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Hi, I don't know what to ask for but I just wanted to share this and see how anyone responds...I'm thinking about tackling this in therapy soon after sort of taking a break lately, and I feel like I want to talk about it here with other people who have been sexually assaulted. I always called...

Let me first say that my PTSD is so well under control that I almost think I don't have it, except that I really need my Latuda to stay that way. But aside from mild anxiety most nights at bedtime, I am really doing well. However, I have failed every time I try to process my trauma. Burying...

I've been feeling crazy because it seems like my imagination runs away from me. I had this daymare during a meditation group this week, where someone knocked on my door, I opened it, they had a gun/knife (it changed) and they raped me and then I had to get the police and go to the hospital and...

I'm worried about screwing up a work relationship. I have a co-worker who once took me to an emergency room for another issue, and took me for an outpatient procedure and looked after me for the day. His wife helped too (she works in another part of the company too). He did not know I had...

I am fortunate to be doing ok during the day. I thought my PTSD was gone until it flared up about a month ago. Short story: told my boss I was having trouble, talked to a mentor, briefly mentioned to a desk mate, saw my doctor and got meds adjusted, now things are better in the daytime. Can't...

It has been a long time since I've been here. I'm sorry this is long. I don't know how to phrase this as a question. I guess, has anyone been doing well and then gotten worse suddenly? What happened was, last week at work I had a vivid flashback out of nowhere. I had been doing really well...

I just wanted to start a thread with the theme of gratitude. I watched a documentary called "The Secret" and another called "Happy" both of which can be found on Netflix. These documentaries were shown at the hospital (psych ward) where I stayed while undergoing neurological testing. These...

I am not sure what exactly to ask for yet. Let my try a numbered list of my current challenges (only 6 items) to describe my situation before I go complaining about suicidal thinking. Skip whatever is boring! 1. Relocated this month for a new job, then relocating again in April...so things...

I am not sure where this goes, so I guessed to put it here. Keep in mind as I ask this question, that I am only 22, graduating college, off to a great well-paying job of my dreams, but I do have a formal diagnosis of PTSD for medical events and a sexual abuse incident in childhood. I am kind...

I am relocating for my new job twice in the next year. January and April. My therapist was telling me to put together a self-comfort kit (crafts, favorite books, blankets, things that help when you need to take care of yourself on your own). She suggested I find a nice stuffed animal, from a...

Thanks for reading. I feel like at the moment I have no one to talk to. Keeping busy with my last semester of school helps, so I am just going to vent a little here, get some work done, and check back tonight to see where this thread goes. Three things on my mind: 1) I have been hired into...

Dear people who read this, I wonder do you have a place you can go where things just feel like things will all be ok one day? I used to go to a favorite coffee shop with my former boyfriend, who is now a good long distance friend. He stuck with me through the events that caused me to be...

Lately, I have been very busy with group project and multiple job interviews. I am graduating this December so this is my most difficult semester. I should see a light at the end of the tunnel but I feel overwhelmed. What has been happening, is I focus on work when I need to and put PTSD...

Here is a numbered list of current problems during a systems medicine research internship, all related to fear and vulnerability from sexual abuse (abuse not discussed in any detail). 1) Migraines sometimes paralyze half my body and make speaking difficult, while previous sexual abuse makes...

OK for this post the details of my traumas do not matter. Suffice to say, I have a spinal issue, a migraine issue, a sexual abuse issue, and a false mental break which was really just a migraine med that made me nuts, so I have spent time in a psych ward but I have no official diagnosis other...

I am nervous to open a thread but here goes anyways. Does anyone worry about not being able to be a decent parent or spouse? Does anyone feel like they are a good parent/spouse even with their condition? I worry that I will never be able to provide the kind of emotional care to raise kids, or...