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Hi Coach I typically don’t attach to people. At best, I have ambivalent attachment. But for the most part, I’ve gone through life without deep attachments. I had abusive parents. I did, however, experience a deep attachment with an abusive cult-like figure as a pre-teen. This attachment was...

Thought I'd share this one in case it's of any interest to anyone. This study is a meta-analysis of research into efficacy of mental health treatments for first responders. Unsurprisingly, the evidence supports Trauma-Focused CBT and EMDR for PTSD treatment in first responders. There was also...

I’m trying to figure out my cycles of self harm. I think I’m getting on top of the phase of starting, peaking, then being able to stop the SH. But I then go through a period of not SHing which is harder to figure out. Particularly the things that seem to be a catalyst for going back to SH...

I’ve had great results using different Apps to help me get across different skills over the years. Right now, I’m looking for something akin to a Habit app, particularly one geared towards routine check-ins for grounding, mindfulness or even a basic “how are you feeling”. Preferably something...

Hey folks - just thought I’d share this, because it been a bit of a breakthrough for me. I’ve been using an app called Joplin to give my different parts their own journals. Joplin lets you create as many journals (‘Notebooks’) as you want, and you can bookmark parts of each journal. This has...

There's fresh juice in the fridge, as opposed to the usual bottle that's ready to explode. Other ideas...??

With DID, my memories are still very much out of my reach, and I'm okay with that. But, for those who have been through it - how did you cope when you first really understood that you were sexually abused as a young child? I've kept myself very cut off from allowing that to be part of who I...

Hey guys I've (finally) committed to making the leap from vegetarian to vegan while my sister is away and I won't be quizzed endlessly while I'm still making the switch. I have some dumb questions (and some less dumb questions that I'll probably have to work up the courage to ask) if anyone...

If you've never been very good at advocating for yourself, or saying "I'm not going to put up with this", or knowing when you need to do that, how do you figure out what side effects from your medication you should tolerate, and when side effects have become unreasonable. For example: Hair loss...

While I lie with my head upside with a migraine, I have some time to mess around on my phone. I'd like to put together a playlist of songs that feed motivation and a drive towards recovery (music is a powerful motivator for me). Preferably I'm looking for positive energy songs, from a variety...

When it's not a migraine, dehydration or tension headache, but a side effect from medication, what are your headache management solutions? I don't want to take any more opiate painkillers, but my aspirin and paracetamol aren't touching the sides. I've bumped up my water intake from 2L (my...

Anyone have any good de-programming resources or ex-cult resources they can point me to? Very much appreciated. Please no references to self compassion based resources.

Feel free to elaborate on your answer. If you are often optimistic, does this come naturally, or are there specific things you do to generate optimism? If optimism is something you experience only some of the time, what influences that, and how does it impact your experience of ptsd? If you...

So, it’s been a while now (maybe 6 months plus) that I’ve been living on meal replacement shakes and apples. So, about 700-800 calories a day. Recently, I’ve been having chronic, generalised pain (not neuropathic) in my larger muscle groups. My arse and thighs in particular. I’ve had issues...

I recently went to an eye-opening doctor’s appointment with a relative who is suffering from awry menstrual issues and migraines. One of the things that the doctor recommended was checking out a booklet put out by the Pelvic Pain Foundation. So I did. It’s one of the most helpful, easy to...

Okay so I’ve been on one of the ‘prazole’ Proton Pump Inhibitors for at least 10 years (long time). The long term side effects of these meds seem to now becoming apparent (because that’s about how long we’ve been using them) and are pretty alarming. What? Acid reflux? GORD? Used to use...

When someone has treated you really badly, been really disrespectful about you, or undermined you to others, or maybe, like, sabotaged your recovery and your alliance with your treatment team...stuff like that... How do you decide when to (a) be motivated by your anger and try...

I’ve made the tough decision to move. My new place will be smaller, which is cool, because it’s a legitimate reason to throw out as much stuff as I possibly can. My mum (who knows me pretty well) is concerned that I’m getting rid of too much stuff. I’ve been on a fairly obsessive “shed...

I’m feeling completely disconnected from life (and wanting to be part of it at all) and the things I value. I’m trying to reconnect with my values to work on that. How do you figure out what you value? What you used to value?

A while back now I had a pdoc who told me that he didn’t think I had the legal capacity to give consent to sex, because I was too conditioned by my past experiences to truly exercise ‘free will’ in deciding whether I consented or not. He said I needed to work on that. Been working in that for...

So, this is the second year that I haven’t been hospitalised over the xmas-new year period. I have 2 trauma anniversaries on top of the family stressors. I don’t handle it well. PRN isn’t really doing as much as it needs to, and I’ve started SHing (for the first time in over 6 months-ish)...

I thought for a long time that I needed my recovery path to lead back to where I was before I got sick. I thought that I needed to get back to law. Over the course of this year though, I’ve been helping out with classes run by the organisation that helped train my Assistance Dog. I’ve been...

Looking for insight from others & supportive comments... I quit smoking and increased my anti-depressant (pristiq) in August. My mood has improved substantially (albeit gradually) over those months. Tbh, staying quit is still a daily struggle. My physical health has improved, but I still...

The police have asked me to consent to the release of my pdoc’s therapy notes. I’ve made a formal complaint about my the abuse I underwent at school when I was 12. But it also contains some limited details of sexual abuse that occurred when I was a little kid, which involves members of my...

So the weather here is hot (30+ every day) and humid (80% - subtropical). Which triggers flashbacks for me. But my pdoc explained that heat also causes our heart rate to increase, which is potentially what is causing me to panic. Amygdala is basically interpreting heat as a threat, that I...