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Missed my therapy this week too as T was away. Made it pretty tricky earlier in the week, ended up feeling very self-harmish and struggled. Feeling better today so hoping that's a good sign to get through the coming week. Hope you start feeling a bit better too @Invisible Fire

New morning here. Here's hoping for a good day. ?

That sounds like a terrible experience @DharmaGirl . Glad to hear your mum is going to be okay though. Sending you good wishes.

Haha! I bought takeaways for tea and made myself not buy ? because I was trying to be healthy, but now I've finished my main course and was sitting here thinking, I wish I had ?!! ?

Don't beat yourself up. It's okay not to be over it, I think. It's a natural response for you built on past experiences. And I think the pandemic makes everything harder, it certainly did for me. Luckily where I am we are not in any sorts of lockdowns now. I am facing the same situation with...

It sounds very difficult for you @Powder , I am sorry to hear you are going through all of this. I have identities that I have been completely unaware of and have only discovered existed at different intervals in life, several very recently. It can be really tricky. I guess the biggest thing...

@David1959 I am so sorry to hear what you are going through and I imagine the situation with your pain is intensifying everything. I have been through some similar circumstances with my T retiring. I took time off therapy after that too as I really don't trust easily, or rather at all really...

I just watched 'The Gentlemen'. It was sooooo good! Thanks, @mumstheword

@Changing4Best I often watch Gilmore Girls for that reason too. I like something happy and fun for that purpose.

Oooo, thanks @mumstheword ! I just watched the trailer for 'The Gentlemen', it looks really good. I also love A Fish Called Wanda, it's really good. I like some of the Aussie classic comedies too, like The Castle and Crackerjack.

I was just thinking about some of my all time favourite movies. I love Snatch and also Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. And for comedies, Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a classic fave but I can't think what my more modern fave comedy movie would be. Chick flick wise, I'm definitely a...

Do many people see a psychiatrist as well as a psychologist? What's your preference? I have always found psychiatrists want to continually play around with my medication and I find that very disruptive.

I also find it very hard to speak at times. I can be quite a frequent occurrence for me in therapy. My last session every single sentence I managed to get out was very hard work. Sometimes it's worse than others. You're definitely not alone on that one. :)

Hi everyone! ?

Thanks guys, some good tips. :)

I've been dealing with a lot of new flashback and memories lately. My T and I are working on processing them but they have been coming so frequently and with so much power the last couple of weeks, it's impacting my ability to function as a teacher and a mother. We have decided to try and slow...

My first therapist was very good but had to leave due to moving. I was lucky that he set me up with another good therapist, so I knew I was seeing someone of quality, and she was very good too. Unfortunately she retired and after that I found it very difficult, just about impossible to find...

Thank you very much for your kind words @RussellSue . It is a good reminder to try and be kinder to myself with these new flashbacks.

Thank you for the hugs and good wished @Movingforward10 . I certainly couldn't have handled these memories a decade ago when I first started getting flashbacks in my 20s, that's for sure. So, I guess you are right in some ways. They're pretty tough memories to deal with. Thanks for the...

New memories have been coming hard and fast the last couple of weeks. Last week I remembered being forced to kill a cat as a kid. Today my new memory was being made to kill a rabbit by hitting it repeatedly with a hammer under the threat that I would be raped if I didn't. I've also had...

Thank you so much everyone. This makes a lot of sense considering what this part had to do. I will try to look towards being less afraid of this part and try to work with it to make it feel safer.

I've always been conflicted about this too. My biggest issue is that as my abusers were my parents and I have cut them out of my life completely which took considerable doing as they are not good at taking no for an answer, was that reporting the abuse would give them a reason to make contact...

I met my husband when I was just 16, almost 17. Were were at college together (in Australia). I knew him somewhat as a friend first. He was also so kind and caring with others and had a friend who he supported through depression when she needed. He was also very funny. One day we just...

Thank you. I hadn't really thought about the fact that I hadn't broken laws before. I am just concerned that because that part has been kept away from emerging, that is why I haven't. But perhaps not. Perhaps you're right, maybe it's just the fear of it because of what that part was made to do.

I am the same. Eating has always been a huge issue for me. It is either completely on or completely off/ severely restricted. There has never been a middle ground for me and I find that moderation so tricky. I have been super underweight and overweight. I know the thing I should aim for is...