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I wouldn't find it offensive in the sense that it desecrates the flag - I don't think it does. I find it creepy on other levels though.

I wish I had an answer for you but given that I am in a similar situation (in terms of things I used to enjoy no longer working for me, wondering if it will ever go away despite the work I've done or tried to do etc.) I too am at a loss as to how to deal with this...I am not on meds either and...

I don't know how it is in Australia but here, and from what I know of the US, many gifted kids don't actually get more attention form teachers but are left to their own devices simply because everyone thinks they're fine and will figure it all out themselves. And, as Trauma says, sometimes...

I know it's not the real thing but...:hug:

Sorry to hear that Ayesha. :hug:

@otakujome , wouldn't that be nice? I love how the dumb ones are able to just happily go about their business, not worrying about anything...

My apologies if anyone's mentioned this already (haven't had a chance to read all the posts yet)...But here goes...what is "happiness" and who decides? Does is even exist somewhere out there...as some abstract unreachable "it"...or is it what you make of it? Or something else entirely? Then you...

Welcome to the forum. It sounds like you may have PTSD but only qualified professionals can make that determination for sure.

He sounds like an idiot. If you are able to, switch therapists. I have gone through some of this...Being treated like an idiot etc. Most of mine were also condescending etc. which makes me respond in unhelpful ways. Anyway, hang in there and hopefully you'll be able to find someone more...

I have no answers. I haven't found anything that helps other than in the very short term occasionally. And people are right - it's different for everyone. I will lie in bed but I have trouble sleeping...I also separate my PTSD depression from my ...er.."regular" depression...I know it may not...

I used to do this too...I was ok for talking about random things that had nothing to do with the trauma...she would get me to come back but then I'd be sort of there but quiet...occasionally cracking some smartass joke or whatever or just being an ass...Having said all that, try not to put...

@kagamine I hear you...I'm in the same boat...well, minus the treatment team (still haven't found anyone who's not a condescending a-hole...well, I had 2 good ones before but anyway...) Funny, everyone always assumes just because someone is intelligent that they'll automatically be okay/figure...

Hmm this is a tough one for me...I have childhood trauma but it's different and I do have recollections of a happier life before the trauma...Having said all that, and being perfectly aware that it's useless to compare traumas, I still often feel like so many others have had it way worse than me...

I've had a rough time with the job search and in the end, I'm stuck in a menial job but at the moment I am grateful for that too because it is really tough for everyone. Hang in there.

There was a poetry thread...eons ago but not sure what's happened to it. Thanks for sharing! I won't share any right now...Besides, most of the ones I'm into are rather depressing/morbid...I will say though that one of my all-time favourites is "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" (Oscar Wilde).

I find this article ridiculous. Take this claim, for example: "In fact, historians have not been able to convincingly find any PTSD-like descriptions in history and there seems a virtually complete absence of any records of flashbacks in the medical records of First and Second World War...

@Nam, as an English major and someone who's an utter failure in Math...I have to stand up for my discipline!!!... though you are, of course, right :laugh: @otakujome Perfectionism is...well...Let's just say I've done that dance and have never won...I tend to self-sabotage...Long story. Anyway...

There has been a growing "men's movement" which is a cause for concern considering the misogyny they most often spew...In a differnet context, somehow many young men think it's okay to threaten violence against women (recent Dalhousie University dental school example). Many simply don't realize...

Oh ok. Thanks for elaborating.

I have no idea what my IQ is - never took a proper test but I did teach myself to read when I was 3...whatever that means...As for therapists, I do know that it's not fun trying to talk to one who is definitely dumber than you (I've had a couple of those)...The ones I responded better to were...

Septimus (Mrs. Dalloway)...Billy Pilgrim (Slaughterhouse -Five)

I don't know if I'd call myself an artist but I do scribble and I know deep down that I should write that book but as things are now, I am too chicken to go there. Bits and pieces came out, in a very limited, very controlled way in a work I recently finished writing but that's not what I need...

It was meant to be realistic, not discouraging. And I never questioned anyone's right to recover so please don't put words in my mouth...And perhaps some kind of recovery is possible but I seriously doubt you'll find it in a book (for this specific issue). There's a reason why torture is the...

No offense and certainly not trying to be discouraging but I am not sure there's a book for that...as in, I'm not sure one can recover from it...

I don't knwo what to say...I've gone through some therapists and it's very difficult to find a good fit...Sometimes though you don't even think you are getting anywhere and it turns out that maybe you are (but that only happened to me with one of them...even though it mostly involved me sitting...