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I must of got triggered tonight (more than once) oh joy. Anyways... I began to think about the feelings I had growing up regarding friendships and how I fit in in school. I never did fit in. I remember bursting into tears as a child after my only best friend moved away and I was left all...

Yes solara I agree with you. I have to bow out now as this convo has become very triggering for me.

Thank you, but I can understand how it may bother others. I'm sure different types of trauma can make a difference on what will and won't trigger each of us.

Actually, I find it scientific. Cortisol is released during the fight or flight response. It's how our body reacts to perceived danger. Those with PTSD have amygdala's that perceive threats when they are not actually threats. (triggers) then our bodies go into the fight of flight response. Many...

At the end of my session last week, my therapist asked if it was OK to hug me. I said yes, and she did. For me, if I trust someone, I welcome hugs from them. Although there are few I trust. I feel loved and accepted by it and I would imagine, (once again only if I trust them) that a hug would...

Diet pills worked for me as well, but because it increased my metabolism.

Yep. It's the exact cause for me. I had a doctor run all kinds of tests to determine why I was constantly tired, and despite eating very healthy was overweight and couldn't lose. We discovered I had higher than normal cortisol. I went to a specialist and it was determined I did NOT have cushings...

Yes I hope she can help too,but she did mention that it won't work if someone. Has a high tendency to dissociate, which I often do, so I don't know if I will be able to do it till things improve somewhat.

Yes CVC, I am always exhausted despite getting plenty of sleep. I. Know some of this will improve once things get better in therapy, (which I'm in) but it just bothers me that I'm clearly having nightmares and never remember them. I really just want to stop being tired all the time. :(

I have C-PTSD, but I know a common symptom is nightmares. It may sound weird, but I think I have them, but don't remember them. I feel like I can sleep through everything and as long as I want. (Not all the time but frequently) one of my main ways of coping or dissociating is sleep. I sleep to...

Thank you! :)

I am not an alcoholic (though I would be if alcohol ever did anything for me), instead, I am addicted to cutting, with basically the same problems you have described. I am currently on medication because I hit rock-bottom so badly I had no choice, but it's my hope to go off of them. Meds...

Thank you all for the welcome and support. I am truly glad to meet all of you here, but wish it was under much different circumstances. :( Has anyone gone through EMDR therapy? It turns out my Psychologist has a lot of trauma therapy training (which I'm so thankful for) including EMDR. She did...

I understand what your saying. I grew up in a home that taught me no one wanted to hear about problems and to suck it up. My dad got very angry when I cried. So I held it in. Then when I struggled very badly at an older age, my friends rand away because they couldn't help me (I didn't know that...

Hi, I'm new here and hoping to find help, support, and encouragement from all of you here. It was mentioned I might have c-PTSD a few years ago by a counselor, but it wasn't official until a few weeks ago when I began to see a psychologist. I have it from childhood abuse and several other...