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Eek. That is rough. Fortunately, mine is in another state and working on her 4th marriage. Not much to hold me hostage over anymore at this point, but guilt that I can't help her with her physical health problems or be around. I love her dearly and I always will, I just can't have her in my...

Really glad someone asked this, I have been scratching my head trying to figure this one out. After reading this, I think I do the same. When my stress levels get high, I often forget things I have done or said just minutes before. Not as often with verbal, but it happens. Some of it is worse...

I am so sorry that this happened to you. I really am. My own childhood was rife with abuse, physical and psychological. It is crazy how much that impacts you. I am forever feeling the need to check in with my partner, make sure they are not mad at me, apologizing for anything and everything, and...

Honestly I am considering a new job. My current one involves a lot of things that are intensly triggering to me, dealing with angry customers top of the list. I also have issues close scrutiny right now and am hypersensitive to it right now... like, I feel like I have to do everything perfect or...

All I can tell you is that I am in the exact same boat. You are not alone. I... haven't figured this one out yet myself. Feels like I am drowning, watching my world crumble but am helpless, trapped here afraid to be seen through the window somedays. I thank you for sharing this. I wanted to...

Glad it works for you. I worry I am becoming obsessive with trying to get it to work. I might need to be a little more insistent with my T to drop it though. Need her to help me focus on what works instead of driving myself nutty on what doesn't. Not sure how to broach this one with her thouhh.

Yes on putting things away for later. I had gone to the internet for help with the thought stopping, and came across the idea of worry appointments. That was quite helpful. And another thing I shared with my counselor at a different session... to have her push thought stopping again. :/

Agreed. I think a good example for me would be suicidal ideation. I have struggled with that one no less than 20 years (I am 32). To the point that it is as much a part of my routine as bathing. Sometimes it is less frequent than others, definitely more present when things are toughest. I had a...

Me too. For me, it is like I have been sharply kicked. Pain ranges from dull to so sharp I have to remember to breath. And then I want to break down and cry, sometimes I manage to fight back tears, sometimes some escape. Anytime contact with my partner turns remotely sexual, there it is...

This may sound really silly, and may not be helpful for you but it has helped me a great deal. I was raped about 6 months ago. Still feel like a bloody trainwreck, but at least able to touch my partner. Well, most of the time. And it isn't like everything is better in that department, but its...

I love my CBT therapist, I really do. From me, that is saying a lot. I had some really horrible experiences around counseling and the like as a teen and the whole process is intensely triggering for me in itself as an adult. Finding myself able to work with a counselor is sort of an achievement...

Baby steps. After my assault, touch was the last thing I could handle. Seriously, my friends 4 year old came up behind me and put his hand on my butt and I all but had a heart attack. I had to ground myself, repeatedly reminding myself I was ok, I was safe, at my friends house, and that this was...

Thank you so much everyone. This has been so difficult to talk about. My friends are super supportive, but you can only talk about stuff ao much before it feels like you are just dumping on them. They can only do so much and it never feels really fair to them to open up to much, and on the flip...

I was literally just diagnosed with PTSD earlier this evening. I figured I should do what I can to find resources and break from my isolation tendancies. Working with a CBT psychologist, some of it is helpful, some of it isn't. Par for the course I guess. I have no idea how long I have been...