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Do you have a therapist supporting you to work through this? I’m a massive yoga fan, and definitely yoga has been a critical part of my recovery. But (and this is probably going to sound harsh) - nope. Work on getting out and getting moving. If you’re not moving your body through the day, then...

Yep. Sleeping meds are no joke. Typically addictive. Typically only a good idea for very short term use. Can you identify things that have contributed to this latest episode of insomnia? It’s likely your long-term solutions are located there. Cardio or physically intense jobs. I’m pretty...

It’s wired into us a survival instinct, yeah? Like, if this person abandons me, I may (literally) not survive that. That’s intrinsic knowledge, wired from your trauma. We can’t logic our way out of it. We have to relearn. Teach ourselves, starting with learning how to feel safe again in any...

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Welcome to the forum:) That’s a boatload of stuff to go through in a very short period of time. So it makes a lot of sense that your brain is checking out as a way of coping. As frustrating as it can be, as a way of coping with completely overwhelming stress, it does work in its own...

In isolation, and without context, this sounds like a situation where your reactivity is disproportionate. Do you have ptsd, or a history of abuse from your dad?

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2 strategies that I’m a big believer in: - practicing your grounding strategies while you’re doing okay (expecting them to suddenly work when we’re not okay is unrealistic). Being good at grounding yourself reliably can be the difference between dissociative episodes that go on and on, and ones...

Welcome to the forum. Sounds like it might be worth hitting reset on the sleep routines and sleep hygiene.

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Your feelings about medical appointments make perfect sense given your experiences. Not wanting to go to this appointment, despite needing to go, makes sense. Practical strategies that are helpful for me with medical appointments I really want to avoid: - narrow the goal right down (for...

Welcome to the forum - sorry about what brings you here. Looking into an assistance dog is a fantastic idea. They can be a game changer for lots of folks, and definitely help combat the loneliness you’ve described. I’d personally recommend using an organisation that’s accredited with...

Short answer is yes. But to clarify: CPTSD relates to living in chronic life-threatening situations (like living with chronic child abuse, or doing a tour in a war zone), whereas PTSD relates to single-event trauma (like a fire). Both can be caused by incidents that occurred as an infant...

This is an inevitable consequence of the programming. AI isn’t self-aware. When you ask it questions about whether it’s a ‘real therapist’, or to be aware of itself as LLM AI that has been programmed as a therapist, you’re asking for self-awareness, which it doesn’t have. It’s responding with...

In a perfect world? I think you’d offer both. Karen is very direct and helpful. But I think a lot of us relate to having been in a space, at times, when we’re pretty fragile and the direct approach can be counterproductive. Catalyst offers unwavering emotional validation and support. And...

Welcome to the forum - hope the physical illness, at least, resolves soon.

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Any chance you could reach out to your T, or their clinic, and ask for DBT groups they recommend?

Welcome to the forum - sorry you have reason to here, but glad you found us. Hopefully this place helps make things a little less isolating.

Bessel van der Kolk’s The Body Keeps the Score is a good read on this topic. He explains the neurological differences that result from developmental trauma, and some of the ways that can be remedied. Even for the changes that can’t be ‘reversed’ as such (like the way the amygdala and hippocampus...

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Yep, that period of the recovery journey is really rough. No two ways about it - it’s hugely emotional and destabilising. This won’t always be your life. It will get better. I did a lot of therapies over the years, and trauma-focused psychodynamic therapy (talk therapy) has been critical for...

Welcome to the forum. So sorry to hear about your dogs. I lost my best mate myself at the end of last year and it’s still raw. It’s incredible how much joy the little furballs can bring to our lives, and the size of the hole they leave when their time with us ends.