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Thyroid issues here, too. It definitely is associated with stress and depression symptoms. A few things I've learned over the years. . .thyroid meds are one of the few meds where who manufactures the pill matters. Once you figure out your proper dosage level (which can takes months), you...

Guilty here, too. It is one of the most discouraging things in this whole business. My supporters will never know how much I appreciate them.

In my college days, I took trips 3 or 4 times a year. It really wasn't about entertainment, I started referring to Lucy as Roto Rooter of the Brain. . .it cleaned all the bullshit out. I doubt I could have made it through college without those psychedelic brain enemas. ;) There were no...

Like dying is a good option.

I recognize the place you describe, I'm a little bit there right now. What my wife tells me to do is to back off my expectations of myself and try to do something little that I can probably get a positive result from. For instance, right now I am at work with some important stuff to do, but my...

Hi Abstract, I have to agree with you. I had a 15 hour sleep session yesterday, which took a lot of time away from my family. It was my daughter's birthday and ,while I didn't miss the actual birthday, I wasn't around to help her enjoy it for the rest of the day. It also is playing havok with...

I have had this real weird thing happening for the last 10 days or so. I cannot will myself out of bed once I wake up. It is like part of me has control of my body and really, really wants me to go back to sleep. . .back to nasty dreamland. The only way I've been able to get to work in the...

Life is two things. . .it is anti-entropy. . .it exists to create as much complex organization as possible. Life builds stuff to prevent the universe from dissolving into nothing. The other thing life is? Life is grossly overrated. :)

If I could I would. . . . . .save the world! Apparently, my t thinks this is an unreasonable expectation. :)

How the Hell Did I Do This?

Great to hear! Don't forget that the forum is here for you as you go through this.

Hi rich_93, I'm still trying to figure this whole interaction thing out myself so I don't know if I have any advice, but I can share some experience. I also don't start conversations in my normal day. I think I just assume that people don't want me to talk to them and I don't want to bother...

Thanks, Zaniara. Rationally, I agree with everything you posted. Emotionally. . .well, still got some issues to work out. :) One point I would like to explain further. . .'true belief' can take many forms, not just religious. I am equally as frightened of Social Darwinists who use their...

Congrats on getting through the first session! Wishing you the best on your future sessions.

Finding that balance between validating your pain and wallowing in it can be pretty hard to find on our own. I'm pretty fortunate in that I have a wife and a boss who, while very understanding and supportive, are good at creating boundaries and telling me when I have fallen over into the...

"They were right!! All I had to do was get over it."

Granted. You make it safely to the graduation, but find all of your nephew's friends to be quite annoying. I wish salt wouldn't hurt when it is rubbed into a wound. :)

. . .when you can swerve to avoid a deadly car accident without even a slight increase in your heart rate, but Little House on the Prairie scares the crap out of you.

Thank you! I always worry that this sort of stuff comes off as bragging or something. . .so I'm happy that you guys are getting some value out of this. Like a lot of people, I didn't actually get the PTSD diagnosis until pretty late in life, a couple years ago when my t mentioned something...

I think most of us PTSDers feel the same thing. The thing with PTSD, though, is that the 'get over it' part of the brain is the part of the brain that doesn't work so well. I compare it to expecting someone in a wheelchair to just get up and start walking. We don't really expect the guy in...

Hi lcb, Exposure therapy has shown itself effective. It also sucks to go through. My personal opinion is that it needs to be properly paced and the more experienced the therapist is with trauma and exposure therapy. . .the more likely it will be that things are properly paced. Is it worth it...

Prior to my current job, I rarely lasted more than 4 months at any place. The PTSD roller coaster would take me for another ride and bye-bye job. Somehow, with lots of help, I've been able to ride the roller coaster and make it through the harder times without losing the job. I've been...

Anxiety. . .I hate when you make me hide from my kids

Hey Aprella, Thought I would just suggest a couple of threads here that might give you a 'feel' for PTSD in general. 'You Know You Have PTSD When...' To many PTSD'ers that are at a stage where we can laugh a bit, there is some so-funny-it-makes-your-cry lines in this thread. On the...

You know you have PTSD when . . .you have created a whole set of rules in your head for how people should use the fast lane on the freeway and get pissed when another driver dares to break one of your rules