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I care way too much what people think of me from an emotional standpoint. I know a lot of people who have this problem don't have ptsd but for me I know it's a ptsd symptom and I'm pretty sure I've met others who it's a symptom for as well. I'm trying to come up with some ways of decreasing...

I've heard it can be effective but I've never tried it.

Thanks!

Yeah, my parents definitely have this triad going on and that's where my trauma comes from. I have heard that it has a tendency to skip a generation but then show back up. Does anyone know if that's true or just an old wives' tale?

So far I have not felt any differences but then I haven't been tracking it for that long and I might just not be that sensitive to this stuff. Tonight is supposed to be a crescent moon - about 17% visible.

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I'm graduating from school in about 10 months and a lot of the jobs in my area are in government. I've never done a government job application before but I hear that in the U.S. if you have a disability you're supposed to use a schedule A form. Anyone have experience with this? I'm just...

Kimmy Schmidt from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Jessica Jones from show titled the same on Netflix; Game of Silence on Hulu. (I took these from the thread https://www.myptsd.com/posts/1048894/ on the News/Politics/Debate section a few weeks ago.) I haven't seen The Brave One but I've heard it's...

Certain medications make startle reflex worse. For example, I used to be on an asthma med that made me have a huge increased startle whenever someone walked into the room. Even though I had ptsd before that I never had the startle until the medication. Then when I stopped using it the reaction...

I'm glad to see this thread here. It's definitely a term everyone should know. I've been through this a lot with my family. Ultimately I just had to separate from them, even the ones who were not abusive. Katz - I don't know if I would call that gaslighting but it's definitely not ok. I would...

I wasn't quite sure either so I looked it up: gibbous = "(of the moon) having the observable illuminated part greater than a semicircle and less than a circle" according to google. Tonight is supposed to be about 60% showing.

They say this can affect sleep related issues and other mental health related issues like anxiety and aggression. I'm not really sure it that's true or not but I thought I would keep track and see if that feels like it's true. Internet searches easily turn up sites where you can track moon...

No, you weren't offending or invalidating me or anyone else I think. I was just pointing that out because I had a feeling that maybe you were made to feel like you weren't supposed to make a big deal of it like a lot of us were with this type of abuse. A lot of times we're taught to minimize it...

I'm not sure whether you repressed your feelings over what you remember or if something worse happened. Either is a possibility. I don't think there is such a thing as slight sexual abuse/ minor sexual abuse / abuse that is no big deal. All sexual abuse is going to have a big impact on the kid...

or if I had to go with someone human maybe the dude who duct tapes solo cups over his ears so that they don't get into his brain since that's a smart move!

Does anyone here watch Brain Dead (sci-fi comedy about alien bugs that get into people's brains and make them into super liberal democrats or super conservative republicans who then fight with each other)? It his hilarious but caution: there is some gross out humor with heads exploding that...

I have this problem too. I will quickly write down a short hand note to myself about the memory bothering me and then put it away. That helps me re-focus on the studies or exam because then that part of my mind that was pushing it to the surface knows it's written down to deal with later so it...

Poor kitty! When my cat came home from the hospital about a year ago she and the others didn't seem to get along like they used to but eventually they go close again.

If this therapy isn't working for you then you don't have any obligation to stick with it to make him feel better. Dumping therapists is tough but sometimes it needs to be done. I'm glad to hear that you have another therapist so that you won't be left scrambling to find someone else. I'm sorry...

Well, after posting here a while ago that watching Kimmy Schmidt just made me angry I had an urge to watch the second season after all and give it another try. I really liked the second season and didn't have that experience with it. Then, tonight I watched the final episode of the second season...

Stalkers are the worst! My parents started stalking me for outing them about the abuse, then got others in on it too since they network with other pervs. I always make sure I have a good home security system and document everything. That doesn't do much for the emotional drain though. There are...

Yay! So glad she's home!

Did you know that we give our pets accents by interacting with them? Studies have shown that American cats meow with the pitch rising at the end like a question in an American accent but English cats meow with the pitch rising before the end like a question in an English accent. I find this both...

The NAACP is having a national convention today in Cincinnati. I'm sure they will come out with a statement soon similar to what you have just said. So sad. Praying for those who have lost loved ones from all the turmoil in the world recently.

Can you try luring her back with some food? Maybe if you take a walk around the neighborhood you will see her.