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Watching TV, random question... What do "out of scope" and "in scope" mean in terms of polygraph tests? I can't find any definitions online... Anybody know?

Long story short, I moved across states to be with a boyfriend I met online. We ended up fighting a lot and our issues got in the way. He moved out after a few months and wanted to stay in a relationship to see if things improved. It got to the point where I saw him only a few times a month if...

I broke up with my supporter ex a while ago after moving states to be with him and it not working out. He wanted to date but not live together anymore and I barely saw him. I felt like a placeholder and there was no intimacy so I ended it. We lived apart for 5 months prior. Anyway I saw his...

So I get confused by people's responses sometimes and I need help with this one, please.. I've had some things happen at my current job that have understandably made me feel attacked. I didn't recognize it as attack or abusive behavior until my T pointed it out that it was. I was written up...

Has anyone ever just given up on you? How did you get through it?

To make a long story short, I am moving my mother from another state to live with me because her home is being foreclosed upon and my sibling who is in town with her refuses to help her whatsoever. She's almost 70 years old, she is "physically disabled" and does not have a car. She is very...

Hello. First off, I apologize for the tone of this thread. However I feel like I need solid advice. Or something. As things have unraveled around me, I am approaching new avenues. My relationship ended, which I had moved myself and my child to another state. So I am grateful to have found an...

Does anyone else deal with a parent who expects to be taken care of and gets emotionally abusive when their mind and needs aren't read?

Alcohol has been my companion for years and helped me through so much suffering. The very, very few people in my life always threaten me and give me ultimatums to persuade me to quit, but to me they are secondary to alcohol. Anyone please advise. I'm unable to quit right now. I don't feel like...

Do you ever feel like you unintentionally scare and or intimidate people? Any thoughts on this?

Wondering if anyone else experiences this or has any thoughts or guidance: I feel more happy and in control when remaining abstinent in my relationship. Having sex feels like a loss of control and sends me into paranoia and depression. I enjoy sex but afterward I struggle.

I work in a multi level but cozy office with a little more than 25 people. I try my best and keep to myself. Am polite and helpful but feel I'm often misread because I'm standoffish, quiet and very private. All of their personalities and moods are exhausting to me. It makes my...

Do you feel that your sufferer provokes you into reactions or fights? If so, what are your theories as to why?

Holiday times are tough for most of us here. Got a few days off and plan on trying to sit down and zone into some distracting movies or shows to get my mind off of things. Anyone else? Looking for suggestions! Here are some of mine: Throw Mama From the Train Clifford (with Martin Short) Me...

I'm in a new state with my kiddo. Christmas coming up. We didn't have family in our home state and don't have any here either. Things haven't gone well in my relationship due to my cPTSD. I'm needing support from people who understand how I think and rearrange me lol. I can't believe how...

Idk where I'm going with this but I need to vent and get some constructive advice from my friends here who understand cPTSD. I need you guys to snap me back into a correct mindset, if you will... (please!!). I don't know if I'm taking things too serious or what. So I work in an office of all...

Has anyone close to you accused you of being a sociopath? I got that one recently and was obv put off by it. This person said I was a sociopath because I "don't feel empathy" and "dislike animals". It feels like a misunderstanding of some of the parts PTSD but still was quite the insult...

My pedo ex husband who hasn't paid child support so long that he is in arrears 20k is finally being brought to justice. Not on prior abuse charges because they don't have "enough evidence", but for his failure to support his child. It's something. I worked my butt off supporting myself and...

I have a history of sexual abuse, and my ex husband sexually abused our child. The latter was a huge surprise and really shook up my perceptions. Just to preface. Anyway. I know I am hypervigilent and it's hugely about sex/sexual attraction/perversion/etc. I'm really struggling, privately...

With the people who have been patient and caring toward you throughout the worst times of PTSD, how do you show appreciation and show them that you're really thankful for them? Besides saying thank you? Wanting to communicate appreciation toward the person in my life for everything they have...

Besides this site is anyone interested in building some supportive relationships outside of myptsd where we can kind of support each other and check in etc? Through emails or texts?

As the title states. I've found that the deeper I've experienced cptsd, the harder it is for me to engage with people, like at all. When I'm around people I get even more depressed and dislike myself more because I feel really different from everyone and I'm angry at myself for not enjoying...

I just moved in with my boyfriend, completely moved to another state with child, and things have been rocky. Things seem to always be rocky with everyone so obviously the problem is me and everything that goes with this. Anyway. I'll save all the unimportant details, but we had last night...

It's a pretty shameful thing to say that I at a fundamental level dislike people, but its true. I don't want it to be that way, but I feel like I don't see it changing, almost like I'm past being jaded and now its turning into a concrete aspect of who I am. I really don't want it to be that...