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That down mood can do so much to keep us immobile and it’s difficult to break it when it sets in. You have A LOT going on, it’s no wonder that it’s challenging you to the core right now. If there were no flashbacks it could be more manageable but with those, it’s like your feet keep slipping out...

Can you write out the things you need to get done and assign priorities to them? Sometime when this happens, it can seem impossible to know where to even start because everything feels critically important. Is that how it feels for you? Perhaps putting them down and crossing them off could...

Great thread. Unfortunately I’m in the same boat with you and don’t have any counters. In fact, was asked recently in therapy - could you do without sex, any form, even masturbation? No hesitation. Yes. It’s complicated yeah? I’m with you. I am still working on it though….

When you have to ‘get right’ to drive your car home and you haven’t even had a drink. You just finished a therapy session.

Mmmhmmm, nodding with that heavy look. I know from here you’ve mentioned a very awesome family network you have. But…..I also know from my own experiences that familia can be wonderful at certain times and epically horrid at others. Is this one that someone from that side of your life can...

You drive to your current office. Not a previous one.

Relate with so many of you on this topic. Great thread, thanks for starting it! Often feels like my entire energy stores have been drained without my noticing, body is sore from being tense, eyes are gritty as though I’ve been up for days. Takes focus to drive home like that. Other days, I’m...

Heartfelt sorrow for your loss, these are difficult times and I hope that you can find comfort and warmth. Eventually taking in all the amazing memories, photos, and love from your life together.

I get the same thing when catching breath from cold dry air. Most times anything causing me to gasp for more than a few seconds is going to activate that memory and survival response. For me one of the things I’ve worked on is awareness - trigger? Yep. Where, when, how am I. Am I surviving...

Yup, that’s a here and now fright…not a bubble from the past where you gotta do the work to convince yourself that you’re safe. I don’t know how else your neighbour behaves, but what they did is a definite NOPE! Perhaps you can build the sense of protection you have in your home to lower the...

So surprised….I had no idea 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤪

Viewing the world around us with a filter that’s set to identify threats and danger is one of the unfortunate features of ptsd. Even though it’s possible to focus on the positive and remain optimistic, there is often a tendency to notice the negative by default….as a survival mechanism of...

Hey there, exposure therapy is a big step and looks like you’re in the mind space to get there! Not easy as I figure you already know, and why you’re stacking on grounding and coping techniques. Those are gonna be vital. Like you said, everyone’s roadmap will be different. I’m gonna share a...

I did not write in my post as you’ve written here that I’m “averse to medication in all circumstances besides near death”. I wrote: I agree with you that a conversation with any prescriber about the nature and intention of any controlled substance prescribed is important, and one that every...

hey, with you as well in the memory gaps. From what I’ve read it is a regular/typical occurrence with trauma. Thanks for the smile with the hippo imagery, I won’t be embarrassed by sharing that I envision a hippo wearing a grad gown and cap when I think of hippo campus. I have trauma from...

The situation with the book, been there! On both counts. Wanted to control how it would show up - will the title be visible for the world to see, what if they deliver to the wrong address and a neighbour sees, what if I’m not there to receive it and my other half opens it, blah blah….you know...

You need a death certificate to complete a request for medical records???! When this hospital killed him and knows perfectly well how they f*cked things up by sending the body to another hospital. So you tell me to go to the morgue of that hospital to get the death certificate? Sure, I will...

To rid emotions in a way that’s healthier than how I’ve done it for many years.

Yes, absolutely. If I function, then that’s not extreme, or in my mind, often not even classified as anxiety. Like @Freddyt describes, I also discount my symptoms. Prior to exploring my past I never noticed body pain like I do now. It’s daily, and I typically dismiss it as a fact of getting...

Some triggers are clear as day what they are and how they link to the past, whereas others can be very evasive and difficult to pin down. In my case, there are multiple incidents and some of the triggers connect to each other (this can be confusing), over time it’s helped to jot down what’s...

Just stopped in to say : I agree with @StillPen. I have trouble with this too, and without knowing it’s a strategy, I’ve done the same - multiple journals in different places. Have even written things down on scrap paper or napkins and then transferred it into a main journal. it sounds to me...

This is very interesting to me. One of my most prevalent reactions to a lot of things is an automatic flip to numb. As in, I dissociate quick. I’ve done a lot of work to improve that and prevent it, but it still needs work. I never considered that to be part of an anxiety response. I figured it...

I sent an email with a few questions asking for clarification of “extreme anxiety”. I also asked about how much info other Doctors/Healthcare practitioners can see about your prescriptions (I’m rather, for lack of a better word, paranoid about this stuff). Essentially, PDocs and others who can...

Funny how a word can throw you in many different directions. I don’t like medications, took me quite some time to even consider their use as a method to treat ptsd. But my train of thought has adapted somewhat. The rule I had against their use is only in reference to me. I don’t judge or see...

Talked about suicidality recently with my PDoc and the messaging provided makes a great deal of sense. Suicidal actions, planning, ideation all come about when someone’s stress level is too high or a trigger/memory is to strong (we talk about it in the context of ptsd so I’m not sure if that...