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I'm very confident that I'll be able to adapt. :)

How much of it relies on visualization exercises? If I weren't able to do any of them, how much would be left, and how useful would that be?

Your dad, too? Sounds like you got a two-for-one deal. :(

She sounds like the kind of person who would give you a credit card and then report it stolen. Good luck in your journey to get the hell out of there.

Good luck. :hug: I'm assuming the car is in her name?

It sounds like she's manipulating the situation to make sure you're dependent on her.

I understand the how it can "feel right." PTSD "feels right" for my situation, too. Thing is that feeling right isn't anywhere on the list of diagnostic criterion, nor should it be. I can point to specific trauma at 4, draw a link between it an a lot of problems throughout my life. I've had an...

That looks like a fantastic book, @joeylittle I'm definitely checking it out, so thanks for mentioning it.

Only a therapist or psychiatrist can tell you if you have PTSD. Are you able to go to one? Regardless of diagnosis, I think it'd be a very good idea to do so. As for dwelling vs exploring, the idea of examining your feelings closely, allowing them to happen and do what they need to is an...

:hug: @Fadeaway This is really heard but you're doing great!

Sounds like a big chunk of the answer, thanks @BlueOrange .

I agree with @Suzetig that this is an abusive action. Any way to get out of it?

Welcome, hope this place is helpful for you.

Making you undergo brain mapping is pointless, unnessesary, and sounds like an overly dramatic way of pretending to help you in a way that wont' actually help you, and will just call attention to your problems and make you more aware of them. I might be misreading it. There are charity...

I'm not sure, but I doubt it. I don't think any of those can be diagnosed using brain imaging. There's a screening process for all of those, that involve the DSM and a lot of therapy. I can't remember, are you currently in therapy? Going to a therapist and being evaluated is how you get...

My wife and I are both sufferers, and it makes things complicated sometimes. Lately I've been going through a really depressive, anxious period. My wife automatically feels an obligation to take over and be emotionally stable when I'm not, and it's affecting her. She was taught from an early age...

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One note: it's hard, but you're allowed to say you can't help someone right now. That you're dealing with too much already.

My wife and I are both survivors. Not exactly the same as as your situation, but there are times when our emotional needs seem to conflict. Sometimes it's right to put your needs aside and support someone else, sometimes it's right to not be able to, and to take care of yourself. We support each...

Your feelings are completely normal, and your not the only one who's felt like this. It's normal to worry about the worst case scenarios. And it's frustrating as hell to feel like everyone uses you for support but won't let you do the same in return. That's a perfectly normal feeling as well.

@ChandraD Oh, no! I really hope you're able to help her, that's not an environment she needs to be in. I don't have any answers or suggestions, unfortunately. I don't know about media or not, but I'd go way beyond considering a lawyer. Seems mandatory in this case, and they would be able to give...

Neither the Navy nor the VA have ever, to this point, done any formal screening or evaluation. It had seemed odd. But like I said, we're about to actually do the screening that should have been done in the first place.

I have an old cat named Sweety that always seems to show up when I'm really anxious.

How do you ground when dealing with bad symptoms? What works the best, what hasn't worked?

It's up to you and your needs how much or how little you tell him, if anything. You can say nothing, say "something happened when I was young, I can't talk about it, but it can lead to certain issues and things will be slow" or tell him the entire story. You can start with one and move to the...