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Does anyone know if is possible to have an olfactory flashback which is not a flashback of any previously experienced event? Could the mind spontaneously imagine it up? On second thoughts, I've come back to this to add in that the imagined version would probably be termed as a hallucination... ...

Therapist wants to talk about my sexual difficulties next time, in order to help me try to move forwards on the sexual difficulties I have. The idea of talking about it is totally freaking me out. Because sex is only associated with child abuse, I really struggle with it. If I don't have direct...

Hi Everyone, I've been coming here on and off to read around. Today I realised that I do this at times when I felt I want some support from somewhere others understand, but didn't quite feel brave or deserving enough somehow to sign up. When I signed up I wanted to pick a name that felt safe as...

Hi everyone, Most of you know I'm a student at university, and that I live in a flat with two housemates. After finding it extremely difficult managing living with other students, particularly a few - for a number of reasons, but PTSD was in there too... this year I moved in with...

I'm just wondering if anybody else finds that they can't 'think across' their trauma? A 'this then that happened' knowledge that amounts to being able to automatically 'know' in shortlisted version? Only being able to think in singular fragments of the trauma? I'm just curious to see if anybody...

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Hi everyone :hello: Okay... I'm in need of a little support and advice from people who know what I'm talking about, which is what brings me here....After years of stubborness, I have given in and am now about to see a private psychiatrist (on Wednesday). To fill you in... because otherwise...

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I just wanted to ask, for those of you who 'space out' or dissociate, what it's like for you? I guess I want to know if it's anything like me. I was just on the phone to a friend, and I started to space out... I managed to pull out of it because I had somebody who was talking to me at the time...

Does anybody here have a phobia? I have been told by my housemates that there is a huge spider in our kitchen, right by the washing machine (where my washing is). I am now deep breathing as I write this because I am only just about keeping inches away from pure terror... and it is always the...

I am recently recognising that I have difficulties in identifying emotions. I feel them... but my initial recognition of emotion is usually pre-verbal. I have found myself describing feelings as "bleugh" and "uuuugghhh!" initially, and though I can find the words for them, it takes me a lot of...

A linguistics professor was lecturing his English class one day. "In English," he said, "a double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." A voice...

This is a bit of a strange question. I'm in a FOUL mood right now... like just fell straight into this mood... I am fine if I am "talking" via non-speaking means (email, text, MSN whatever)... and by this I mean just talking - not about anything specific. But if I have to speak...

An Internal Prisoner Chained to you're lies Lies, lies, lies From which reality morphed Into this fragmented life But the clock ticked forth A hand-made fort for a child afraid Forcing her smiles A silent soul betrayed Such smiles dripping with lies Waged in war, each breath dies Suffocating...

She walks to school with the lunch she packed Nobody knows what she's holding back Wearing the same dress she wore yesterday She hides the bruises with linen and lace The teacher wonders but she doesn't ask It's hard to see the pain behind the mask Bearing the burden of a secret storm...

I'm going out Thursday night. Yes... going OUT. It's a friend's birthday. I will have to mix with PEOPLE. Okay, a few drinks, I can do that. The bigger problem is my self-consciousness. So I was in a lecture today... I'm taking an Eating Disorders module. And frankly... it's making me hate...

DISCLAIMER: This post is my 'free writing'. I sometimes free write, when I'm investigating my own thoughts about something. This post involves touchy (thus controversial) subjects, such as suicide, and are just me discussing my own thoughts around the aspect of suicide notes, in relation to...

Hypervigilance. What do you do? When you are TERRIFIED! I feel like jumping out of the window with nerves all over the place. What do you do when you're bricking it? How to calm down? I have music on loud. Doing several things at once to try to distract. I feel like Im on speed and on a...

When I fidget, I fidget relentlessly. There are times when people tell me "God will you stay in one place!!". If I'm not shifting, tensing, wringing my hands, scratching my head or ear, tapping my foot, crossing/uncrossing legs, I'm twiddling my hair. Having just realised that for the last 3...

I guess, as so many don't understand self-harm, I'd like to perhaps explain from my perspective? For those who struggle to understand why people do this; and also for those who currently are still in the stranglehold of self-harm. Because I overcame it. So can you. First things first. Self...

So the idea for this group has come from some discussion about a recent assignment I did on the Philosophy of Science on my Blog... seems appropriate to put what I wrote here, just as a starting point. I have added in some replies to the comments I got from my blog into my thoughts below...

So this is something that has always confused me. There are certain things about life and the world that I just. can't. understand. Over the years, I have become very confused by the 'in love' thing. To demonstrate what I mean by all this, I'll use an example from the past. I had a best...

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Link Removed Dammit... procrastination is the most evil thing to me right now! I have been trying to do a philosophy essay, and the longest my concentration will allow is 10/15 minutes every hour. It is amazing and scary how many cigarrette breaks I take when studying. I gotta quit... but not...

Things people say that make me want to SCREAM.... In therapy: A few years back, after talking about how desperate I felt, she says "So, really.... what you're trying to say is....actually, you're really quite depressed at the moment." Congratulations on graduating from parrot school. After...