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I worked from home for a company that was selling on behalf of a cable tv, phone, and internet provider. It was a sales job, making cold calls to potential customers. I printed off all the information they gave me in training and put it in a binder, along with the parts of the script that...

So after going without sleep so long that I was hallucinating and losing the ability to speak, my psych doc sedated me for a few nights. Then we added in Lunesta (3 mg) for a week, instead of the sedative. That week was the best sleep I'd had in many years. She and I decided to try it nightly...

I wake many times through the night because of nightmares. When I get up in the morning, I am always in a state of anxiety, verging on panic. I meditate, and then distract myself. I've been doing martial arts since I was twelve, and we do meditation at the start of every class. Being...

Good job on both of those, and good job on recognising them!

@FridayJones Thank you so much for your words. I do well in crises true, but I prefer to have a chance to see my suggestions/ideas put to practice. I love teaching martial arts, and the relationships I develop with students over time. So many parallels in teaching versus therapy. I'm going...

Thanks everybody for your replies. It really helps to be heard and understood. I just wanted to say, I talked to my therapist about this yesterday. He said that when I am ready, we will work on this dental phobia of mine. He said the process is a bit different than the exposure therapy we've...

I absolutely adore the way you talk about Hank. I love when animals get what they deserve - love, stability, safety, healthy boundaries. You're giving Hank all those things and in turn he is doing the beautiful heal of your heart. I volunteer for a cat rescue. My job is to take any kittens...

So, since I was 16, I've wanted to be a therapist, with a focus on trauma recovery. I get to have a tiny taste of what that would be like because of a class I help teach. It's a women's self defense class, and about 80% of the women who take the class have been assaulted. The class is...

I am sorry you are so hurt. You don't deserve that, at all. Have you been officially diagnosed with PTSD? Or looked it up in the DSM 5? The situation you describe doesn't meet the diagnostic criteria for PTSD. Your suffering is very real, and it's not better or easier than if you had PTSD...

Thank you for replying. I sob, yell, shake uncontrollably, and dissociate. I'm sorry LFS. To not be allowed to brush your teeth... that's cruel. My mom has had full dentures since she was 45. I don't think the ever brushed. She has a massive phobia about anything going in her mouth. (Gee...

If I could be knocked out for it, I would go. I can't handle the numbing injections or the feeling of being trapped on my back with someone leaning over me.

Thank you. Your T came to your scan? I'd give anything to have my T come with me to the dentist. I've always had a hard time opening my mouth and it physically will not go beyond a certain point. Every dentist I have ever seen has tried to force it. I end up sobbing, stuck in a flashback...

I take omeprazole. It's available over the counter and helps counteract the acid in the stomach. For me, I'd been throwing up daily for months.

I was seven. L had just finished raping me. I was bleeding profusely, and I begged him to stop. He said he hadn't had a chance to "finish" yet. Told me to open my mouth. I did so. He tried to force his penis into my mouth but my teeth were scraping him. He punched me in the side of the...

Thanks everyone. Still no sleep. I was doing some research Sunday and read that with sleep deprivation, the brain will actually sleep for a few seconds at a time and the person is unaware. That must be happening for me as I am not completely insane yet. I am trying to avoid the ER as that...

So I have been averaging 1-3 hours a night of sleep for the last year or so. Constantly sleep deprived. It has impacted EVERYTHING. My psychiatrist has been systematically trying everything she can to get me sleeping better. Last week on Tuesday night, I got two hours of sleep. I woke up at...

My heart breaks for you. My grandparents were married 49 years before a milk-truck driver on a cell phone hit them head on and killed my Gramma. That was nine years ago. Last year my grandpa went on one date. He ended it there, saying "she could never be her." So much of what you say, I...