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I've been thinking lately about the difference between people who develop PTSD after trauma and those who don't. I just finished Elizabeth Smart's book. She describes every day in captivity longing for her warm family. She recovered quite seamlessly. Never went to therapy. Just decided not to...

This may be a dumb question but does a stressor have to directly pertain to your trauma to be labeled as a "stressor"? I'm composing a list of my stressors and triggers. Some items on my list could potentially have been developed by my trauma but I really don't have the energy to think about it...

Yesterday I shared a very big piece of my trauma in therapy. It was the most open I've ever been with anyone. My therapist was very supportive and kind, using a gentle soothing voice while validating my feelings. Ever since then I can't stop thinking about having sex with her. I had a few...

Ever since joining this site I've been on different levels of confusion when reading posts about dissociation. I've always thought that words referred to a person losing chunks of time and not remembering entire chunks of their day. It appears some people just mean an advanced form of zoning...

I am a huge fan of Effexor but when I went up to the 225 mg dose my heart rate went through the roof so I went back down to 150 and only took 225 on days when I felt especially depressed. Well, I started feeling myself slowly slipping back down into the grips of depression so I checked in with...

Not sure if this is the right place for this. Next week I want to tell my therapist about an element of my trauma that was strictly discussion based (i.e. My abuser discussing my body and masturbatory practices with me and his friends). Is that called something? I have some gender dysphoria that...

I had a very productive therapy session yesterday which is to say that today I am a complete mess. There are a couple years in my childhood that I keep completely sealed off. Last night those memories started to thaw and I was able to look at one for a couple seconds. Immediately I blocked off...