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I'm really into this band called Thee Sacred Souls. They're a recent band that creates 70s-inspired music about creating and maintaining stable relationships. "Will I see you again" is like a first impression, "Can I call you, Rose" and "Overflowing" (the latter being my current favorite) are...

I guess I’ll use this as a trauma diary until someone is able to respond :) I explained to my friend how I’ve been feeling in regards to owing her due to her niceness as well as what triggered it. Then I told her about my emotional dependency (figured out the exact thing I related to more than...

How do I ease the feeling that I don't belong anywhere? My current medication helped with the emotional dysregulation but the numbness and emptiness still exist. I tried religion and the place of worship is the reason I stay away from religion. I'm trying again tomorrow though my apprehension is...

I thought I alleviated my codependency in my relationship with my best friend. However, it's showing up again. In my other post, I mentioned feeling as if I owe her for her niceness. Of course, I know this is a reflection of my repressed past relationships, though knowing doesn't make the...

I’m relate to the dependency. My attachment follows a disorganized love hate push away but wanting affection, so this makes relationships harder for me. It takes ages for me to trust people and even when I start to my mind tries to convince me that they’re dangerous. I didn’t understand how one...

I think the best plan of action is to explain to her how I feel about niceness and feeling like I owe others. I think it'll hurt our relationship more if I bring in the sexual aspect. I do want to dive into it personally and see what I can find through personal research to help during my...

this is true it’s just a weird situation. I also wouldn’t go back to my first therapist. so many issues with her, shes nice and supportive but isnt dependable with scheduling (cancel hours before multiple times) she isn’t consi with treatment and I have no idea what we’ve been working on, and...

I recently been wanting to show affection to my female friend. I’m a girl but I know I’m not gay nor bisexual. I have no sexual attraction for women. I think it’s due to our relationship getting closer and recently I got super drunk, but she protected me. Growing up protection was rare and so...

I don’t know if anyone else experienced this but my therapist wants to take break from sessions with me. She wants me to see a new therapist for a while then come back. I’m starting EMDR with a new therapist, I mentioned this and she wants this therapist to see me for counseling as well...

I haven’t heard of reenactment it sounds a little like negative transference which I thought was the cause of my nightmares; however, reenactment sounds more like what I was going through. Do you have any articles about it and how to help with it?

@CoolBreezeonahotday It must seem like I’m flipping back and forth with my emotions. Trusting her one moment and fearing the worst from her the next. Not even seems like, it is the case. I struggle a lot with disorganized attachments. The “I hate you/don’t trust you then I love you/I trust you”...

I wish I knew, but it might be displacement from seeing her as a mother figure. I felt like her numbness could be a defense like what the other person said. I won’t know until we discuss it on Thursday

Welcome, and I feel the narcissistic parents. My dad had those trendies and ‘bad‘ emotions weren’t allowed. Like you, still trying to process and find an effective therapy. Individual helped with my trust issues. You mentioned in the title possibly having Dissociative Identity Disorders (DID)...

Thank you for giving me more perspective on the issue and seeing things from her side. Even though it was happening to me I forgot how uncomfortable it must’ve been for her, for someone to be that scared of them. During session it was hard to sit in the couch due to it feeling I was too close. I...

I was suggested as well, though out where I live this therapist are in high demand so I’m on a waitlist for three. It’s sort of surreal how many people have trauma so bad they need EMDR. It’s weird in the sense that growing up I always felt alone and dramatic when I was going through it. But I...

This is what I have. I’ve been processing the last session. There were a couple of things that caused a bit of a disconnect so I wanted to start today by talking about those. It was very nauseating to talk about the nightmare I’d had about you. It felt very numb talking about it. Like there was...

This may sound childish, but how do I start a conversation like that? Do I first start the session saying I don’t like how the last one went. I’m not that good with confrontation but I do want to address my feelings. How can I do this without it coming across rude?

I’ve been seeing her for almost a year, and occasionally I do notice her doing it when I read an entry from my journal due to it being too difficult to say out loud. Or when I have shut downs that’s leave me not being able to speak. I look up a little from the floor and see her cleaning her...

Thank you for replying :) feel really lost on what to do. It’s in person sessions. If her main advice after sharing something that has been causing me emotional distress for half a year is “You’re not alone everyone feels like that.” It feels shallow, advice without depth. I should talk to her...

I finally was able to tell my therapist about the nightmares involving her where she abused me. I’m proud of myself that I pushed through the discomfort. It was less scary and more disgusting when I thought about it. The shame is still there as if I caused it. Though my therapist’s reaction is...

Well like you and being non judgmental are two different things. For me, I question how annoying I appear to my therapist. This comes out more when I make mistakes or my SI returns. However, I’ve realized these were just stuff I was taught was annoying by other people. It’s just were...

Do you have a sample of what you mean? I want to create my own though my mind is drawing sort of a blank in formulating everything you said into my own plan.

Thank you for your post. Sometimes I wonder if I suffer from mania and how my emotions can take me high and low with minor inconveniences. Though as you mentioned, I'm trying to have more empathy for myself. Losing someone to me feels like I'm left to fend for myself in an abusive environment...

I'm not trying to be dense, I'm still sort of confused. Personally, that's the point. There is no feeling after you're gone. There's no reliving trauma, emptiness, depression, intrusive thoughts, or even suicidality. You just cease to exist. Just as there will be good moments and major...

Can elaborate on your first sentence I think I'm misunderstanding. I know that in the future things will be more manageable and what I'm feeling right now will pass when things improve. However, it's a war between thinking I actually deserve to be happy in that sense and simply giving up. It's...