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Absolutely- as others have mentioned, this site is SO great...you get support here, understand or even just an ear to listen here when in your immediate environment there may not be one. Welcome and pats on the back to you for reaching out and finding it! :)

Hi there- I absolutely understand your frustration. My husband had a really hard time when my PTSD symptoms started really coming out of the box. Do you feel comfortable getting more specific? I think we can give you better advice if we know what the biggest connection or support problems that...

Oh this breaks my heart to read. Thank you for letting this out, because it seems like a mental monster that is taking you for a ride and it's not pretty. I messed around with cutting my wrists around 15, still have a permanent scar where that main vein is. The thing i want to say is, you...

So, I don't have tons of answers--but I can for sure relate with you. My dirty laundry is that I was molested at 12, raped at 18. Mentally, and sexually/physically abused by a lover from 18-21. I personally think sexually based PTSD is very complicated. I have HUGE issues with after intimacy...

I absolutely agree with you and Wow, very well spoken. Some tidbits I would like to add pro and con; everyone feel open to respond to.... I have NEVER been a person of calendars and organization, I used to be all about the chaos of life. So it was quite a change for me to flip over to even...

IF you are open to it, I think it would be more helpful to know what your PTSD is stemming from, but I totally respect if you don't wanna talk about it. I have dealt with a LOT of anger outbursts this year, I think it's because I finally went to a trauma specialist and there is something...

Interesting response, cashew. Yeah, I definitely have to think about not only what the yelling triggers, but also what my response is. It is definitely rooted in my core family. My parents always argued behind closed doors, never showed us any conflict, and while I witnessed mental abuse in...

Thanks, Saelben. Before this forum I felt SO alone and misunderstood and always appreciate when someone shares that I'm not. Sometimes this anger just feels like trying to keep a rabid tiger in a cage.

Hi everyone- I am seeking advice because while I've been making some good progress on my symptoms, I am still having trouble with a few things, one of them is if anyone, especially men raise their voice or yell at me, I get heavily triggered. This also happens if I hear people yelling at...

So it's a little all weather camera people use especially in extreme sports to create a video, but they have attachments for dogs now too: The forum doesn't allow attachments or links it seems, but if you search "go pro fetch dog harness" you'll see what I mean. its hilarious.

My husband did this before and it was HILARIOUS, so if it solves the mystery or just makes a funny video either is good in my book. Strap a GoPro on the pup, let him out and see what happens. I work with dogs, and used to live in the most haunted house of all houses so I know that either...

Hi, Emmie420, I think the key statement that gets me here is "today I had this thought that maybe I'm having flashbacks because there's something I need to do and that is why It won't go away." As everyone says, I promise, PROMISE you this is not the case.Flashbacks are from the past, not the...

I did mostly baking as well! I've also worked pantry, but I think the love I found in the last year of the kitchen was being in charge of scratch soups, and at home I'm learning I am a mean saucier. All my innate roots of growing up in the south, (U.S.) all the sudden come out and I find making...

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I agree with Hodge, but want to throw any more out there to help you since you feel so alone. So sad how family is such a hot topic on here. It really creates some deep wounds and I am no different. My only advice is - you sound like me when I'm starting to let my thoughts play tricks on me or...

So I know for some, it seems like a waste, and what I was trying to relay to mammo is that if you are trying to "change" your parent with the confrontation, yeah it is. But there is so much to not being the victim anymore. Sometimes the biggest thing you can do is speak your mind and defend...

Wanted to reply to your 3 here: "Hi - I agree, but I think she knows that I don't want/like to talk about it. This is for a number of reasons: 1. What, am i supposed to say "well the T says the reason I'm so f*cked up is because you abused us as children"? Can't say that...don't want to upset...

Woo- you've got a lot on your plate! Very ,VERY sorry to hear this. Family is so complex. I have several questions and comments to try to help if possible. Starting with the easiest yet most important--are you able to go visit her? If this were me I would first want to get to the bare bones...

Did you say you threw back your chef's coat?? I'm a ex-chef too!! I quit in January because all head chefs seem to be angry dudes with napoleon complex that think throwing pans at the wall and burning me with hot oil is a way to motivate. I love cooking but the environments are SO triggering...

Hello- I started out here as a guest and after I received much kindness, support and yet constructive honesty, I kind of just threw my suit on and jumped on in. Been diagnosed professionally for a year, but been hiding/burying the PTSD for over a decade. Im kind of in the "some great days, some...

As shimmerz mentions, you struggle with a lot of similar things that I do, Dahlia. So, to first answer your question- "when/how do you decide to give up on a relationship?" I personally believe that giving up on a relationship is more mental, but to actually go through a divorce- it is more...