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I’m not sure if people need to know your trauma before understanding you? Mine is (nutshell) My mom was suicidal when I was very young and for a long time. My youngest daughter (an adopted dib of 3) became suicidal a while back. They were treated so bad before we got to them. Anyhoo...daughter...

My mother has a personality disorder. When I was young 5-10 she would tell me she would kill herself if I went to my dads for the scheduled custody. I never knew how I would find her when I got back. If there would be blood... I worked on that. And it wasn’t all my mother did. My daughter...

I just really started therapeutically working on my PTSD. So I'm still learning. I've dealt with anxiety and OCD. But this is turning out to be a different ball of wax. I've always had issues sleeping -- insomnia and such. I haven't been sleeping well over the last couple of weeks and I've done...

I have my hardest times in the morning. This hasn't always been the case, but I'm am new to PTSD. So my emotions are heightened. I am very unsure of myself and what I'm going through. I have read the cup theory. Although...I don't know how, or if, you can make that block smaller? But for now...

My college roomies and I were going to get together for a social distancing happy hour tonight. I cancelled. I feel like I have been inundated with so much information and ah-ha moments, that I don't have the space in my cup for casual conversation with people who know nothing of what I'm...

If I'm in the wrong place, forgive me, and direct me somewhere else. I am still new to all this, but I'm trying very hard to respect this group. Because right now, all you people that I don't know, are my biggest support system. I've worked many years in therapy, CBT, EMDR to focus on issues I...

I'm not really sure where to start or what all to say. Just sitting here writing this, I feel like I'm going to vomit. I had trauma early in life. In my 20's my anxiety levels became so high I chose to seek help. And I did find it. I read everything I could. Talked to everyone I could. And I...