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@Ellie226 If you were doing really well and she feels that you can handle the separation, maybe she didn’t feel the need to arrange you a substitute. I don’t consider “Better Help” adequate, but I haven’t tried it. I also have attachment and abandonment issues, so my thoughts on your...

She didn’t refer you to someone for that time?

Itchy!!! Lowering Effexor dose and my skin is so itchy. It’s driving me crazy. I can’t think of any other reason for this itching/timing wise. The first few days, my eyes were watery and extremely sensitive to light. Has anyone had this? What do I do?

I’ve read that floods represent emotional overwhelm and repressed feelings.

Is it possible that a TBI can cause a person to develop PTSD from past traumas unrelated to the head injury?

I tried it today in therapy. It seemed okay and like I was having more movement of body sensations than usual. It also kept my brain more occupied for sure. Suds dropped down from a 9 to a 4. (Big drop for me). After therapy, I was in a personal hell. I was home, so wandering around my...

I feel like I need a career change. I currently own my own business and enjoy it well enough, make decent money and am good at it. I’m just wondering if I have a greater purpose? But I’m old. I don’t want to spend the money to get a masters and used to get triggered easily while working for...

Emdr 2.0 is supposed to be for people that have trouble keeping suds down, I think? Normally, we do flash emdr.

Has anyone tried or heard of EMDR 2.0? It’s supposed to be good for cptsd and treatment resistant trauma. (My therapist wants to try it with me. She recently attended a training on it).

I think cbt would be good, as well.

Are you in therapy?

Okay, to be fair, I am already fat. However, I just gained 7 lbs in the last 8 weeks after having been the same weight for many years. I initially took trileptal. 1800. We added Effexor last summer 37.5 and I lost 7 lbs for awhile. Then it steadily came back. In November my daughter had...

My therapist recommended the book: A God Within. I want to thank God for this book.

A daily morning routine and medication both help me. I also need a big enough block of time (3 hours including the drive) before work to really be okay for my day.

When you are on vacation and less relaxed than you are in your daily life.

We don’t directly talk about my trauma in therapy, 4 years in. We do flash emdr because I still find the trauma memories too overwhelming. My previous therapist just had me dive in head first and it nearly broke me. All it did was activate my ptsd.

Do you take any other meds? Maybe the pristiq was covering side effects that they were causing?

I tend to have more flashbacks when I’m in a bad anxiety state. I could only assume that if you are smoking certain strains—it could increase anxiety. I’ve had different reactions to different strains. Another thing to consider is that marijuana can cause me to feel like I have less control...

My biggest state of suicidal ideation happens when I’m in a dissociative state.

I can’t remember the face of my friend’s dad. I also once drew a well detailed man’s shoe. I have no idea what’s behind that, but it disturbs me.

Yeah. Your description is like what I’ve read on it, though yours makes more sense. I just remember it saying that to deal with more than serotonin you had to go higher in dose. I’m nervous about my reaction to the other stuff since I tend to have big anxiety problems. The ssri’s all brought...

I take a really low dose of Effexor. It was helping and I didn’t want to go higher. My trileptal has been consistent and if I try to raise the dose I’m clearly unable to function. Crashing into walls if I try to walk. My p-doc told me that is the clue that I shouldn’t take more. My concern...

My t appointment was on “cards” today. She wants me to see the value of trusting myself to love and care for myself (and lean on others). She said that there is no defined cut off date, but she wants me to experiment with it. I still have so much fear running my feelings. My abandonment...

I’m curious what attachment styles people have. How deep is your “abandonment wound?” How do different parts of yourself feel about this stuff. My therapist won’t feed my defense strategies or let my inner children dictate my needs during separation which is good, I suppose. I just hate...

I was perfectly fine with doing cards for the entirety of our therapy together. I’m still trying to figure out why she thinks they should stop. I sent her a long email about this, so I’m sure at some point we will hash it out.