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    I Held That Watch

    And to think, I had therapy yesterday, and this afternoon, just an hour before I saw...that watch I was with the doctor for a med review. That watch, is a Mickey Mouse Watch. The significance of a Mickey Mouse Watch: In the 3rd grade, my distant family purchased a Mickey Mouse Watch for me...
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    What Is Dissociation?

    I am not really familiar with the symptoms of Dissociation. I know, it was manifested in my life in my childhood. What I don't know, is it something I do today? I don't feel as if I am out of my body, unless a flashback is associated with this feeling. I do have multiple moments in a given...
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    Exposure Therapy Discussion Today

    I just left therapy with one of my therapist. We discussed exposure therapy. I told him I thought a certain watch would unleash a wave of reactions from me, but he took it another step. He prefaced it with, what the trauma specialist would consider appropriate, inappropriate exposure, but...
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    I Am Scared Of What Will Happen

    Thursday, I start I guess it's called trauma therapy. I have a team, working me over at this time. The trauma therapist, is the newest member of my team. To be frank, I am terrified. I have no idea what's different about sitting down with a trauma therapist who's specialty is PTSD compared...
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    A Watch Triggered Me

    Over my life, I have struggled to wear dress socks, dress shoes, and watches. I never knew why, these things bothered me. The sense of their touch on my skin, sent me to the moon. A couple of years ago, I was on Ebay shopping and I saw a Mickey Mouse Watch and within the next breath, I was...
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    What Is That Low Voltage Sensation?

    I was diagnosed with delayed onset last year. In the last two years I've noticed a low voltage running through my central nervous system. I've been living with PTSD all of my life. So I've had it for 40 years. Started with child abuse and surviving a self-inflicted gun-shot at 16...
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