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I only have time for weekly updates from this forum lately and made responding to yours a priority. I read your post and completely empathize with your position; it’s no picnic, and I’ve been there myself. Please know you have my ear/my eye on your posts and will reply again when I can. In the...

My service dog Sophie and I were camping out on public land in Arizona. We were keeping to ourselves and, as a matter of fact, I've been working on this forum all day before this assault occurred. In fact, dealing with my PTSD was the reason I was in the desert in the first place. I spent the...

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The situation was a bad mix, given that my PTSD was already triggered from my days work. Even if I hadn't been triggered, the federal officer who attacked Sophie and I would have caused trouble – I'm sure of it. There was no turning around and walking away from the sky. Besides, when I left...

I'm not sure how to reblog a post I recently made on one of my public blogs but, for the sake of anonymity that's okay. Instead, I've cut-and-pasted it here. It's lengthy, but it's a terrible trauma I need to release. I know that those among you who are service dog handlers in particular will...

Hi, Justmehere, Here's my two cents as a Borderline: I've been diagnosed with BPD for nearly seven years, and have lived most if not all of my adult life with it. According to what I've learned over the years, from therapists and also my own research, there's only abatement of Borderline...

Thank you for your kind words..!

Take heart, my friend-exercise is the one thing I can count on to ease my ptsd symptoms. Walking my doggie or riding my bicycle are among my two favorite ways to do this. Contributing to this forum is considerably improved, too, as the improved blood flow to my brain allows me better access to...

Good for you for realizing how the valuable friendships you've made here will serve you well in your offline life as well. Just as your family's there for you now, the things you've learned here - and will continue sharing at home - will be an appropriate memorial to everyone who's celebrated...

Hi everyone, I've been away for a while, with good reason. I've been afraid to log back into the forum for the past month or so, as I've been mired in my own recent trauma. It began late one Friday afternoon, after spending most of the day researching the subject of my BPD and cPTSD recovery...

You're welcome-it's not just a US phenomenon, but global, too.

My seizures started out of the blue one morning at age eleven, when I woke up on the floor, with "pee pants". I heard about it from my father right on up to the day I moved out, in some of the most vulgar terms imaginable. Since there's only so much a kid-or anyone-can take, I know how my...

I'm Borderline too, and it makes me feel good to know you've got a support group to (presumably) meet with personally. That puts you light years ahead of me in my recovery & gives me something more to work toward. My biggest challenge of the many BPD presents is establishing a stable sense of...

Yes, despite it's inherent positive definition, empathy can feel downright burdensome, even insidious in entering my thoughts. For example, a half-hour ago I was thinking about a pleasant day Sophie and I were having at a hideaway mountain lake last summer in the Colorado Rockies. Few others...

Yes, a special thank you for your recommendation, Anarchy. This is a recording I highly recommend to anybody else on this thread who's voiced their concerns. It's an excellent reminder that many similar tyrants with an eye toward world conquest have come before him, and that this one is...

Thank you for your kind words – I appreciate it.

Thank you – I will play it after the phone battery charges!

Really? That's great- from what I've learned about Iceland, it's a very beautiful country where many American expats have made a happy home. Best of luck to you if/when you decide to go. Many Canadians, I've learned, understandably head to the Mexican warmth in droves for the winter. Some of...

I'm with you on that. Thank you so much for your and everyone's feedback – I've learned a lot about myself though you in just the last several hours, and I appreciate it.

You know, after hearing back from are you and VB, I feel your energy and am reminded how I felt as a kid. I also remember thinking that I'd never bow to such a tyrant again. Unfortunately, that was before I knew the extent to which my childhood trauma would affect my adult life. The person I...

Again, in order to not politicize this post, we can continue possible resolution – oriented ideas to this discussion in chat, should the administrators deem it necessary. As a borderline, I am particularly sensitive to authority figures, and that includes those online. No apologies, it's just...

Thank you both for sharing your thoughtful responses. One thing I think the article I referred to (should've added the link-sorry) is that Fear is what motivates any narcissist; fear of rejection, fear of anything short of adulation and complete dominance, even in the eye of overwhelming...

You know, I've tried to find a silver lining in all this, and have really struggled. The best I've come up with so far is that the entire situation, from the person at the top through many of those beneath him are really doing a great service to the world in raising awareness of mental...

Thank you for saying so- it is comforting to know & I couldn't be sure how it'd be received. But even if you're the only one, you've made it worthwhile. Rich

I've wanted to express my feelings to this forum for months regarding a very sensitive subject, one that has been recently censured because of the unproductive negative feedback it drew. But in light of the PTSD – related personal struggle it causes me, and in the welcoming spirit of this...