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Do you not have a social worker, mental health nurse or care coordinator who could perhaps get you more sessions, see a different psychologist or another form of help like art or group therapy? A&E is over-run and you maybe in there for most of a whole day and they're still likely to try and...

I do this all the time. Sometimes it's intrusive, sometimes it just happens, sometimes I do it to "punish" myself and more recently, sometimes I do it voluntarily to shut up the noise/panic in my head. I have many different ones. I have one of stabbing myself in my right temple, one of...

I'm four days grain/gluten, dairy and sugar free. I decided the easiest way to diet was to eat "Whole Foods" - so meat, fish/seafood, veg, fruit and nuts. Mostly I'm eating veg, with some meat, though the majority of my calories come from fat. No faffing around with specifics, just eat natural...

This is a major trigger for me too, even if it's not my worst. Uncalled for verbal attacking and guilt tripping of me or my siblings/mother all get me massively worked up and anything I can do is always wrong. If I dissociate - that's wrong. If I shout back that's wrong. If I defend myself or...

You don't ever have to show your therapist your sh, they may ask but you are well within your rights to refuse - this will not (or should never) be immediately turned against you as a potential reason for hospitalisation. The only exceptions might be where you're under-age, but I still think you...

This is my pet peeve, characters who have "PTSD" for an episode or small story arch and then it magically (and conveniently) disappears. This winds me up especially because then in real life people think PTSD is curable and it's just a matter of getting over it. Also I hate when characters are...

Also Frodo at the end of Return of the King; "How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep, that have taken hold."

Kate Beckett from Castle certainly has some trauma related problems after being shot/sniped. River from Firefly also bears the hallmarks of being deeply traumatised, likely with PTSD and also dissociative and regressed in age somewhat. Just realised Kate Beckett had already been mentioned...

PTSD can also be delayed onset by years, even decades, lying dormant until triggered by a later event or finding the mental capability to start processing the earlier trauma. (This is just a statement, I'm not upset or picking a bone with you- hopefully inoffensively)

I've experienced many different types of trauma but for me, the narcissistic abuse I experienced was one of the worst. I know trauma cannot be graded or ranked, but there are certain things that have deeply affected me and some that haven't - there are also some that did at the time but I was...

Mine's been all over the place for the last year, skipping some entirely and others delayed by weeks. I've also been less stressed overall. There's seemingly no cause and my doctor doesn't think it's anything to worry about, though he blows a lot of things off. It can be related to poor thyroid...

If people can't make you feel a specific way, they can sure as hell try hard to provoke a certain reaction/emotional pattern. Or are you saying only people who are being abusive can make you feel something? Or not even then? If someone cuts me with a knife I feel pain. Whilst I acknowledge that...

They're right where they normally are, on the top shelf of the dresser, next to the wine. ;)

Where does one begin and the other end? In my experiences, it's a sliding scale, a spectrum where although some people are clearly abusive and some only criticize constructively, for most it's a mixture genuine criticism tied up with personal feelings and competitiveness/enforcing a...

I don't experience anger - hopeless frustration is about as close as I can get to it. Like you I am terrified of all forms of anger, including the anger I have experienced in the past. My Dad was explosively angry and volatile when in a temper, yet he could also be very manipulative and hide...

Yes, I put this down in part at least to hypervigilance, though anxiety plays a part as well as I worry about too much! I'm always on edge, ready for something to happen, ready for a massive surprise/shock. I'm aware of so much that others aren't, but predominantly sound and I find I get...

If you feel it was abuse, which I should imagine you do as you're asking, then it would be considered COCSA - child on child sexual abuse or if it was from a sibling, then it would be considered intersibling abuse. Also though in many cases of COCSA, there is pre-existing sexual abuse, this is...

Wow, this is horrible to have experienced (both the pre-existing trauma and the current event). I'd say you're handling this very well - but I just want to check - that you do understand why now, yes? Your going along and acquiescing to his persistant requests were the best thing to have done...

I wake up between 10 and 30+ times a night, often into complete panic by the time I actually wake up for the day, I think I go into a deeper uninterrupted sleep cycle between 8.30 and around 10AM then when I wake up I'm an odd mix of panicked and dissociated so it takes me a long to be able to...

This is the thing - I want to try what she suggests because I want to be proactive and make an effort but I agree about clocks and anxiety. Yes, she does want it out and noticeable because she wants me to use it as a grounding tool and when I'm dissociated I often can't move my body and having...

My therapist has suggested I should have a clock in my room to help me know "when" I am as I struggle hugely with disorienting confusion about this very frequently. For me however, even virtually silent ticking drives my anxiety and obsession levels through the roof and LED lit clocks are relate...

Leg cramps are usually caused by salt deficiency, or an imbalance of calcium and magnesium (you may need more of one than the other) and after the initial pain of the cramp, dull aches last for up to a week. I suppose it could well be a side effect though certainly not a common one. Best if...

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I was never attached to any toys when growing up stuffed toys included. I try to encourage that part of my brain to be active now and enjoy things for all ages and I still can't really cuddle a toy but I have made a collection to encourage it. I keep hoping one night I'll be able to relax enough...