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I'm a 3rd year law student with ptsd. I visited the school counseling center and school disability office and got a prescription for zoloft. All of that helped but it still interferes sometimes. I focus on subjects that will allow me to specialize in areas that will work better with my ptsd...

You can live off of nothing but student loans if you budget well enough. If you make sure to study something that will get you a stable job that won't interfere too much with your ptsd you will be ok financially after you graduate. If you can get control of the trust that would be great but you...

Finished the domestic violence law class! I'm exhausted but I'm glad I did it. Now going to rest up and take it easy on myself this weekend :)

Welcome! I like the quote!

Some anti-depressants/anti-anxiety meds that are often used for ptsd have a side effect of reducing sex drive. I'm thinking of SSRI's like zoloft, prozac, etc which are pretty safe. I'm not suggesting that you try to medicate away your sex drive as a permanent solution. But maybe it would give...

Hi Amy-lisa, I was in the same situation about 10 years ago and eventually it turned out that my new memories were true. That's not really an indication whether or not yours are though. What I can tell you for sure is that I wish I'd started therapy a lot earlier instead of trying to figure it...

So true about Jessica Jones. For some reason I found it a lot more bearable than Kimmy Schmidt although you would think the opposite would be true because they try to keep things light on Kimmy. I guess the focus on getting the bad guy in Jessica Jones soothed my anger more. That is also what I...

I was looking forward to it but when I watched it I got angry. It put me in a bad mood because of some of the stuff it reminded me about in my own life so I don't watch it any more. I guess anything involving this subject is going to get a huge range of mixed reactions depending on where people...

Congrats on finishing! Good luck on figuring out where you want to go from here.

Welcome Wabi-sabi! Have you considered an online therapist? I have only been to conventional in person therapy but I've heard there are some out there who will do your session by phone or video conference. That way you could start to heal before you have to get back in the car. Also, you...

Thanks. I also struggle with how to address it later and usually just don't.

Does anyone else have this and how have you coped with it? It's like pseudo-tourrette's. It's fairly new to me. It starts like a panic attack but then I start thinking "what if I blurted out the most inappropriate thing I can think of right now?", and then my mind fixates on it and I get so...

Thanks all for your help. I successfully finished my last final today and start summer classes on Monday. Time to get some rest!

I used to feel like that a lot but since doing group therapy I have never felt like that since. I guess it made it more real to be among people who I shared such similar experiences with.

Just finished my last final for the semester. Officially only one year of school left. Yay! I also finally went into the school disability office today afterwords. They work quickly! They already got the law school to agree to keep a professor away from me who had been sexually harassing me and...

Welcome, glad you are here! Yes, you should be here. I'm a CSA survivor as well. At times I also hesitated to reach out because I thought others had it much worse. I think that's a part of coming from that type of background - that we're taught to not take our serious needs and problems...

Welcome, glad you are here!

Welcome, glad you are here!

Welcome! Glad you are here! Thanks for mentioning the FB posts. I didn't know about that either.

Welcome! Glad you are here!

Welcome! Glad you are here!

Welcome Kenziii! I think a therapist should diagnose and treat ptsd but I can tell you that I have been diagnosed and a lot of that sounds the same as my symptoms. I think you will find this site helpful. Glad you are here!

Hi Stressedbeyondbelief, I'm glad you are here! I have found this site very helpful and I hope that you do too. I have dealt with bullying as well. I have not dealt with benzos but I have a friend who did so I know that can be really rough. Good luck on your healing journey and welcome to the site!

Welcome Silent one! That is similar to my family. I'm new here also and have already found a lot of people who can understand coming from a family like that. I hope you find this site as useful as I have :)

Thanks everyone for all the advice. I have gotten more done since my post thanks in part to all the good advice. I struggle a lot with avoidance. My old therapist said that I specifically had a form of ptsd characterized by avoidance. Trying to work on it in general including with school. I...