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    You Know You Have PTSD When...

    when giving up and slinking away is a victory
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    Make A Sentence From 6 Random Letters.

    Only buy werewolves oiled hurriedly lengthwise. YIPPIN
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    This Excites Me- Curious About Your Experiences With Binaural Beats

    ringing ears, brainzap, migraine, covering my ears and screaming until roomie turned that shit off.
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    Your Day In Emoticons

    :sleep::coffee::meh::coffee::O_o::bookworm::bookworm::geek::O_o::meh::sour::poop:
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    What Are You Grateful For Today?

    flashmobs
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    How Often Do You See Your Therapist?

    every two weeks, which is two weeks too often.
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    I Don't Deserve Anything

    hey It's pretty normal to feel like shit after discussing trauma. Some feel worthless, some feel angry. I felt helpless and inferior and a failure for existing. I think it's... once those words are out there, once we've spoken it and someone heart, we can't take it back - we can't get away...
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    Responses To Your Therapist That You Will Probably Never Say

    It's difficult to develop rapport when I have to talk down to you. Could you raise your IQ a little? Little more... little more... c'mon, I'm looking for three digits here, work with me...
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    Expressing My Needs - Why Bother?!

    if we don't know or cannot quantify 'what we want', it's very difficult to figure out why we want it. Why matters.
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    5 Things I'm Thinking Today

    1. omg i asked someone to collaborate with me on a fun project 2. she's going to think i'm needy and pathetic 3. she only agreed because she didn't want to hurt my feelings 4. someone is going to punish me for something 5. this and everything else i do is doomed doomed doomed doomed doomed...
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    Being Bitter Towards Men

    when i'm bitter like that it's because i'm wrapped in a belief that someone expects something of me, something i reject.
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    Defense Mechanisms Help Or Harm Us?

    defense mechanisms are both positive and negative. When positive, the mechanism is mitigating harm; but when taken too far, when the defense becomes normal, it turns negative. Lashing out with a forearm is positive in a dangerous setting; negative at work. Not gonna hate it; not gonna condone...
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    You Know You Have PTSD When...

    when you see the date, and the colour of your shirt, and start puking in the kitchen sink.
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    What Made You Angry Today?

    memories. myself for giving memories power. the living.
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    I Can't Escape

    Utmost sympathy. The things that you endured are terrible. Feel proud, upright and strong and proud. Your survival is inspiring. Hey. Which authors do you read?
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    5 Things I'm Thinking Today

    1. I want to work. 2. :coffee: 3. I got some work done! 4. I got some more work done 5. Thea: the Awakening is the awesome.
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    Confused About Diagnostic Criteria

    The key word in post traumatic stress disorder is disorder. One doesn't have PTSD because one suffered trauma. One has PTSD because the symptoms are awful enough to negatively impact one's livelihood, and those symptoms are best explained by traumatic stress. The definition of 'trauma' is...
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    Too Scared To Fall Asleep

    hey. seconding lux. medication can be subtle - just a nudge, a hint. like scalded milk before bedtime (but without the 1 a.m. bathroom trip). Evening listening doesn't have to be anything as trendy as mindfulness recordings etc. try old time radio plays, or audio books. turn the volume...
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    What Song Are You Listening To Right Now?

    Entropic Time - A Capella Science
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    You Know You Have PTSD When...

    when you can have a long cardio workout just by someone saying 'good morning' unexpectedly
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    News Ellie The Robot Therapist

    Perhaps the dislike of human contact/interaction is specific to certain disorders. Certainly, any client who needs/desires interaction, compassion or acceptance from individuals/groups would feel deeply alienated by an AI therapist's simulated emotional responses. We can group the artificial...
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    News Ellie The Robot Therapist

    if the session/client data was wiped and only the neural net retained, i'd be there in a heartbeat. what use a 'human connection' ? i don't give a rats ass for sympathy or support, i want skills, methods, behaviors.
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    Your Day In Emoticons

    :ninja::bag::bag::unsure::geek::bag::ninja:
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    Ptsd Solution In The Work Place (humor)

    you could also top your shelf with large spiders displayed/preserved in acrylic. people will avoid your floor to avoid you, and it doubles as exposure therapy for spider fears.
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