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    Poll Do You Ever Have Selective Mutism?

    For me, the only time it seems to crop up is in therapy. I can say some things but then there are moments where my thoughts and mouth physically don't work together. Like it physically feels like something is blocking me.
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    Alternative to conventional talking therapies?

    I have a difficult time as well. It's really hard for me to open up to therapists in general. I feel like they expect so much trust so fast. I have been starting communicating with a notebook but even then that has been a challenge for some.
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    Childhood But it wasn't all bad

    Luke definitely was pretty good at seeing the good in Vader, considering Vader's troopers killed Owen and Beru (his only family he ever really knew up to that point), he blew up his sister's planet, plus he cut off his arm, so yeah, Luke, definitely was good at seeing some good in Vader in the...
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    Childhood How long does it take to unlearn bad coping skills/bad behavior?

    It's hard, I understand. I'm an internalizer. As a kid I would bottle everything up until I couldn't and then I would find some where no one could find me and still try to hide there and deal with it. As I got older I also got suicidal ideation and had severe self-harm...it was no good at all...
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    Why do you choose to stay alive?

    Right now it's fear that I would either mess up or change my mind at the last minute and have to go to a hospital. I don't think I could deal with the repercussions of it.
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    Poll Thumb Sucking

    I never did suck my thumb or any fingers (nor did my brother and sister); We also all refused a pacifier. All three of us had a security plush/blanket that even as adults in our 30s/40s, still sleep with
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    Does Anyone Have Nightmares That Are Not About Trauma?

    I have bad dreams often, most of them usually don't have anything to do with my previous "trauma", usually other stressors going on in my life but I suppose in a roundabout way a lot of those stressors came from my home environment growing up. Anyways, I had a real bad one about a month ago to...
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    Research Ptsd And Employment

    Never in my life would I disclose my personal mental health situation to a potential employer
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    Poll Do You Watch Law & Order: Svu?

    It never interested me. My old roommate loved it so it was often on in the background but I never voluntarily watched it by myself. Honestly, I'm definitely more of a "Criminal Minds" kind of girl
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    News Jimmy Kimmel Live - 6 Years Of Eliciting Child Abuse? You Decide.

    Honestly, the fact that most kids are crying show that they most likely live in a loving home and are shocked that their parents would do something like that. It's the kids who show no emotion or think nothing of it at first is what would worry me or...they live in a family where practical...
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    Childhood Verbal Abuse From A Rageful Father

    This resonates with me as well. When I was growing, up my father had a quick fuse. Some days he would a wonderful father who played card games and took us to the movies and McDonald's. When he was in a bad mood or something went wrong, he had a very bad temper. He was 6'5 and over 300lbs, so he...
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    Inner Child Party Room

    Little ElleKaye has a very tall old looking tree house that's rainbow on the inside. It's hidden in a canopy of trees. It has a lookout tower with a telescope. It has a tv with a NES and SNES hooked up, a mini fridge stocked with Coke, Squeez-its, Crunch Bars, Reese's Cups, and Kit Kats...
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    9/11

    I was 15 and in high school sitting in 5th period (spanish) when it happened (I was on block scheduling so 5th period was the same as 1st period). We heard there was a plane crash in NYC and that a plane had hit one of the towers and I remember thinking (what idiot flies that low and, how could...
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    You Know You Have PTSD When...

    When you apologize for sneezing and then remember that others don't think it sounds like screaming and don't tense up when they hear it
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    If I Was Living The Life I Wanted To Right Now I Would Be.......

    I would be doing what i'm doing now (career-wise) but also in a relationship with someone who is very important to me
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    Sufferer Sup

    Awww thanks!!! Of course I'll accept a digital hug!!
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    What Did You Want To Be When You Grew Up?

    I wanted to be a teacher aaaanddd I am...there was a time when was about 8 when I wanted to be a vet but then my sister told me I would have to put dogs to sleep and I changed my mind
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    Poll Horror Movies

    Love Love Love horror movies, except for movies like Hostel and the Saw franchise (they don't scare me, it's just not my kind of horror movie but if I'm with a group of people and everyone wants to watch it, than I'll watch it, not a big deal as long as I don't have to pay for my viewing). I'm...
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    Poll Do You Sleep With Something Other Than Pillows For Your Head?

    I have a stuffed bunny named "Thumper" (not the Disney bunny) that I have slept with since I came home as a newborn. When I was little I took him everywhere but as I got older, like 8, I started leaving him at home because I was scared I would lose him. I also only brought him to sleepovers at...
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    Sufferer Sup

    Thanks!!! I like it so far!!!
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    Sufferer Sup

    Heya, I'm ellekaye...just joined this site the other day and just kinda gettin a feel for it. I'm not sure what most people put in an Intro thread for one of these sites so I'll just say a few things about me: I love Skippy peanut butter, I'm allergic to Snuggles laundry detergent, I'm very...
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