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Have you had an abuser die? My ex husband who was abusive to me and abused my oldest daughter died unexpectedly a few weeks before Christmas. My daughter hadn't seen him in 10 years. My other children saw him once about 2 years ago. My son texted him once in a while. The emotions that we are...

I know that this probably seems like a really dumb questions but I am wondering what kinds of things are considered violence vs abuse? Today I remembered an intake worker's reaction when I told her about things that my x had done. I didn't think that these things were violent but she acted like...

I am working on noticing how I feel inside throughout the day. I think that before, I was just kind of zoning out and not paying attention. Earlier today, I noticed that I was feeling anxious and protective of my kids/grandson when my hubby was frustrated about something. I could link it to my x...

I am very depressed. Having a hard time doing anything. I am hurting so bad that i can hardly breath. Nothing is appealing. I need a bunch of ideas. It's too hard to think of something on my own right now.

How do you move past triggers that are so big that they turn your life upside down? I feel like I am getting swallowed by my traumas right now. I was managing pretty well and then an incident that involved police happened at the house where I had both childhood traumas and then the biggest...

My T told me that she doesn't think that I am suicidal, but that I have a protective part that sees suicide as a way to protect me from pain. She told me ( this is what I understood from what she said anyway) that people who are suicidal are depressed and that it is a more of a constant feeling...

My brain keeps flipping between "maximizing" and "minimizing" childhood experiences. I grew up with a sister 7 years older than me who had undiagnosed bipolar disorder and parents who did not (could not?) acknowledge what as going on. I was terrified of her. She was kind, and buying me things...

I just realized that there is an introductions thread. So Hello. I don't know what so say about me, except that i'm here because the trauma in my life never ends. It started with being traumatized by my sister when i was little and notw the shit in my life just keeps happening over and over...

I'm taking time off work because a triggering event made it too hard to continue until I can get myself feeling better. I am finding that I want to push work friends ( and my husband's family) away because I will contaminate them. I am not like this with long time friends who have also gone...

I have dealt with PTSD for a long time from several traumas throughout my life. My T has recently said she wants to do parts work with me. She encouraged me to purchase Coping With Trauma-Related Dissociation. I got the book and have read through a couple of chapters. There is definitely a lot...