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There seems to be a hemp oil that extracts the CBD and not THC from cannabis that people are vaping for PTSD and other conditions with some good anecdotal reports. However, it’s not regulated and not “medical” at this point. Link Removed I don’t like the idea of using something new and...

I also agree with the last lines. Looking at what relationships really are, which this article does start doing in several places, is really the most vital thing for me so far. I’m nearly 40. Relationship to self and others is, I suspect, a several lifetimes lesson.

Friendships end for any number of reasons. I had a friend who moved away. It was not until saying goodbye, after many years, that she told me of her eating disorder and depression. Of course, she felt safe telling people, and she told everyone at once, and then made a new life someplace else...

This is a great article on how to keep battling the triggers and not letting them beat you. People like me who have dissociated much trauma from childhood encounter new and surprising triggers all the time. Knowing how they relate to the trauma is sometimes not easy. Although the trigger...

I won't tell you that you are or aren't displaying NPD traits, and if you are, I've heard that being raised around NPD adults leaves people with "fleas" that jumped onto you from the dirty dog? I don't pretend to get the PhD Psych metaphors. :) What I will say is that I also spend probably too...

Phase 3 Program: MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD According to the Phase 2 data, 68% of those who participated in a 3-day MDMA assisted intensive with a trauma-trained therapist experienced enough remission of PTSD to no longer qualify as having PTSD. This treatment was targeted towards...

I absolutely agree on these posts on the need to weight the cost of all kinds of relationships. It often helps me to remember that this is how this person socializes, and it has nothing to do with me. :) I'm just present to witness it, and I get to chose all kinds of things. We have so much...

This set of ideas is interesting to me. I found that my previous leadership position itself forced me to rethink my cognitive distortions. It was exhausting, but I'm grateful that I simply HAD no other options if I wanted to continue being good at what I did. Now, in my current position, I'm...

Knowing and feeling (head and heart) were just not connected for you until you pursued therapy. I can relate to that, as I'm sure can so many. The facts by themselves seem meaningless when one is in that state of "disconnect." I'm still working through this kind of daily disconnect, when I...

I totally agree. Being lied to your whole childhood and life is being presented with a false story and false reality. It is so hard to begin to accept a different reality and believe a different story of who you are, that you deserve love and acceptance, that you're a good person who deserves...

Your heartspace is clear and open. I admire that, and I'm not fully there. I still hide a lot of anguish from myself, as a matter of habit. I will take your example today. Thank you! I'm humbled by the work I see others doing here. I love seeing what is possible in life, even though, it can be hard.

Welcome to this wonderful forum. I'm sorry that trauma brought you here. But this is a good place to be. I can relate to your physical reactions. What I will say is that the "grief process" is amplified so much more with PTSD, but you still go through it, along with learning to recognize how you...

learning to accept that my siblings were abused by our father and they might never come to terms with it or be able to remember. I have let go any expectations of that and let go of them in love. I realized how much I was stuck feeling like I always had to save them. I am not in that family and...

Thank you, Rain. I have not been on the forum for a long time, and I felt like checking in and saw your reply first thing on my alerts! Thank you for the welcoming. There's so many details and triggers that I don't see posted in my diary, showing me how my intellect allows me to summarize what...

Possible DDNOS but whatever the Dx, this is a "thing" that everyone has to some degree. There are studies now into the fact that most people have two types of memory recording running at most times, one being non-emotional and objective about things. I personally believe that this is part of...

Lots of good ideas in this thread. I have had questions, but I don't know how these would be studied much less answered. I also have read on this forum that many wake up in a sweat and yelling or thrashing. I don't. I wake up "hearing a screaming little girl" that I think is my own children...

I realized while posting a response to someone else, that I have never really externalized the internal struggle with the night my mom tried to drown my sister. ------ I have spent far too much time obsessing over my actions that night. I felt everything from guilt (initially) to pride...

I'm actually in agreement with Ronin, that the main bulk of fear felt in anything is the association with prior fear experiences. Also, I'm wondering how much DID has to do with control, and lack of it. Since PTSD makes me feel out of control sometimes, and hard to regain it, then DID, when...

I read that you are used to positive emotions in church. In PTSD, any emotion activates emotional centers, and this will allow negative intrusive content to come through, too. Point is to not avoid positives, because this won't happen a lot. Something triggered it, auditory (sound was...

I don't remember, but I've experienced something along these lines because I do recall researching it. It was long ago. I believe, and this book confirms, that this phenomenon is a "symptom" of newly activated or newly treated DID (called MPD in the book). Psychological Concepts and...

I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean by "I couldn't report him because he was there." Your age doesn't have anything to do with the issue if you want to report abuse to a medical provider and that person is present. I'm sorry that there seems to be some power struggle and perhaps...

What is the difference between re-enacting and abreaction? There has to be different types of re-enactment, such as conscious, less/unconscious, Obsessive-compulsive, and deliberate/habitual. Some consider cutting or self-harm to be re-enacting, but it may have no link to the traumas and...

I'm sorry to hear that you are going through the intrusive or flashback memories of childhood sexual abuse. I can relate. Your symptoms when going through that phase of healing can be very upsetting and add to your stress levels. Getting sleep, gentle exercise, and nutrition, and ensuring that...

What country and is that a culturally protective or expected action on a parent's part there? In some places, you don't go to the Dr. or hospital and remain alone at any time, regardless of age, ever, due to lack of security and vulnerability to malpractice. In USA, up to 50% of hospital...

Can you please update us and let us know the name and location of this facility? It's possible this could help you get better advice, but also save the rest of us from going in there unaware.