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I've tried the National crisis number online chat feature, and have only gotten to talk to a person....once, after a 90 minute wait. I've also waited some 1-2 hours just for the chatbox to never really activate. I don't talk on phones, so I don't know how the actual phone conversations work, but...

My T isn't a monk, but he is a practicing Buddhist. Sure makes things so much easier to talk about. He never talks about it unless I bring it up, but the way he incorporates mindfulness and other meditation practices to therapy is incredible. Yeah, I'm a fan of Buddhist philosophies as a way to...

As a martial artist I find the greatest commonality with Shambhala Buddhism, even though I tend more towards esoteric spiritual ideas and Nature-based practices as well. I'm just a convoluted mess, but it works for me, and gives some meaning to my life. For the longest time I thought I'd be ok...

I have. I've really gravitated towards Buddhist ideas as I heal from my trauma. I tend toward the Secular Humanist variety of it, but I love the concepts surrounding the Nature of Existence and such. The concept of Equanimity has REALLY helped me both emotionally and with my ability to interact...

All groups are still online or too far away. My dojo is FINALLY going masks-optional in January so I can get back on the mat as long as I can afford to pay for classes (gonna ask my parents for that, but they're poor too). I have an excellent therapist, and have weekly appointments with him...

Man, the past few years have been the biggest kick in the b*lls.... Employment has always been spotty, but I was fired TWICE from my therapeutic horse job! They hired me knowing I had physical and mental health issues, but when extreme situations happened and I couldn't deal with the care of 20...

I remember most of my dreams, but they are usually extremely vivid and detailed, like a lived experience. My therapist says I should sell the movie rights! If I'm in an ok place I may have dreams I don't remember in the morning, but that's rare. I've learned to let dreams go in the morning...

I've been through the process several times, finally got awarded disability this year. Fairly certain it was for mental issues, although I have a bunch of physical too. My advice is, if you actually WANT to get disability, don't mask your symptoms. Tell the doc exactly what its like on your...

That sounds like a horrible place! I'd find a completely new provider for both ASAP. Talk about more abuse...the whole place should be shut down.

I have both. Its taken me years to figure out what is trauma and what is Autism. Now I have a better understanding of how the two conditions play out, affect each other, etc. Takes a lot of concerted effort and honest self-reflection to tell the difference.

I find I have a propensity for feeling safe with "dangerous" people. Something about martial training and experience, I prefer being intimate with people who are capable of having my 6 covered. Now, that has been coupled with some.....fascinating and a couple of abusive pricks too, so nowadays...

I love EMDR, but still have trouble grounding so its not used very often. I do best with attachment-based, jungian, IFS, and somatic experience work. Anything involving animals is also a good therapy. My T also does clinical hypnosis, but I tend to resist that. We've found I do AMAZING with...

If its uncomfortable for you, then ease up on the texting. I went through a phase where I was texting with my T every day, but he always waited for me to initiate, and he didn't "converse" if the situation didn't warrant continued interaction. It was literally just daily check-ins. I stopped...

Hey, trans guy here. I have both acute and C-PTSD, and the majority of my abusers have been women. As a (girl) toddler I was molested by a baby-sitter (at least, the evidence and body memories SCREAM that's what happened, but no clear memories as I was too young). It's taken me a long time to...

Here's my take on "alternative" therapies. I use them for a very specific purpose, and that's to access and calm down the instinctive parts of my brain that can't be accessed by cognitive gyrations alone. I seem to be especially sensitive to healing/therapeutic touch so I find ways to make that...

I'm currently on propranolol for anxiety and dysautonomia. It's doing a decent job of keeping my HR and BP at reasonable levels (unless I do something to flare the dysautonomia). I'm LOVING the anti-anxiety properties of this!! It did make me a little sleepy for a week or so while I acclimated...

My guy gives me a discount. His usual fee is $125 for 45-50 minutes. He charges me $75 per session. He does have a FEW sliding scale clients, and I'm one. So grateful.

Mindfulness is what saved me, that and clinical hypnosis. Thank god I found a T who is....not mainstream and specializes in PTSD for the last 40 years. He learned other modalities in addition to CBT, but he's ecclectic enough to have many other tools in the toolbox.

The cult I grew up in used CBT techniques extensively for thought control. To this day, if I sense a smattering of CBT in ANY interaction with a mental health professional, I will shut down or lash out so fast it leaves them speechless. I actually don't qualify for some government programs...

Not only do I hope it gets approved, I'mma be waiting in line for treatment! Been seriously considering either Ketamine or MDMA for my issues, since I can't take conventional psych meds for depression, pain, and PTSD. I'm hoping against hope that it gets approved and I'll be able to afford it!

Issues like this are why I run like hell from mainstream therapists and found an attachment/trauma specialist with an Eastern philosophical background. I'm ASD as well, I can intellectually process things all day long, but I can't EMOTIONALLY express/process anything. I needed to find a...

For the first 5 years with my current trauma T, I'd email him whenever something major came up that either missed the session, or couldn't wait for the next session. He almost never responded more than a sentence or two, but I needed that outlet and was so grateful he allowed it. Now, he's gone...

Yeah, I'm a victim of similar issues in the American medical system. The whole thing just sucks balls. Needs an overhaul, and some serious humanity shot back into the system. Right now, everyone's so tied up in knots "following the law" that lots of people who need real help are left flapping in...

Actually, he knows exactly what he's doing, and is right to do things this way. Having someone who recognizes my struggles and validates me gives me the strength to keep fighting. Its why I see him.

I should have posted in this thread earlier, but I'm just now understanding the argument from all sides of lived experience. I'm totally for assisted-death for anyone who really wants it. wHo are we to judge another person's experiences? Since most of the environmental factors are ones that CAN...