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I'm sorry that your former therapist gave you so much information. That wasn't very ethical of him to tell you all that without assessing you, your current health, and what support systems you have in place. Information overload isn't good, and the APA ethics codes makes it clear that therapists...

I see red flags...especially with her telling you what you want. She doesn't have that power or knowledge to make an assertive, aggressive statement like that. I think it'd be different if she asked you more, but I think you were simply wanting to know about something theoretical having real...

How did I miss this thread when it started? I, too, feel this deep ache and longing. My T has not and will not hug me until we "terminate" in May/beginning of June, and it will only be a goodbye hug. However, I've recently been adopted (unofficially) by someone who is the safest person ever...

I get to try archery for the first time next Saturday! It's something I've wanted to do for years, so I'm very, very excited!

strike that. Ended up being about 45 minutes with personal trainer and then I almost passed out....so apparently I need to not do as much.

today is an hour with personal trainer and running one mile.

I graduate with a bachelor of science in psychology, though I don't intend on pursuing anything psychology-related. Learned that I don't have the patience or compassion to do heavy duty human services, so I'm looking more at administration, writing, editing, museum, non-profit type work. Gotta...

So I graduate in 10 weeks, and at that time, I will end counseling with my current T, with whom I've worked for the past 4 years. I've reached out to another T who lives a bit away, but who I wanted to work with previously and had really clicked. I'm torn about the whole thing. I hadn't...

I just ran 1 mile today...too much emotional stuff going on to do more. Hoping for a better day tomorrow!

I really want to get into krav maga. I think I need it, and I've wanted it for years, but been too afraid. However, it's $100/month, which is a bit for an unemployed college student living off student loans! But yet I've wanted this for so long....hmmmm. I don't know--maybe the interviews will...

Today I did a mile of running, half mile walking, and then an hour with my personal trainer which was exhausting. Tomorrow I am going to be SO sore!

2 miles today...wasn't feeling real well so I kept it short. I do plan on going to yoga for an hour tonight, though, too.

Sunday is my rest day.

I did 3 miles today, and I even ran (jog-ish) for 1.4 miles without stopping! That's the second longest time I've run without stopping. Then, even though my shoulder is hurting from the tetanus shot, I worked with these machine-thingies that used different muscles. And I leg pressed 3 sets of 10...

3 miles walking outside. Resting my arm from the tetanus shot.

Oh, well I work out in the rec center, but walking there definitely is interesting. Especially with the wind tunnel that my street turns into. Sometimes I walk backwards--or breathe through my hands. That's probably the hardest part of working out--getting there!

Today I wasn't feel the greatest, but I went one mile on the track, .25 mile on treadmill at 5.0-9.0 incline, .75 on stationary bike, and then 15 minutes of shooting baskets. Not the best workout, but still, I went when it was -4 degrees (walking half mile there & back) with a wind chill!

today I have a fitness assessment and meet my personal trainer for the first time. Yesterday I did an hour of yoga, and 3 miles on the track/treadmill/stationary bike.

your therapist sounds wonderful, desiderata!

ok, this is kinda a tangent, but I just realized that Greyhound buses must be named after greyhound dogs! wow. Am I oblivious or what?

well, durn...too bad I can't drive there! when will they build the Atlantic Ocean tunnel, I'd like to know! haha

@Frogs88 , I just have to say: I'm 26, and I've never been kissed, and I'm saving my first kiss for engagement or my wedding day. It hasn't stopped me from having relationships with men who are respectful (granted, not many, but that's more so because the population of devoted Christian...

I feel pain, but I have a high tolerance for it. After I broke my foot, the doc was pressing on different bones to see what was going on--my face went white, but I didn't make a sound or scream...he was amazed. Even dentist and any other kind of pain, I just don't feel it as strongly as other...

Good grief! All I wanted to do was affirm that we are worth more than diagnoses, that we should not define ourselves as being "wrong," that we have great value. There was absolutely no condescension in what I said. I wanted to lift people up, not put them down! I have utterly no idea how what I...

@Solara , we are not our diagnoses. PTSD is a wound, a battle scar, something that impacts us in a lot of ways. But it does not define who we are or our value. We have coping mechanisms that don't work very well outside of traumatic situations. But that does not mean that we are PTSD. We have...