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After experiencing SA in 2012 when I was 24, keeping it to myself and not telling a soul for 4 years, In 2016 I eventually told a couple of people I could trust. There was a pattern during those 4 years of being very unsettled, feeling very lost. PTSD symptoms flashbacks, hyper-vigilance...

Could be a trigger from watching a Netflix documentary, not realising it was so triggering. Could be a conversation or memory or even a person that reminds me but I must say being triggered so much has not happened in a good few months, maybe even a year which feels massive. I woke up this...

I dated a guy around four years ago, I was really into him and he was really into me. I was falling for him but got scared because that same year I came face to face with the person who sexually assaulted me a few years before. The trauma I had suppressed for years resurfaced and I just couldn't...

My birthday is coming up soon and my mother started to tell me the story about when I was born, what it was like when her waters broke, when my dad took her to the hospital etc and how my grandma was the first person to hold me etc. It's a story I have heard before but this time she went into...

I met a guy online and were long distance for three months to begin with. He was originally from the same city I live in but was finishing a university course in the north of the country. We really hit it off and it seemed like the perfect match. I helped him apply for a job and when he had his...

I have lived with my boyfriend for 3 years and we met 4 years ago. Earlier this week I arranged something for our 4th anniversary, I booked a table at a restaurant we really like and found a really good deal as it is usually expensive. All paid for and ready to go, I know that if I don't arrange...

I have dated in my 20s and met some strange characters, had some near misses and lucky escapes and met guys who were ok as people but didn't know what they wanted and tried to drag out the relationship and have me stick around. I was assertive throughout and ended situations if I saw genuine red...

I have lived with my boyfriend of two years for the past 11 months. It has been challenging being in a relationship, trust was an issue in the beginning. Sleeping in the same room as him was something that I have tried to get used to but even now, I am always on edge. It has nothing to do with...

I have only ever worked part time hours once but all my other jobs have been full time. From personal experience, the environments that I have worked in have been the main factor of how PTSD is affected but the hours have made a difference too. My idea before was to keep busy and work as much as...

I was on Citalopram for five years, I started on 20mg and at one point when I was feeling very anxious the doctor put me up to 40mg. Before going on the medication, I felt numb and suicidal. I was really struggling and when the doctor recommended the meds, I was apprehensive but was at that...

The trauma I experienced was six years ago now and over the years I have had on and off problems with sleep. I find that at times when I have trouble sleeping and stay awake all night, feelings of loneliness are stronger. The sleep problems always come back after a setback or change in routine...

I met a guy online, we spoke on the phone and online for a month. He then visited me in my city and stayed for four days. another month later he applied for a job in my city, got the job and then he moved 150 miles to live in my city. He told me he loved me. Because I have been hurt before I was...

I find it difficult to identify what is normal and what is not. I am trying to identify boundaries when it comes to physical intimacy. 6 years ago when I experienced an attempted rape but fought the guy off, my PTSD started. I stopped dating for two years and lived a very sheltered life - no...

Recently I went along to a get together with my ex-colleagues. I left my job as I was working in a one to one role with a teenager who had complex needs and mental health issues. He attempted to stab his mother with a knife and me in the eye with a large pair of scissors. I decided to leave my...

I met this guy online and the first time we spoke was on Skype. We spoke for 7 hours through the night to the early morning and had so much to talk about. At the time he was studying up in Scotland but was orginally from just outside of London. We got to know each other gradually and spoke on...

I have been on Citalopram for three and a half years. I was on 20mg for a year and have been on 40mg for two and a half years. I have been having trouble sleeping lately (only sleep for one or two hours but it takes a long time to get to sleep) and have been very anxious that someone is going to...

I have been on Citalopram for 5 years. I was on 20mg for 2 years and 40mg for the other 3. I am still taking 40mg. I have noticed that in the past year, my jaw has become very stiff and clicks. It is just the right hand side of my jaw. It was very annoying at first but I have got used to it as...

Over the past 12 months I have worked in two different jobs. I am 27 and trying to save to do a Masters at university starting this September. The first job at the start of the year, I did for 6 months. I was a support worker for autistic adults. I enjoyed the work but as the home that I worked...

I met a guy online on a dating website supposedly aimed at people looking for a long term relationship. I thought I would give online dating a try despite my reservations and cynicism. Eventually this guy suggested that we meet up, we spoke on the phone a few times beforehand and the day finally...

Whenever I am talking and someone interrupts me while I am talking, for example I am telling them about something that has happened and they cut in while I am talking and then expect me to carry on with the rest of what I was saying, I totally forget what I was talking about. I forget why I was...

I work in a school supporting lessons in the classroom. We all have extra duties on top of that (apart from the class teachers). I was given a duty to clean the dinner hall, take dirty plates from the children and the teachers etc. and it is very fast paced as they have recently expanded the...

My therapist suggested I face my fear and just open the door and try letting workmen in rather than waiting for my mum to be at home when they visited to carry out work. The thing is I experienced a sexual assault last summer and it has been incredibly difficult to be at home when workmen...

I have been having CBT one to one therapy since February with a trainee therapist. I have found the sessions ok, but compared to a voluntary organisation I visited before for therapy I have realised that this therapist is not quite so perceptive and therefore I am not so relaxed during sessions...

Last year I had a lucky escape on a date with a guy who tried to force me to do things I didn't want to do and he became violent. I say lucky escape because I got away before he could do anything and he stopped when he realised his flatmate was home. I was diagnosed with PTSD and mild...

My CBT therapist is training and I have been seeing her since February once a week. She recently put an idea to me, that the positive effects the Citalopram I was taking for my anxiety and depression were placebo. I had been on the meds for two weeks at that point and was telling her how...