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People enjoy hurting others only because they are tiny tiny spirits. Feel sad for them. Feel sorry for them. You know in your heart that you are better than that--and that those who ridicule others are at the very least, still emotional infants. Have you ever heard of "the art of expectation"...

@Ghostybear73 Thanks!

@Emotional Retard My heart goes out to you. Except for the spinal surgeries--which is everyone's worst nightmare, just about, much less a child's, who's trying to deal with finding a way to fit in. My father was a cocaine addict, emotionally and verbally abusive, notoriously paranoid--and your...

@D123 You're not hopeless at all. From what I've learned, avoiding eye-contact is pretty standard for trauma survivors...and the fact that you're still practicing and making the effort means you're far from hopeless!

At least you have someone...

@Mayday It's funny how we humans work--intimacy is completely psychological/emotional, after all--meaning that we can have sex, without necessarily experiencing it as as intimate as holding hands/kissing. For example, I've heard of pornography actors/prostitutes having no problems with the sex...

Seroquel is a uniform chemical agent, not a preparation with constituent elements, so as such, has characteristics--but no "ingredients" per se. While I haven't looked into it in depth and spcifically--i.e. pharmacodynamics, mechinism(s) of action, etc.--I do know that it's an antagonist at...

@Hashi Thanks!

@D123 I have a theory-just a theory-that PTSD is actually part and parcel of the female experience, from youth. Think about it--until age 13, girls are on a pretty level playing field with boys. Many boys even have memories of being physically bullies at earlier ages than that by girls. But...

I used to wear sandals exclusively. Then everyone else did, so I stopped. Then I moved back to Texas, and it became a safety issue (Where yo boots at, boy?). Whether I like to sleep with others depends entirely on the other involved...but it's very few and far between, the enjoying of it...it's...

I wonder how many men there are out there with similar "quirks". Seems most responses are from women. A sign that 'quirks' of habit/habituation,themselves, are reflexively associated with weaknesses, so not readily admitted to by men? Or just a matter of 'gender roles"--being "picky" thought to...

Ditto Ditto Ditto. Einstein had a closet full of the same suit/ties. I wonder? Is it the comfort of the predictable? A combination of that and the fact that making choices is inherently stressful?

By the way, Seroquel inhibits REM sleep--the stage in which we dream. It's a double-edged sword. While it can be necessary in order to just function productively if our dreams are so traumatic that they leave us disabled during the day...inhibiting REM sleep prevents integration of traumatic...

While my opinion on your dream probably isn't worth two cents either--it seems pretty clear that it's an abandonment dream. And psychologists seem to be in longstanding and consistent agreement about parental abandonment being at the core of a host of psychological/emotional problems as setting...

You're absolutely right. And thanks for reminding me of that. I didn't mean my post as a diatribe against "all of the others" out there. But I realize now that that's how it could have been taken. If anything, I was only trying to make a statement about how difficult it is to understand PTSD...

You're right--most definitely-people with PTSD have a hard time telling those who love them to just leave them be because of they're need for it due to their PTSD symptoms. It's so hard to find a way to say "just leave me alone, please" that isn't take either as rejection (most often) or...

@Ghostybear73 Thanks for your effort. I did find the article very interesting, and relevent to PTSD sufferers. I wonder if a separate section for science related research articles, etc. might help create a separate space for those more comfortable with the material? Thanks again!

Another great related work is "Trauma: Neurobiology and Treatment". While your focus is on the cause of a deficiency in pair-bonding, the aforementioned details the effects of it. Namely, how "" results in offspring's relaively low concentration of gluccocorticoid receptor, especially in the...

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Thanks macca. Really. Needed that today!

I think our reluctance to make eye-contact is not only a reasonable fear, but very probably a healthy one. After all, they say that the eyes are the windows to the soul. So what can we expect from a world that sees our soul, and sees that it has been "sensitized", and looks "raw", and "wary"...

I think that may mean that your being alone is nearer the "loneliness" end of the spectrum than the "appreciating solitude" end. And there's a big difference between using anything to enhance things--creativity, sociability, etc.--and using them to "drown things out". I guess only the individual...

I've been called a lot of things--but never succinct :).Lucky I found a mental health forum, I guess.

Dont feel horrible that your trauma made others feel bad. that's noble but misplaced.Youve got enough on your plate already without taking responsibility for others feelings resulting from your victimization.You didnt hurt them or cause them your abuser did

I'd like to apologize for my previous post, for painting your family as outright villains. As intothelight so correctly put it, your family can think they are acting in your best interests even when they're not. I was triggered by your story, and my resentment of my own parents took over, and I...