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Good decision, this seems not what you need right now. Maybe you could find a therapist, who can work with you at the individual level you need, in that way you could make a lot more progress. Personally, I did not find group therapy effective, I did 4 years when I was depressed, pre-ptsd...

If you have C-ptsd due to childhood trauma it is very likely to have attachment problems involved. There are several types of attachment apart from the safe attachment, and disorganized attachment is one type of attachment. The term disorganised in this regard means that you often have...

Nice topic. I have not been anywhere the last three years; just therapy and grocery store. Under normal circumstances: evening/moonlight hikes, live concerts, camping out with campfire, sit with camping light & book in my own garden, talk with friends, if I still have them :rolleyes:

@Hope4Now (Quote function seems under maintenance.) So funny, I had been thinking about this too last week :) Total weirdness, but everybody gets it :wacky:

Did not yet read through the whole thread, but to me this seems cognition heavilly impaired by your traumatic reliving of the EP. I don't think this has anything to do with psychosis. This is ptsd symptomatology, if the latter even is a word. I believe what you went through is what my...

Maybe this thread from yesterday will resonate with you: https://www.myptsd.com/threads/does-anyone-use-competence-as-part-of-their-therapy.53613/#post-857116 Ptsd strips us naked from all our competences until we heal and can pick them up again. Maybe you could accept it as being temporary? I...

https://www.myptsd.com/threads/intrauterine-and-birthing-trauma-frank-lake-md.51683/ I will always remember this thread, because of the article that had the term 'marinated in mother's miseries' in the womb, and just loved that term :-) Thank you for your nice compliment; coming from a similar...

Hi welcome first. I just wanted to make you aware that a ptsd parent can cause ptsd in the child too, not secondary ptsd only. There is a real interesting thread with article on this topic. I will look it up for you. I am Dutch, but live in Switzerland. Do you speak Flemish or Dutch? I know...

Gorgeous Husky in your avatar! Is it yours? Welcome and there is no standard way to interact on this forum. I have never even introduced myself to be honest, but prefer to share stuff in a more interactive way.

I so totally get what you mean, and the same here. Simply no energy. What comes to mind is the Maslow's pyramid of hierarchy of needs, however I believe you are not looking for an explanation. I wish also to be competent again, but also accept it as is, as I know I am a bottom feeding fish of...

Yes me too several times, as you say all goes limp, I always felt now I really give up, I can't fight this. I was standing and walking during therapy and could not walk anymore and my knees just gave up and I just fell down. Never became unconscious though. I know what you mean, but this has...

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Porges has a real good website, with much of his papers for download. I never find it an easy read as he often uses a lot of terminology. http://stephenporges.com ETA: mistake, not so much of his papers are for download, just abstracts. Google Porges and social engagement system will probably...

Thoughts in my head were no longer present, it was pure emotional pain, and my face also hurt unbearably.

Sure, it was clear not to look for diagnosis; this was just a question, as it seems the core of psychosis. I relate to it in that during several sessions in which the pain seemed so unbearable, it felt in my head like I was totally losing it, there was so much pain in my head that my head almost...

Psychosis is loss of contact with reality. Was that the case for you? ANP= Apparently Normal Personality EP= Emotional Personality

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Oh, yes now I get it, sorry. Could it not be that the safe steady state you were in for 30 years made you strong enough to start to feel the current hell? Even though you may not know what it is exactly about, you do feel the pain, and that seems like a starting point. If your mind could not...

Yes I have complex ptsd and have emotional flashbacks or nightmares. It is not always what we think of as a flashback for it to be a flashback or not. I used to say I have no flashbacks, but every emotion we relive from the past is a flashback. I also hardly had any memories before the age of...

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Not stupid at all. Yes, we can eventually. I am doing it right now in therapy. My body remembered all the really bad stuff I had no idea that happened to me. Emotions come with it, and one can talk about it, and more importantly let go of it. Hugs to you :hug:

Sorry, but I may not understand exactly what you mean? What 'things' do you mean? The safe place is a requirement to heal, but sitting safely in a chair will not heal you, but I assume this is not what you mean.

True, I also experienced this and stared and stared at my post and could not figure out what was moderated. Good point.

Animal icons since almost everyone here seems to love animals, and so often want to use them like I do in Messages on Mac. ETA Compliments for how well this site works on tablet (iPad).