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    A mess - doing things to make me worse

    I also do this. For a long time I would do it and I would feel so embarrassed and guilty because I not only knew that I shouldn’t do it, but because it didn’t make sense to me why I was doing it. I was doing it to make myself worse, but I didn’t know why I was doing it. And worse, I didn’t know...
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    Off to college- what happens to therapy?

    It depends on which country you live in, but most colleges and universities have mental health/counselling services, so you could access that. For the cost of it, that also depends on where you are. But most universities have, included in their tuition, a fee which is supposed to be for your...
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    Does anyone find that the mindfulness techniques worsens their PTSD symptoms?

    I like this one, especially because I can keep my eyes open. When my eyes are closed I just end up spending my time thinking of what I can’t see until I end up having a panic attack, so this is good. I like the idea of focusing on the environment that I just happen to be in, rather than just me...
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    Link between CSA & over / undereating

    I think that it's probably good if you could figure out why it is that you are overeating to begin with. I know you said it's since your CSA, but like what do you think made you turn to food, as opposed to something else. What is it that food does for you in helping you to deal with how you are...
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    Does anyone find that the mindfulness techniques worsens their PTSD symptoms?

    I find that even the simple exercises like focusing on my breathing and slowing it down, even that can set me off. I can't figure out the connection so I don't know why but when I focus on my breathing, it makes me feel more connected to my body, and I start to feel nauseous because then I start...
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    Does anyone find that the mindfulness techniques worsens their PTSD symptoms?

    Hi all. I don’t know if it’s just with me, but I find that whenever I try to practice the mindfulness and meditation techniques, I only feel worse. I can never complete it because of that. If I’m doing it just to practice it, I begin to feel physically sick, with nausea, dry heaving, chest...
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    What do your flashbacks look like to others?

    Most people don’t notice it when it happens. Very few people don’t know I have PTSD, and I plan on keeping it that way. If people do notice something, they may ask if I’m stressed or something, especially if it’s one where I’m still conscious of the present, because I’m better able to try and...
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    Poll Optimism

    I'd say I am a very pessimistic person, and I've always been like this, from childhood up until now. Optimism doesn't come naturally to me at all, although there are a few things that I can be optimistic about at times, like grades in school, but even that depends on the subject, the type of...
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    Childhood Child on child sexual abuse (COCSA)?

    Yeah, that’s what I feel too, which is why for me, I don’t consider my situation to be cocsa. Because it’s not normal behaviour, as children that age shouldn’t know about that, so it’s likely that they were probably exposed to it themselves and were just reenacting it, as what all kids do. That...
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    Childhood Child on child sexual abuse (COCSA)?

    I'm in the same boat as you as when I was in fourth grade something very similar to that happened to me. He was one of my classmates, and I also did not tell anyone, nor did I say no outright because there was two other classmates there and they also didn't say anything, so I went along, afraid...
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    Why is relationship so scary for some sufferers?

    I have only been in two relationships, although the first one wasn't so much a real relationship as it was a forced relationship where I had no choice in it at all from the very start, including the decision to start the relationship, so I don't really think that is a relationship. The second...
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    News Doctor-Assisted Death For Those Living With Ptsd

    Yeah, that's what I was trying to say. The cost of the drugs are increasing, not due to the purpose of the drug or the cost to the manufacturer, but because the companies see a market that can be exploited for profit. Because it's since it's been legalized that the companies began increasing the...
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    News Doctor-Assisted Death For Those Living With Ptsd

    This is for the America and this has o do with the cost of the drugs needed for euthanasia: How Much Do Physician-Assisted Suicide Drugs Cost? DEATH WITH DIGNITY Drug Company Jacks Up Cost Of Aid-In-Dying Medication
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    News Doctor-Assisted Death For Those Living With Ptsd

    I think that's a very black-and-white way to look at it. I don't think we should just assume that because someone is struggling to pay bills, or haven't planned far ahead in terms of saving, etc., then it's because they weren't independent, or squandered their money away in their youth, or any...
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    News Doctor-Assisted Death For Those Living With Ptsd

    I don't think I was the one who posted that.
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    News Doctor-Assisted Death For Those Living With Ptsd

    I believe that that's how it is in the countries that have legalized euthanasia. Correct me if I'm wrong though. Dead Link Removed
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    News Doctor-Assisted Death For Those Living With Ptsd

    Sources: Conservative group: Death penalty goes against conservative principles Opinion: Can you be pro-life and pro-death penalty? Conservative vs. Liberal Beliefs PRO-LIFE PERSPECTIVE ON THE DEATH PENALTY I'm not saying it's all Conservatives, but it's a substantial amount nonetheless. I was...
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    News Doctor-Assisted Death For Those Living With Ptsd

    I'm not trying to change the topic of this discussion, and I'm definitely not trying to turn this into a political debate, or anything of the sort. Honestly, this post doesn't really have a point to contribute to this discussion, but I realized something related to this a couple days ago that I...
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    Other What can fall under trauma?

    There are probably a lot of things that causes some traumatic response. How my therapist explained it, it's that there are two basic classes or types of traumas. There are small t trauma and big t trauma. From what you've said has led to you having symptoms, I think it would be categorized as...
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    TV shows that make you feel better?

    I like to watch Friends and The Office.
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    Mirtazapine experience?

    No I haven't. Plus I was able to lose all the weight I had gained from the mirtazapine.
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    Mirtazapine experience?

    She did, but it didn't do much together; however, the bupropion and Ritalin together without the mirtazapine had been working to some extent. She eventually paired it with venlafaxine and Vyvanse, and it seems that it might be working.
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    Odd Question about Ice Cream

    I'll be sure to buy a cooler and tons of ice.
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    Odd Question about Ice Cream

    Oh yes, thank you. The dry ice is especially good, thanks, I forgot about that.
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    Odd Question about Ice Cream

    Hi. This is a very unusual question to ask but I really need to know. I was just wondering if anyone knew how long it would take for ice cream to melt. Where I live in Canada has no Basking Robbins in the entire province, and since I'm going to the States soon, I was planning on buying maybe a...
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