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    Body memories

    I don't have a therapist sadly at the moment. I was born with a heart condition so I was in hospital a lot and half of me thinks something may have happened whilst I was there I don't have any flashbacks specifically just a really nagging gut feeling and my body feels like it's in a lot of pain...
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    Body memories

    hi so I'm 25 my trauma happened at 16 years old initially as a baby I was born with a heart condition I was in and out of hospital a lot seeing doctors and having surgeries my family life is pretty amazing but at 16 I had a severe episode of not being able to breath for three hours and I blacked...
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    Overwhelming feelings and distorted thinking

    Hi i don't normally post on here but I've been having these overwhelming feelings all over my body that I was harmed really badly by someone or something like sexual abuse or just someone or something happened to me that was really harmful before my actual trauma happened. I then had strange...
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    New lifestyle reminds me of the past

    Thank you for your help I think that's good advice for me sometimes I just have to let myself feel uncomfortable and not be scared of my own feelings and know that because of what I've been through it's just my rational brain trying to work things out gosh body flashbacks are hard Thanks for...
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    New lifestyle reminds me of the past

    Hi so I don't really know how to put this but I am starting work after living in london and being at university and doing further education for five years or so. My trauma was at school and now i have moved back home and some of my new work routine is making me feel like I am back at school...
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    Been a while

    Please may somebody give me an insight on this if you can
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    Ptsd anxiety different from regular anxiety? don't know what to do

    Do you feel terror all over inside your body like your muscles ache and hurt and it overwhelmeds you if this is the feeling I get it too it's different to anxiety it's just pure fear heightened to terror and survival feeling I may be wrong but when I get that feeling I have to really ground...
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    Been a while

    At the moment I just spend a lot of time by myself resting in my bed listening to music or trying to walk out my stress that I get so tired I can't do anything else but sleep I try spend a bit of time with family but Christmas is hard Thanks for replying back I really appreciate it
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    Been a while

    I was born with a heart condition and when I was a teenager at 16 I lost my memory for a month after a blackout episode of not being able to breath for three hours as a result I could not remember who I was or my family and friends. When I had to go back to school I was put back a year and was...
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    Bullying flashbacks

    thank you for your kind thoughts x
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    Bullying flashbacks

    I am 24 but I was severly bullied and neglected at school and have suffered various traumas I am so annoyed because I still get flashbacks at being in school and when I do I get the same feelings I do when I was back there and it takes me ages to feel ok again in my body and I hate it does...
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    Messy Symptoms Again

    I think I self harmed because I found it really difficult to tell him that and talk to him about it because I just said that I think I may have been but I am not sure it's just a feeling I have so I was wondering what he would do with the information and how he would help me with it I've been...
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    Messy Symptoms Again

    Yes but I don't want to change therapist I have taken three years to trust this man and I feel comfortable with him I have told him a lot I don't know if I could cope with a new therapist at this moment I want him to help me but I told him I think I was sexually hurt but can't recall it I would...
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    Messy Symptoms Again

    I i had therapy the other day and asked my therapist if he thought i was hurt sexually in any way as I find it so hard to open up to men i am glad i asked him this as i have wanted to for a long time but was scared to open up he suggested maybe i see a female therapist but i don't want to leave...
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    Annoyed

    hi guys so I've been with my therapist for three years now since I was 20 I'm now turning 24 and I feel like I have hit a brick wall in my progress I texted my therapist this week asking him questions about PTSD but he I thought gave me a cold text back even though professional he replied saying...
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    Sexual Assault Is My Body Trying To Tell Me Something?

    Hey guys ok so I am 23 and have had P.T.S.D for a while now since I was a teenager... recently I have been wondering whether I was sexually hurt or witnessed something distressing in a certain sexual nature reason being is that my body gets very tense and scared mentioning sex or being intimate...
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    Brick Wall... Here We Go Again!

    Hi guys I need some advice I was in an near drowning accident two months ago I am 23 and was born with a complex heart condition but you wouldn't think it to look at me sometimes this can cause complications with my biology though and as a result i have been in many accidents. I already know I...
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    Don't Know If My Body Is Trying To Tell Me Something My Head Can't

    Hi guys ok so I have complex ptsd and was told i have bpd i have been in therapy for three years since i was 20 i am now 23 i have a pretty good social life and nice people around me at the moment but whenever i go out dating and i want to take things further with a guy i have realised my whole...
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    Not Sure

    Hey guys I haven't posted for a while but after i had a near drowning accident a month ago on the 4th April I feel sort like I am not very present or connected with the things going on around me I feel like I am a different person and not the same as I used to be I feel like I am far away from...
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    Insomnia Confusion After Near Drowning Accident And Other Previous Trauma In Childhood

    yeah i have been in therapy since i was 21 i am now 23 my near drowning incident happened a month ago but my previous trauma happened when i was 16 and i have had trauma as a child due to medical surgeries i was born with a heart condition which can't be fixed but is working as well as it can be
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    Insomnia Confusion After Near Drowning Accident And Other Previous Trauma In Childhood

    Hi guys I just wanted to ask a question if anyone else has experienced something like this. I was diagnosed with complex ptsd in my early twenties at uni due to teenage/ childhood severe trauma and now have been in therapy for a year and more thought i was making a good effort. Then a month...
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    The Child In Me

    Hi ok so I don't know if I am explaining myself very well but here it goes. I was born with a congenital heart condition which I live with today. At 16 years of age I could not breath for a long time I blacked out and as a result had amnesia for a month due to brain injury. This came with...
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    Is Anyone Else Like Me

    Hi so I am not sure if this is the right place to post about what I want to talk about so sorry if its not. When I was 16 years old my trauma was that one day at school I could not breathe for four hours. I do suffer from a congenital complex heart condition so I guess that is what caused my...
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    Life Can Slip Away

    Hi I am 22 yrs old and was born and live with a serious heart condition it cannot be fixed the past two months I have tried to take my own life been in a psychiatric hospital and in the second month I collapsed on a normal day walking in the park I was rushed to hospital it is because of my...
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    Survivor Of Attempted Suicide

    Hi I am 22 years old and suffer from PTSD I live with a hole in my heart and no pulmonary artery and another aortic problem. My PTSD was caused by losing my memory at 16 years old when I could not breath for four to five hours afterwards I suffered severe amnesia. I was able to remember my...
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