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I survived my childhood by shutting stuff out and pretending everything was okay. Unfortunately it seems that my brain has learned that this is a good technique to handle stress of any kind. Over the past 9 years of working my way through PTSD while moving on with my life, studying a million...

my fiancé and I have decided that we're ready to become parents, so we're "not preventing" at the moment (no birth control + I'm tracking my cycles and taking a prenatal vitamin, but nothing too crazy). I'm excited, but this of course brings some worries I've had for years back to the surface...

I've been going through a particularly rough period of nightmares and bedtime panic attacks since last Thursday. I think I've got another piece of the puzzle resurfacing about my childhood abuse, because the narrative of the dreams are consistent and I'm remembering them clearly days later...

So, last night I made a big decision, and I really think I was the right one, but right now I'm feeling all sorts of nervous! I've been studying electrical engineering for the past 2 years now. This week is finals for academic term 4. I've been wishing for quite some time now that I'd picked...

So, I've reached a point in life where a lot of big things are falling into place (yay!) and that makes me so excited and happy, but it's also distracting me from the present and causing a lot of stress. I'm a 26 year old university student (2nd undergraduate degree, graduating 2017) studying...

(If this is better suited to another board, please feel free to move it!) Alright, I've already discussed this with my mother & boyfriend, but I'd like to hear some opinions from neutral parties. I'm thinking of leaving my sorority. Background information about me: I'm 26 and working on a...

First of all, I know that if I want a firm diagnosis, I should see a physician. I'm just looking for whatever experiences, suggestions and opinions anyone wants to share on the topic. I grew up with a highly skilled chiropractor in the family (my maternal grandfather, who was much more of a...

I live on my own, but most weekends / holidays my boyfriend and I are together for days at a time, so we end up sharing a bed quite often. I'm not at all new to sleeping with another person, be they someone who knows all about my PTSD or otherwise, but I was about 3 years out of practice before...

My Mom and sister ran into some old friends of ours at the grocery store, and through the conversation they had, discovered that my abusive ex boyfriend from nearly 8 years ago has just recently moved across the country to finish his arts degree out here at MUN (my university). Not only is this...

I feel like I've known my boyfriend forever. I've trusted him 100% since our first date. I wake up happiest when we've been together, even if I'm waking up alone. I love his family, and I already feel like I'm a part of it. We go out on the town with his brothers, up to the cabin for the weekend...

I'm sure I'm not the only one who experiences this, but it seems like whenever my personal relationships are going well, that's when my anxiety issues flare up in not-so-subtle ways. I'm going on nearly 3 months now in my relationship with my boyfriend. He's a wonderful person, absolutely...

I'm just finishing up the final exams for my 3rd academic term of engineering in the Electrical & Computer Engineering program, and I'm worrying about whether or not I'll be allowed to continue in the program. The program alternates between academic terms and work experience terms, with no...

I feel like most of my posts these days revolve around my mother and my boyfriend, but really that's what's up in my life. For anyone who hasn't read my stuff or needs a refresher, I'm 25 years old, and last year I moved across the country for school. I literally uprooted myself to start over...

Forgive me if chit chat isn't the right place for this, but this is neither a PTSD discussion nor is it a research article that I have to share, so I'm not sure that it fits anywhere else. I just spent the weekend at my boyfriend's family's cabin with him and most of his family (one brother...

I've mentioned in previous threads that I'm a sorority president, and that I've come to a point where I'd like to disclose my PTSD to some of my sisters, but I'm not sure about telling all of them. I don't know if the youngest 2 can handle it, and another girl sends mixed reactions when I probe...

My engineering program has an awesome co-op component, which means we go to school for 5 years straight with no summer breaks after 1st year, and just alternate between semesters of course work and semesters of work placements. Jobs start being posted about 3 weeks in to the semester, interviews...

My last class of the day today (5-6:15 PM, yay... :meh:) was the dreaded "Engineering in the Workplace" course. Everyone hates it because we've got enough on our plates with our other 5 courses, and this sociologist professor (no offense to an sociologists out there) thinks her self-reflection...

I was thinking about my own struggles with self harm today (not thinking of doing it, just thinking of the times I've done it in the past), and I found myself wondering about something. I can recall intentionally causing myself harm as young as 2 or 3 years old. I know there are lots of types...

I've reached a point in my life where I'm living and thriving despite PTSD better than I ever have. I'm 25, in the middle of my "2nd" degree (didn't actually apply to graduate from my first), living on the other side of the country from everyone who knew me growing up, and now comfortably...

I have a date in a few hours. I realize that most of the replies to this thread will come after said date has taken place, but that's okay, because I hope there will be more dates to come. I've been so nervous all morning, and I need some advice. I'm 25, but I started a new degree, so I'm 6...

I've been debating whether or not I should enlist the opinions of the community here over this local news issue for over a week now, but a letter to the editor appearing in yesterday's campus news paper written by an acquaintance of mine made me a little angry. Sorry if this isn't the best board...

Hello! I've been a member here for nearly a year now "as a sufferer," but I foresee playing the role of supporter for someone else in the very near future. I'm a sorority president, and we're well into our fall recruitment period now. One of the young ladies who seems to be a great fit and...

One of the courses I'm taking this semester in university is a preparation for working as an engineer in a multidisciplinary work place. Last week that professor asked us to participate in some surveys, including learning styles, group working styles and personality types. One of these was the...

Alright, so, I'm not at all unfamiliar with the interviewing process. I've been volunteering for roughly 15 yeas now, and working "real jobs" (paid jobs) for 8. I've held jobs for as long as 5 years, I've had leadership roles, and I have a strong work ethic. All of that being said, I'm currently...

Even though my sister is only 21 and 4 years younger than me, we both know that she'll become a mother first, and that it'll happen sooner rather than later. She's been thinking about weddings and starting a family a lot lately. The other day she asked me what we'll tell our future children...