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This whole thread is so comforting to read. My narcissist is a work person. I thought I was finally rid of him. Turns out I’m in a situation with his buddy and the negativity poison continues to spew from him. All I can do is focus on me and ignore the ass wholes and be willing to work for...

@Friday definitely in the Bible Belt. She has trauma. The most recent, waking up next to a friend that was dead. (Had mixed the wrong combination of drugs/alcohol). We had already started searching for programs prior to this. She refuses to go in patient, and the people I spoke to said that...

I appreciate all of your help. Choices have been so limited on our insurance, but we can’t afford the out of network rates.

Even though I’m Christian and my daughter is still connected to friends and the youth pastor in my church, she is unsure about beliefs. This especially came about with many churches rejecting the way God made her—as a bi-sexual person. She was a lesbian for awhile, and leans towards women...

So sorry for the confusion. It is actually for my adult child who is struggling. Her therapist recommended one at his place, but it isn’t in our insurance. My kid had a pretty big trauma happen and could end up with ptsd, but it’s too soon to tell. I guess I’m wondering if 12 step works for...

Looking into substance abuse out patient intensives. Any ideas of what works or recommendations to consider?

It’s interesting to find people who have a similar brain and therapy experience to me on this site.

Sometimes I found myself describing some things with my hands when the words wouldn’t come out. I also tend to dissociate so we had to switch to less intense forms of emdr where you typically don’t say much of anything till you come back the next week. I once told her that parts of me want to...

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I’m sorry that you feel at the bottom of a deep hole. Do you take any medications? I was once in a very low place and my p-doc raised my dose and gave me reassurance that the anxiety would lessen and it did!

I have a very specific flashback where I’m shoved and pinned into a tall wooden cabinet. I’ve had it hundreds of times and have worked on it. It used to terrify me. Now, I find it oddly comforting in a way. I have no idea why. Does this happen to anyone? Maybe it’s more of an intrusive...

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I would talk to her about it. My T once brought up a personal trauma. I found myself thinking about it quite a bit. Like, did she suffer from PTSD? Is this why she does xyz? It is the only time she talked about her stuff in our multiple years together. It wasn’t a big deal, but...

I don’t know how to respond to you in this without potentially opening myself up to a thread battle. You were sitting next to a girl that is 19? Legal age of consent. You didn’t ask permission, but she also didn’t necessarily tell you “no” or pull away. She could have been frozen, but she...

@Friday In the first few years of therapy, I learned how to say “no” to my mom. (Big smiles from my therapist). This past Christmas was actually the first visit I have had where it’s finally all clicking together.

@Movingforward10 I really hope so! The dissociation explanation was very excellent and true to me. @Friday This is incredibly hard for me. I grew up in a family where dad was military, and mom ran the domestic show. We all did what mom said, even dad! Thank you for helping me understand.

@Defaultxlove She tells me that I have faced and survived horrible things. When I get upset or triggered, I tend to let younger parts take over and she is trying to get me to stay present and be in front, I suppose. Maybe that’s part of the abandoning my “self” part.

I don’t think so? She says that she doesn’t think that I’m afraid of her (that’s transference stuff). However, I’m afraid of my own fear. I do become codependent, which is why we have our boundaries as they are to begin with. She wants me to believe that I can handle and face bad emotions...

We were talking about boundaries. How we have outside and internal boundaries. I think this may be about trust. Trusting myself. Trusting that I can handle things? I tend to ask for extra appointments or reach out to her for help between sessions. We have been shifting away from that...

What does it mean when a therapist tells you that you abandon yourself?

It got better. However, the following session my t and I talked about the process when I wanted to add resources and such (which isn’t really the emdr 2.0) during my next session. She had me write a letter to myself about my tools and plans to deal with everything. This week, she changed...