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Who has a phobia based on PTSD experiences? How do you deal with it? My gephyrophobia (bridge fear) has been getting out of hand (the more I drive across bridges) and I have full blown panic attacks due to bridge crossing. I think this is based on childhood events involving bridges. In a...

My T told me something the other day that I found curious. I tend to have 'black and white' thinking when it comes to 'fairness.' In other words, I tend to get really upset (i.e. pissed off) when I find out that people have beaten the system, cheated or found ways to throw other people under the...

Apologies if this is out there, I did a search, but didn't find a thread. How do you ground yourself when you find yourself slipping? My bf asks me where I am, which does help. It reminds me that I'm not locked in the past, though it can be hard to disengage from the feelings at times. I think...

How to you squash your anxiety when it starts to consume you and usually leads to paranoia (for me)? I learned that if I do some extremely hard labor that my mind will not be on the things that worry me (for the most part). I spent most of today gardening with rivulets of sweat pouring off my...

I'm definitely going to bring this up when I meet with my T again. I have in the past, but I think I need more help with it now. I can NOT deal with my mother. When she calls, I start to freak out. I become anxious, defensive, angry and feel as if I am losing my mind. I do not feel in control...

I am 99% confident that I am posting this in the correct section. For those of you who were abused by parents for long periods of time (years), has your primary abuser 'mellowed' over the years? My father was my primary abuser (God, I hate saying that) and he no longer (at least around me)...

Is anyone else afraid to reveal his/her fears? I'm not quite sure how to say this, but I'll try my best. Have you ever been stuck being afraid of an event occuring, knowing that it is irrational, but you're so afraid that if you talk about it happening- that it will? Does that make sense to...

Now that I think about it, it seems silly to ask if anyone feels a lot of anxiety here. Has anyone just felt like he/she was going insane? Is that anxiety? I know that I have been processing a lot of early memories, etc. with my T and that has set off several bombs in my head. I really feel...

I am currently coming down from being very triggered, scared and frightened. I know that it was somewhat irrational. I was in no immediate harm- it was the threat of harm that bothered me and I could feel the anxiety in my body. My S.O. gave our address to one of his family members after I...

Hello. I am happy to have found this forum. Hopefully, I will gain more insight on my condition and find some sort of peace relating to people with similar conditions. I come from a narcissistic family. One parent was very destructive (broke furniture when in a rage) and the other was very...