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Bottom line is that we are in such different pages that I think we are reading two entirely different books. I don’t know if it’s me that’s guided her astray or she’s really an idiot, but I’m still very focused on treating my blaring trigger of an injury, meanwhile she’s wondering what I want...

Have any of you suffered a trauma and developed PTSD that prevented you from working/had a workplace trauma? If so, did you attempt to return to work? How did it go? If you were deemed unable to work, how long did you try for? My therapist is very fixated on the exposure aspect of my therapy rn...

Long story short, I'm still injured from my accident 15 months ago. I've hit a plateau in physio with the current information we have on my body, so I am currently not being treated. I have been referred to various other tests due to symptoms (i.e. numbness, memory issues and etc). I saw my...

I was out for dinner because it was my nephews birthday today. I chose to order a beer with my meal. I was casually enjoying my meal but noticed I suddenly started getting distressed. Overall I comfortable, shortness of breath and chest tightness. In the restraunt I sat beside my younger nephew...

As you can tell, from this post - I'm back. I took some time away from the forum as I got to a point where I worried that reading the struggles and negative posts from others was causing some perpetuation of my negativity and symptoms. In a way, I guess that was true but I've also come to...

Does anyone ever get this feeling? I was attending one of my appointments today (not my therapist, but someone else helping in the recovery process that I feel is essential at this point in time), and I don't know if she was just quiet today or what but I interpreted it as her being sick of...

As many of you know I had a bad car accident last year. I have been advocating for more physiotherapy, while also seeing a therapist for PTSD. I'm feeling really stuck because my physio has been on vacation for what will be 9 days tomorrow, and while I've been following her directions of what to...

ugh. I’m even dreaming of having panic attacks. I woke up thinking it was a memory, but nope. It was a dream. All the triggering content was factual, but it all played out while I slept. It makes me sad how we get no relief. I went to bed in pain (which triggered a flashback for me the night...

I lost my sh*t in session today. Quite literally lost my mind. What happened you ask? Let me give you a bit of history.. My therapist works out of an office where there are many therapists, so, they have a number of people at the front working reception. Now, I'm a rather personable individual...

Lately everyone has been adding on the stress and pushing me hard into what they think I need to be doing. I’ve noticed it for a while now, but the past couple days I’ve woken up with severe heartburn to the point where I think I’m going to vomit lava. My entire body is exhausted, I feel...

In my youth, I've always been heavily shamed for my faults. As a way to cope, I focused on always taking accountability for my actions. I learned that if someone takes the heat, everyone can just move on. Also, if I owned up to everything, then I would be more genuine of a person (instead of the...

lol what a question. Everyone keeps asking me this, and I say “I’ll be fine”....but I lie. People are so easy to manipulate. They take your “it’ll be fine” way too easily. Is it just because it’s easier for them to handle instead of the possibility that someone is having that hard of a time...

I'm really bothered by this, and it finally hit me that this is a huge problem. Every single freaking morning, I wake up with a buttload of things 'to do'. Now I'm not talking about the regular "hey, that's life" type of chores, but it's like I FIND things that need doing to the point where I...

I really like my therapist. I think she's a great person, and if I hadn't met her in the context I did, I'd imagine we'd likely be friends to some degree. I've been seeing her for a year now, and as hard as I try, my trust issues are so severe that I can't bring myself to tell her much. Progress...

today I was driving with a plan in mind of what I was going to do (I.e. stop at the store and withdrawl some cash to pay the dog groomer). While in the vehicle heading to the store, I thought about something else for a split second, and when I came back I was confused about where I was going and...

Therapist is out of town for a week here and there this month, and I was supposed to not see her this week, have an appt the following, and then she was supposed to be off again. I am not dependant on her, but the last session we had, I FINALLY opened up a little and am now actually interested...

..was waking up with anxiety, and having it last all day. The minute I tried to do something, I found I had to keep busy as the moment I stopped I ended up in tears. Everything is so overwhelming and yeah that's about my life. I couldn't do anything all day without tearing up and crying through...

Hate can be applied to the way I feel about everything these days. I feel like everything I do throughout the day I no longer worry if I hurt someone's feelings or what will happen after an interaction (you know, if you're mean then you likely will lose a friend or something). I break things...

As many of you know, I was diagnosed with PTSD after a life threatening car accident with a moose. Yesterday morning I was travelling to my sisters (I don't often drive these days, so this was me pushing myself). She lives in a wooded area, so I was exercising a lot of caution and always drive...

I'm still struggling with physical pain, and have just come down from a 1-2 week weird overloaded panic dissociation state (my stress tolerance level had been exceeded by an exceptional amount and I kind of lost it for a while). But, happy to report I finally came down and have been able to...

Does anyone find that their symptoms intensify when they consume alcohol? I've been pretty stressed and symptomatic lately, and I had a glass of wine to help 'depress' the symptoms. Turns out I feel like it just made things worse. My chest now feels tight and I have shortness of breath, along...

I was helping my sister clean today as she is selling her home and potential buyers are coming by again tomorrow - so we were pretty busy cleaning a lot. I didn’t feel like I did all that much, but suddenly I bent over to unload the utensils in the dishwasher and I found myself getting dizzy...

I'm from Ontario, Canada. Does anyone know how to get a dog (I presently own) certified?? She is 7 months. I also have a 4 year old dog that could be trained for the same purpose, but due to his size and the kind of fur he has, I am thinking it would be more functional to train the younger one...

I have a lot of unbelievable crap happening to me all at once right now. I'm working really hard at processing it, but my brain is in shock that this is actually real life. Last night I went to bed knowing I had therapy this morning. Well, during my sleep I dreamed I was in session with my...

Is flashback-y an emotion? Cause I'm feeling super flashback-y?