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Just be yourself - know your limitations and dont over do it, enjoy the journey pitfalls and all

Thank you for your kind comments ! i am ok sharing to a point , have done lots of work on it (there are many traumas i cannot talk about) Hostage situation in Nigeria and daily bribes , shake downs whenever i hit the road etc from the cops, dragged off to court on false charges in Nigeria . At...

i don't take any meds for ptsd, was smoking but now cant even have that, have pain meds but thats all..and after lots of therapy its been quite an eye opener - i have been able to manage my symptoms a lot better, my reactions are in control and when i do go to 10 on the stress level like i did...

i can certainly relate, broke my tail bone at 12 and told no one...couldn't sit straight for 2 yrs, then found out i herniated L1 TO L3 , which led to me going sideways and not being able to walk , this started at 15 , then broke both hands , then a clavicle , then broke both my feet at...

i have both friends from my teenage years that are still very good friends , we don't get together much naturally because of the distance but when we do its like old times. I have found as ive gotten older its gotten harder to make good friends , life gets in the way, kids, commitments. When i...

i tend to think in dangerous places , firstly you learn the language , learn the customs, find some tethers of community fabric and use them, a couple of soccer balls for kids etc etc , taking a weaponry type of approach when your alone , rarely works and only sets you up for being killed ...

Anything Ayn Rand would have written would have been written from her own experience and the facade she presented to many, remember this is a person who denounced the idea of people being supported by government assistance, even though some would need it. And then in later life took all the...

i've used it several times and have found it effective. Its a new way of doing things for sure , but overall it was good

Welcome to the Site and i thank you for sharing your story, good luck and i hope things get better . Any form of sharing the experience of PTSD and educating the public will eventually bring a better focus on all that suffer. Good luck

@anonymous in no way did i insinuate abuse is about compromise or misread your post , i am simply saying when our cup overflows , do we always act reasonably and rationally ?- in the majority of cases No (unless of course we are truly getting a handle on it)....and in the case that we are...

im sorry but as much as i really like my therapist , i do not in any way encourage communication outside of the session, and certainly not to hear their feelings on anything i may have done or said. They can tell me in session so we can work it out, once the boundary that incorporates...

I dont think there is compromise, i know i used to fly right off and felt i was right in doing so , compromise only gave me more room to further push a twisted argument. Now my ex wife immediately cuts the conversation and in doing so keeps me in check. I can get extremely angry when she cuts it...

as much as you need to set safe boundaries and enforce them , i think it may come from answers that are not hard and clear . there is absolutely nothing wrong with what you said , but while he is at near full stress level he may feel the need to grasp solid concepts, it may also be the fact that...

Having been in a hostage situation , you have two choices. To fight and more than likely get yourself killed or in more danger a lot earlier. The other is to work the aggressors weaknesses and play than harder than they are playing you . I find it offensive as to how you have framed it....when...

Without being deemed as offensive, PTSD has many facets, most people i have met have been reasonably stable, however i have met some that would click and react with violence , so i would be very very careful. This is why i suggest a facilitated group as there needs to be at least a basic filter...

lol @Chava - im no guru just had a lot of experience with opiates after being pretty much full time for years and been given them for pain since i was 15yrs old, ive learnt many tricks. Good luck Chava , i truly hope it all works out well for you

i have a photographic memory, and can recall things to the minutest of details , its great for my art, but hell for myptsd

it all sounds incredibly unhealthy and plain straight sick....sounds like you both need serious help. This site is for ptsd and people suffering it, it is not for people who have more going on and dont have the guts or honesty to deal with it

just a long shot but it may be affecting your pain meds and causing some type of withdrawal symptom, initial opiate withdrawals are very similar to the flu or a cold and if your on opiates its very rare to get a cold, a flu can happen but it does stop getting colds...

Good luck and i truly hope you find a solution. I know from my own experience that i was forced to confront it , as my reactions were bordering on road rage and we all know where that ends - is there a small note or something you could put on on near your mirrors to help you stay focused and...

Im sorry to hear you had such a rough time , Guilt, Shame , should have , would have, could have, are words that take you nowhere. They all lead to the same place. I try my hardest to remove those words from my vocabulary and thoughts, as they all live in past tense and only add to your guilt...

I have actually done it more than once and due to length and severity of the withdrawals , i have never taken Meds like it again. Pain Meds are a piece of cake in comparison and im on high doses of that as well, the worst of the worst would have to be methadone, they lasted a month and had me...

Guilt is one of those useless emotions that serves no purpose other than feeling bad , if you cant walk , then can you exercise , just so your mind can refocus and create a conducive environment rather than a negative one...and yes be gentle with yourself ...there is only one of u. Guilt...

I ask myself the same question. i was self medicating with cannabis and it helped both my sleep and stopped nightmares. I had to stop nearly three weeks ago abruptly for particular reasons, i knew straight away here comes the no sleep and nightmares, and yep sure enough they came back with a...

one thats honest and helpful - supportive even - but then theres times where i need a good push to get me going or a blunt response. We cant always get the responses we need , i just pick and choose with honesty what would work for me and discard the rest