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A friend and I figured out that we're both seeing the same T and starting trauma group therapy today. Has anyone run into problems being group with someone they know from another situation? We've been supporting each other already, so no worries about confidentiality. I guess we should ask...

My head passes off certain emotions to my body- things my mind refuses to process. Does anyone have somatic pain/discomfort with a pattern? Like headache equals angry, heartburn for anxiety, etc? I'm wondering if there's some code I could translate to know what feelings cause which pains...

I'm very new to group therapy- only had two sessions so far. An upcoming exercise was mentioned today that would stomp down really hard on a trigger. The exercise is about mindfulness, they're going to experience a food instead of just eating it. That food is a 'double barrel trigger', there...

I think I'm entering into teenage rebellion. I'm 32 years old. Seems like this might be more of a multiple traumas beginning in childhood type of ptsd problem, but I'm scared. I know I didn't grow when I was numb and shut-down. I've only been working on the PTSD for the past year or so, but...

I did not react well to zoloft at all. Quit taking it a week ago after about a month on 50mg a day, when I figured out that it was behind the absurd increase in anxiety. Oh my, those 'brain zap' moments are still happening- how long does this last after stopping the medicine?! I didn't even...

I've got a couple relationships where I'm being asked to want something. Just recently my T and I have been working on why I see wanting things as a huge risk. I 'm convinced I don't deserve the things I might want, and afraid they'll be used against me somehow. The more simple instance is my...

I told myself that today would be a great day to plant my garden. Instead, I'm jumping whenever I see motion outside the window and too anxious to go outside. There's pretty flowers and yummy veggies getting root-bound in the little pots because I need to get them in the ground. Once it's...

I've been going it alone for a long time, hiding that I'm not fine. Getting into therapy recently has made some symptoms more evident. I'm realizing that I have supportive folks in my life and they want to help. I don't know what that means. Old friends took it as a chance to take advantage...

Times like this I see why I majored in psychology before I left college. Had passing thoughts of suicide, heard echoes of a prof explaining that the increased risk of suicidal thoughts when beginning an antidepressant treatment could relate to the re-emerging hopefulness or productivity being...

My mother has been awfully worried about me since I told her about being diagnosed with PTSD and the insomnia. She means well, even if she doesn't understand, and got me a nice new set of sheets and comforter. I don't think it'll really help to have a nicely matched bed to lie awake in...

Wasn't sure if this would be dissociation or depression, sorry if I'm calling it the wrong thing. I don't feel like a real person. It's more like I'm some character, still in the comic book even though I know there's depth beyond the pixels... Have I ever been real? It's like being two...

I recently started therapy, and have an appointment to see a psychiatrist about possibly trying some anxiety medication. I don't have insurance or a steady income. If a medication would be helpful I'd really like to try taking it, but geez, I know how much some of those things can cost out of...

Hello. I'm 31 and live near Detroit, just met my therapist earlier this week and we agreed, it seems like PTSD. Friends mentioned it a couple years ago after my ex-husband finally moved out, I wasn't ready to try treatment at that point so I taught myself not to flinch at loud noises to avoid...