

I can think of a lot of things to call PTSD, but gift is not one of them

Texas, I completely understand. I worked as a medic for 9 years and still think of the massive MI we worked on Christmas morning, or the sweet 17 year old girl who killed herself with a gsw to the head. I remember the 5 year old whose father's truck slipped out of gear and ran over her. We coded...