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There's a particular movie coming out next year based on a particular book and I feel like a fair amount of people on here are going to have the same struggle as me over the next few months so, here goes... I scrolled down my facebook news feed this evening to find that my cousin and other...

I have a tonne of anger too... I think a big part of the reason I have massive outbursts at the people I love most is because I bottle it up and refuse to accept that it's there until it's too late. I really just don't know how to be angry in a healthy way and then I feel crazy guilty later for...

OUCH. What an awful thing to say!!!

"I know exactly how you feel, I had a hard time with school/a relationship/my work and I was pretty anxious" "Why didn't you just tell someone?" And my all-time favourite: "Why didn't you just say no??"

Oh! Okay thanks!! I guess I'll just try it out slowly somewhere close to home to see how it goes. Hopefully it won't be a big deal! That makes me feel a lot better about being on it again. :)

So I've just gone back on Zoloft for anxiety because all the usual grounding techniques etc aren't working as well as I'd like. The last time I was on it I wasn't 18 yet and therefore didn't touch alcohol. But... now I'm 20 and going out and drinking with my friends is a fun part of life (not...

@BananaSockMuffins Glad it's not just me. Mine have for the moment gone back to their usual, if slightly more intense. I'm noticing that it's happening a day or two after I've been crazy stressed. @gizmo , interesting that you became more empowered as you got better. That's encouraging, thanks...

@Faerie I think at the time I was rather stressed. They've taken another turn recently since another bout of anxiety hit me. It's interesting to know that similar things have happened to someone else, and I like the idea that it's just my mind processing. I guess that means progress can be made...

Like franciemarnie said, a check up is never a bad idea, but in my experience stress/anxiety = bad sleep = more stress = pain. The quality of sleep changes things for me too, because when I'm too stressed I clench my fists, my jaw, shoulders, everything when I'm asleep. Sometimes I end up with...

@Hashi Thankyou all for the help and warnings about what might happen at my end. Unfortunately I am still exposed a little to his life as I'm good friends with his younger siblings and a few of his old friends (who now mostly talk to me rather than him, since apparently "I'm the more...

It's good to hear you've found someone understanding who has a lot of empathy with you... and who knows what you've been through, to some extent at least. An empathetic friend is SO valuable! Obviously it depends on your exact situation but, if he is indeed stable, I think if you make each...

HELP. The title basically says it all. She's a girl I've met once or twice, I'm told she's had self-esteem issues. And she's been chasing my abuser for years (he's good at being "charming"), despite him being quite mean to her in the past. I don't want her to get hurt like I did. But nobody in...

Thanks guys... @Meadowsweet after having thought about it for a bit I think I'm some sort of combination of ALL of those things you mentioned. I am in therapy so I will bring all that up next time I go. @Nicolette very good point about it being a rather vicious cycle of bad self esteem. And...

Hi guys, I signed up yesterday and thought I'd ask something that's been on my mind for a while. Sometime between the age of 16 and 17 I got into a relationship with an older man who very quickly started displaying all your usual signs of abuse... isolating me from friends/family, destroying my...

I've been at church my whole life, so asking for prayer and that kind of thing is pretty important to me too. Honestly I think it's a lot like other friendship groups, there are some people who can handle it and some people who will not understand. Some people I've asked to pray for me because...

For years I've had really vivid nightmares... not realistic ones but really seriously violent, horror-movie worthy ones. But they were never about real situations that I've actually been in. Some involved friends getting hurt or killed and they were really distressing. But over the last couple...

Hi, welcome to the forum :) I take it your a carer/partner of a PTSD sufferer? I think something you need to know is that no matter what he does with his life, it's not your fault and you can't blame yourself for any choices he makes. Just because we are suffering doesn't mean we aren't in...

@Solara that's definitely true. You wouldn't hear about someone with epilepsy wanting an episode so they could avoid something they didn't feel like doing. She's quite close with me and most of my best friends but I spoke to a few of them and they're pretty over it too. After paying a bit more...

Oh wow, I'm glad you guys just brought me back to this. It's encouraging to look back :) @The Albatross sure haha. I'm really glad that helps you :) :)

Thanks everybody!! I guess it's comforting to know that I'm doing better than her on the self-esteem scale... kind of. And that it's not about me. I mean I don't need to seek attention like that. And while I can forgive to a point it's good to know that there's no way to excuse her treating me...

So I have a friend who has recently been diagnosed as Borderline. She has anxiety issues and panic attacks too but... hers a different to mine. Hers happen because of things she did with men that she completely consented to, and were generally normal (so random hookups etc). Plus ALL of my...

Wow! You just completely hit the nail on the head for me. I've been... resonating? with movies and books and TV shows that depict things that relate to my trauma really differently to my "normal" friends, and just couldn't explain what it was. Thanks for sharing!! I was watching a movie with a...

Hi! :) Good on your for having the courage to share your story with other people. It's really scary to do but I and a lot of others find that sharing the hard stuff helps you figure out the meaning to your story and also find comfort that you're not alone in what you suffer. You're definitely...

I am in Sydney in Australia. I have only tried talk therapy thus far but that's because I haven't been in therapy very long yet! I suffered in silence for about a year until I realised what was happening to me. I am so glad you're getting the help I'm sure you deserve :) and I hope you find a...

Hi Ulli! I'm a female sufferer, I've been dealing with PTSD for maybe a year and a half now. Are you a sufferer yourself or do you know someone suffering from PTSD?