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I've been away from this community for a while. I just haven't felt up to anything lately. In addition to my anxiety, bipolar, and PTSD conditions (or because of them), I actually feel brain damaged. My memory and ability to concentrate are greatly impaired. There seems to be no rhyme or reason...

Another night, the same old nightmare. How many times/for how many years can a person have the SAME frickin' nightmare! It's like the many versions of A Christmas Carol- slight variations of the same plot. And it's been 3 decades of this! The setting is the same. The conflict is the same. The...

Quotes from Robin Williams as the character Sy in the movie One Hour Photo: 1. “When people's houses are on fire, what's the first thing they save after their pets and loved ones are safe? The family photos. 2. "Family photos depict smiling faces... births, weddings, holidays, children's...

I have to fill out forms for Social Security disability. When I've tried in the past I get in such a panic attack! It's hard for me to even write legibly. I don't want to include triggers but you know what panic attacks/anxiety feel like already! Still, it must be done (I've put it off for...

I feel I can’t ask any more of L. than what she does/gives. She does so much as it is, is so overworked, and has physical/emotional issues of her own. Still, I’m going to assert myself in not wanting her to interrupt me when I’m talking. I usually just accept it on the grounds that I’m not...

I saw a neuro-psychologist today and he presented options for dealing with/overcoming anxiety resulting from my PTSD. One was “emotional freedom therapy,” (EFT), which consists of tapping the body on certain meridian points-like acupuncture/pressure. There are several books on this and he said...

Does anybody here have experience having EMDR and/or neurofeedback for PTSD/Bipolar II? If so, what did you think of it/them?

I met with my therapist today and we discussed my inner critic- the voice inside me that absorbed negative messages from my parents and school bullies when I was a child. This inner critic loathes almost everything about me. Much of what I see and hear is through the prism of this inner critic...

I have complex PTSD and am Bipolar. I'm on disability retirement and my wife has been very understanding and supportive. But my depressive moods and verbal raging upset and scare her. She tries, but she doesn't know what to say or do. Often now she says, "Oh, stop that," "Don't say things like...

Hello! I'm new to this forum. My complex-PTSD stems from a chaotic/unpredictable childhood with both parents adult children of alcoholics and one of them was /narcissistic/mentally ill and the other a workaholic. I also suffered from severe bullying and medical trauma. It doesn't seem so bad...

Hello! I'm new to this forum. My complex-PTSD stems from a chaotic/unpredictable childhood with both parents adult children of alcoholics and one of them was /narcissistic/mentally ill and the other a workaholic. I also suffered from severe bullying and medical trauma. It doesn't seem so bad...