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Hi Pablo Any chance you would feel comfortable showing your treatment team what you wrote? You have a lot of issues in your current and past life to get better from. I really think your writing would help them understand your situation a bit more. Also, I know this won’t completely solve...

Listening to podcasts, walks in nature and movies that don’t require much attention

I know a lot of healthcare workers quit during the pandemic. Are any of you on this board? Do you have suggestions on what type of things someone formerly in healthcare may be good at my strengths are listening and paying close attention to people. I also have a fairly good attitude. I am...

If it is in the moment I find being alone helps. I quit my last job and one of the reasons is because they were utilizing all the space and I didn’t have a place to hide.

I know that it is a bit child like of me but I do tend to elevate therapists in general. Maybe it comes from a desperate sense of wanting to be heard? It is good to get a reminder that they have different strengths and sometimes it takes a while In fairness to my healthcare team, I think I...

Hello if I read you correctly you want to stay in the same field, and not just have any part time job? If so, you probably will need to go to her supervisor. I would think the fact that you stayed in this position for twenty one years is sort of a reference in itself. Good luck

Thanks. Yeah, I think it would definitely be a trigger. The other guy used my mistakes and weaknesses as an excuse to scream at and belittle me, so right now any type of critical feedback I don’t respond well to even if that feedback is justified. And he kinda would have to tell me when and...

So I got an email from my former place of employment which was a hospital. I feel a contradictory mix of thoughts. I am happy that they did not put me on a do not rehire list. I feel less depressed knowing I have some options in my life. As I am not working and mainly sleeping and lounging...

Ha. I relate. I mean, it feels nice to be wanted but… You can always quit if something doesn’t work out

Welcome. I have found this place to be very supportive. I am sorry you have had such bad luck with therapists. That is such a betray to you and al the others who need help. ☹️ Good luck and congrats with the job!

My heart goes out to you, I am so sorry you had narcissistic selfish parents. And your stepmom didn’t seem to be that nice either. I think acknowledgment from other human beings is incredibly important. It just hurts to the core when we don’t get that

Not everyone will get PTSD, thank god, but some people are more susceptible to it. I think my family of origin definitely contributed to my trust issues. The responses you all gave were really validating which is what I needed. Long, long before I experienced my big T trauma I got treatment...

Yeah. I am dealing with tmj and frequent nausea which is probably due to anxiety but what is really weird is I feel ok mentally. Just Somewhat depressed. I hear you all

Wow. I used to have a boss very similar to yours. Using meetings as an excuse to verbally abuse me, nitpicking facial expressions. Since you say you have a great job and you know you are good at it why change careers? Anyway, as to your query about dealing with job interview anxiety...

Thanks everyone ❤😌

Hi l have to ask, does your work place know about the threatening messages? Could they do anything for you? With all the stuff you have going on l know it must be difficult to prioritize but your safety is paramount. As for wanting more effective meds and a week off from your job-well you...

I know a lot of discussions here have been about whether or not you experienced the type of trauma that could lead to ptsd. I don’t want to weigh into that. Your first post talked about being alienated from your family and grandkids. Is there any way you could have some contact? Would a...

Hi l don’t know what l want or need. I guess l just need to get this out to someone. It is hard for me to talk to real life people. I just feel weak. Like l am hardly the only one with my experiences, but others handle themselves so much better and competently. I know comparisons don’t help...

School and work can be tough even for people who don’t suffer from mental illness and aren’t experiencing a lot of stressors. l am not working either. And l have a lot of days were l think that if l weren’t such a weak person I would be able to push through. Oh,the shame! During those...

Yeah. I guess in a way I should be grateful for the dreams waking me up to the fact that these things may be bigger issues than I thought. Thank you all for listening 😊

A gush of extremely vivid dreams last night. Not criterion A but related to real events in my life that have bothered me. verbal abuse from a bullying boss (who was so aggressive and inappropriately angry all the time that years later I can not be around men who look like him) being ditched...

Thank you for telling your story. It would be my suggestion not to contact him, but of course l am not your therapist.

That is scary. You are very brave to approach him. if anything happens with his false accusations my guess is that his reputation for being a bullying manipulative jerk also leads people to distrust what he says

Welcome. I am also fairly new here and was a pandemic provider (respiratory therapist). I also feel like I should have my shit together. I think there is a general sense among health care providers that we should be infallible. I am so sorry you are having a hard time. You are not alone.

I am thinking of cold mothers. Could that be enough to cause trust issues in an adult? I can not figure that out. I was not someone who faced years of abuse so it just doesn’t make sense that I would have a hard time trusting people. I just feel that people are not in my corner. I am ok with...