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You bet it's a PTSD thing! It kinda messes up your emotional responses and feelings. I sometimes overreact to little things and under react or have no reaction at all to others things big and small! I have a hard time feeling love and giving it. Which is very hard on me as I lived to love and be...

Good for you! It's important to respect ourselves before we can expect others to or be able to trust and respect others. I feel selfish sometimes when I put myself first (was in a relationship where he was always first and when i got sick and he was no longer first he became mentally abusive and...

EMDR as well as PTSD is still a bit hard for me to understand but that is also part of my issues I have, I had a benign brain tumor as well as other traumas in my past. I was recently diagnosed this last winter and started trying EMDR a couple months ago. What I do like about it is how much i...

Good job! To me that would be a big accomplishment and power over PTSD! I have a very hard time being around others and strangers is the hardest. Going to a business and saying I want this and that is something I haven't delt with yet. I am in need of a vehicle and haven't found the strength and...

Yeah I hadn't really had one either. This has been the hardest as since my gall bladder surgery eating and gaining weight was hard so that med threw me for a loop and I had to work hard and struggled emotionally big time with it since my stomach pain has been a big issue. Trying to tell Drs was...

That sounds nice! I miss being closer to the country. Houses are popping up all over and we live right on the edge of town... Well used to be more open and quiet. Country back road drives will have to do till I can move out on my own again! I love the peace and beautiful of living outside the city!

[/USER] Yeah it was crazy. Weight gain is bad on my IBS-C and since then I been experiencing much more pain bloating and issues. I'm working on getting back to my safe weight zone but since that med it's been miserable!

What was the name of the med you were on? I was on one too that caused weight gain and I was sick and throwing up but gained 8lbs in the 3 days of taking it and kept gaining till a few days after going off. I also had so horrible side effects and my entire body just puffed up kinda so made me...

I exercise. It's my way to avoid having to take any meds, which actually make things worse. So if I can catch myself early enough or find will to react I go walk, jog, swim, do workouts on my Wii Fit, or go to the gym. It helps me achieve a natural tired that's one I can handle and it calms me...

I have a lot of digestion issues that were just getting under control just before the brain surgery that is part of why I have PTSD and since this last surgery I have been struggling with gaining weight which is making my stomach issues much worse and then I get stressed and stress eat and that...

I used to listen to a little of everything but mostly country, but since my surgery and everything it's strictly country. I can't listen to rap or rock or anything that's a lot of noise and hyper. I did lose 100% hearing in my left ear so a lot of noise or anything too loud hurts, but songs that...

When I was on the Welbutrin with another med I had a lot of issues and only when I was on it alone did I feel happy and alive again. I took 150mg every morning and felt alright but it was not enough so we went to 300mg/daily in the morning and I was so much better off with it. I was on 300mg of...

I struggled with getting the right antidepressants since I was 16 and just all of a sudden experience major depression and panic attacks. I was on one for a few years then went off cold turkey and things got all screwed up and after a few years of trying to find the right one again (my body...

Numb is what happens when I disassociate and it's like I just shut down my thoughts, feelings, any kind of intake stops till the situation is over. I do notice randomly I zone in and out in daily moments though. I won't notice either a trigger or my body just goes into auto response mode and...

I was really healthy till late summer or 2008, when I started having issues keeping food down, and long story short I lost all my body weight and was not even keeping water down by Christmas and ended up in ER about two days after Christmas and spent New Years in hospital and found out it was...

Hi I read your post and I can understand how going through it in your head or therapy is making the feelings come back and stopping you from having a intimite relationship with your boyfriend. Just know your in control of your body and when you are ready for touch then go for it but even if you...

Wow that is a great article!

I would describe my PTSD as painful, terrifying, and heartbreaking! A lot of days I describe it as the Devil or hell! Good days for me are far and short, usually more like an hour here or there actually! I feel like I am fighting something that is so strong and powerful that it's trying destroy...