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    Me And Sisyphus Keep Pushing That Damn Boulder Up The Mountain

    I feel like that poor guy in the Greek myths who pushes the boulder up the mountain over and over. I guess this rant is both life and PTSD related. Anyone ever feel like you are right on the brink of making the corner to getting better and it never fails that something else comes out of...
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    Alcohol And Dissociation

    This may be a stupid question but I'm going to see if anyone else has this happen. I used to dissociate a lot. After my EMDR and a year of hard work it has become more rare that I dissociate and usually just under extreme stress. One thing I have noticed is after having a few drinks, at...
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    Finished With Scheduled Therapy, Exciting And Scary

    After a year of steady EMDR and meeting with my awesome T, yesterday she says, I think we are done. I was a little taken back and she explained that we have pretty much worked through all major stress points in my life, we have processed all of the remembered trauma and we havent really had...
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    Ptsd A Lack Of Mental Toughness?

    Ok, Logically I know this isnt true but cant shake the shame of being weak. I went to see the new movie "Lone Survivor" yesterday. I was a big fan of the book and just amazed at the toughness and resilience of these men. Now I understand these mean are the highest trained warriors there...
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    Spiritual Turmoil And Unbelief

    I have really been struggling through this healing process to determine what I actually believe in the spritual sense. I was raised in a stict christian home, led the first 30 years of my life striving to be a good christian, served in all manners of the church including a deacon but as the...
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    Flashbacks Without Memories?

    I often will get triggered by some event, word, image, etc. I don't really have any memories, I don't get any visual, auditory or an other sensations. I usually just have body memory type symptoms. I feel like I'm being physically crushed, I get the shakes, and then dissociate. I have a...
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    Need Memories And Can't Find Them

    Hello All, been reading the website for a long long time but haven't ever posted. To give a little background, I was in a verbally/emotionally (some isolated physical) abusive marriage for 16 years. I stuck it out as long as I could due to my religious background and family pressure. I...
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