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It's been a little while since I posted here and I just wanted to share some big steps I've started since going back to therapy: I've realized that my PTSD symptoms have started feeling unmanageable largely because I just feel lost and vulnerable at this point in my life, in general. I've been...

I've been working with a new therapist the last couple weeks trying to identify triggers that have been making my PTSD flare up over the last few months, and I came across a conundrum: In my last session my therapist and I discussed a recurring situation at work that often causes me stress-...

Does anyone else have a hard time with visualizations? I have never been good at changing/altering thoughts that come into my head. Everyone talks about being able to change or control their dreams with practice, but this is a skill that has always eluded me, and I think of my difficulties...

I am making a list here of everything triggering and/or stressing me, contributing to my anxiety levels becoming unmanageable, and I'm hoping a written acknowledgment of these triggers/stressors will be helpful: My son calling me "beautiful" at least once a day - It is very sweet of him, and I...

I work at a factory, in a remote little office toward the back of the building, mostly with computers. I deal with our quality data - data entry, editing forms, statistical analysis, paperwork shuffling, database development, analyzing and developing reports on trends, etc. I am great with data...

I haven't been able to fall asleep, and at this rate I won't be getting more than a couple hours rest before I have to be up for work. It's been awhile since I've been on this site - I've had my PTSD under "control" since I stopped putting much focus on trying to date again. However, today...

I watched a movie last night called "Loving the Bad Guy". From the poor screen angles, poor acting, etc I could tell it was a low budget film - but the story it told really gripped me. It was a Christian based film about a good Christian girl - 23, still living with her parents, still a virgin...

Since coming to this site, I've seen many references to the "inner child" and other's relationship with their inner child or uses relating to him/her during therapeutic sessions. As I thought about this, I started wondering if I was personally lacking something somewhere, as I don't feel any...

Looking for a friend in the area I can talk to who will understand PTSD developed from an abusive relationship. Preferably online first to build trust with the possibility of eventually meeting in person. Also preferably female, as I don't know if I'd feel comfortable meeting a male "stranger".

When I first left my ex, I had nightmares almost every night. Mostly, these nightmares involved me in random public places where I would see my ex and attempt to flee. He would always manage to follow, and he was never actively/angrily chasing me, but I could never seem to get away. Sometimes...

Writing has always been very cathartic for me and has been one of the main tools utilized with my therapist, so I plan to use this trauma diary as a place to recount traumatic situations that have found themselves stuck in my mind - the flashbacks that keep playing over and over in my mind...

Hello, everyone. I suffer from PTSD, a result of a life-threatening abusive relationship which I left approximately four years ago. Upon leaving, I received counseling and was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder. It was, initially, very severe and took quite a bit of working through...