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what's even worse, for me, is that I'm 6'4"--hard not to attract attention when your head is sticking out over the crowd, naturally drawing attention. Not the best when you have social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, GAD and agoraphobia, to begin with. And people are interested in tall...

@therisa I'd like to apologize--I realize now, looking back at my post, that I could have phrased my approach much better, and that it appeared to be critical. It wasn't intended to be critical, at all. And not knowing you, of course, I didn't intend to imply that you were avoiding addressing...

I believe you're addicted to the drama--that it serves as a distraction from confronting the prospect of processing painful emotions and memories, and the unknown of moving into a new identity, past a struggle which is familiar to you, as it's caught up in shame and self-flagellation, as you...

For some reason, every therapist I've seem has made a firm point of forcing eye-contact almost immediately, and insisting that I hold it. I've by everyone I've spoken to about the subject that they've never encountered this. It must be me, therefore, of course. Eye contact is particularly...

I think you're right about the connection to not remaining in the present...I actually think that the rumination may represent escape from the danger of living in the moment, exposed to real, and therefore spontaneously arising emotions. We don't have control over those, so they represent threat...

I want to make it clear that I'm not a licensed medical professional of any kind, first of all. But your husband may benefit from an SSRI antidepressant, from your description of his symptoms. It sounds as though much of what you describe falls into the category of being OCD related... and this...

@LongStoryShort Please listen--that was a joke!!! You didn't badmouth anyone...I was talking about you badmouthing YOU. That's what I meant....don't badmouth YOURSELF!! I'm so sorry I wasn't more clear about that...I was just trying to kid around and lighten your mood!

Hold it right there...do not pass go, do not collect $200...I'll not stand by and listen to you badmouthing a friend....YOU! PTSD is not only a real-live, legitimate medical condition....but a very complicated one which requires professional oversight and diagnosis. And unless you're a...

Absotively. Other problems abound, unfortunately--I'm on a particularly secluded 60 acre parcel in the deep middle of nowhere, in order to give my stress levels an opportunity to reach less than critical levels. And I'm unable to be in the presence of other human beings much at all, other than...

I have to ask--does it reach the level of drawing blood? Are there permanent marks left, at all? Has he ever had longer term health risks associated with the behavior? Not that a lack of any of the above would leave you without basis for attempting to discourage the behavior. But I have to...

@anonymous I'm not sure I'm following you at all.

Sounds like kind of an OCD based preoccupation with irrelevancies. :) Guess you got headed off at the pass, as the doc would rather cure them than untangle causation obsessively. Thanks for the CBT REBT and DBT suggestions. I have a limiting tendency to think only in terms of the hardwiring...

Glad I could be of some help. Glad, also, that you're proactively addressing your PTSD through TREs...although I haven't read Berceli's work yet. (on the list). I think after so long spent in clinched effort to supress and keep locked in the trauma we're now releasing automatically (having...

Good question, and a respectably thorough answer from albatross. It's funny...asking "why this happens", and "how should I categorize it"...can actually be material for my rumination...and I can end up effectively ruminating over rumination.... While I think that there are too many factors...

o.k. This is for riptide. For what it's worth. And I realize the common opinion is likely that I haven't nearly enough actual basis, through background further details releated to the exchange, etc., in order to be able to realistically assert it with any confidence. But that having been said...

My previous trauma therapist--EMDR--actually took advantage of me at my lowest point, and promoted a sexual relationship which she then used to essentially emotionally strong-arm me into moving into her home with her, and beginning wedding plans...all this during a period when I could hardly put...

You're a lot more conciliatory than I would be in your shoes. If it had been me, I would have bought a basic book on PTSD for each of them...and at the next sound of any of them heaping scorn and rejection due to meds, I would have taken the opportunity to hurl the books directly at each of...

Welcome to the forum. I identify completely with the "finally feeling feelings once it's safe" phenomenon. I read somewhere that it was found that the Vietnam Vets with the worst PTSD actually didn't begin to experience symptoms until after the longest times, once removed from the war. In many...

What were your panic/anxiety symptoms? How frequent were they? What has changed since you applied this solution? How long ago did you apply this as a solution? Which symptoms have diminished, and to what measurable extent? Thanks for the insight

Ha! I admire your honesty. Guilty, here! (Sometimes they can actually seem to coexist simultaneously--my uniquely penetrating powers of perception enable me to instantly unwravel the passing psyche...but fail to enable me to recognize my own kneejerk reactions as problems, for example)...

I've moved a previous post I made to a similar thread here, for you. I think it applies. The fact that you've sought out others with PTSD to help you understand and help your boyfriend is a wonderful sign--it's good to know that there are people like you who are willing not only to be patient...

Welcome. Your guy is so fortunate to have someone like you, who's willing to work with him on his challenges while standing by his side, and educate yourself on his issues to better understand and help. Hopefully you'll check in with the supporters forum, as well, for those who you can...

I'm so sorry that happened to you franciemarnie. Same here. What better way to convey to a child their lack of worth on an ongoing basis than to simply ignore them? Have you found any specific methods of addressing it, therapeutic approaches, useful techniques or practices, etc.? It's something...

If I'd already had that sort of bad taste placed in my mouth regarding a therapist, it would likely no longer be possible for me to progress with them. That's just me.

I'm glad you posted as well. Better to get it out, however seemingly small, than let it fester and build. I have to agree with the previous posts--we often entrench problems when we fight them/obsess over them. This is just to focus on it more, after all. Like saying, "o.k. whatever you do...