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VIDALS Vindaloo is delicious, always love seconds! MICROS

Ditto. The struggle is real. Gentle hugs to you.

Don't Regret Anything People Everywhere Shame SOKLPA

CFATRI Can friends actually trust rolling imaginations? OOGJIC

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viagra love, banging old sisters twice. BBOMAD

Safe. Feeling like you can talk to your T about really difficult things that are scary to share. Feeling like the sharing will be met with compassion and help and not used against you to harm you.

Kudos. I also deal with something similar. I have had some success in unifying my parts through targeted EMDR and art therapy. Somewhere I have a picture I drew for therapy about that group hug you are describing. I have gotten better at reaching my emotions with practice. Still a struggle. All...

I get why the idea stings. Don't tell me to move on when I've been trying for 17 years and it keeps coming up again. That said, I find most people, including Oprah, when they talk even about others are really only talking about themselves. What Oprah is really saying is that she made a choice...

I miss having friends. Even though I had crappy friends it was nice having the illusion that I could call somebody who cared. These days I pretty much spend every non working moment alone. I am lonely. Since my trauma occurred as teenager, according to my T I missed out on valuable social...

Swim with no fear, swim safely. LCOMBC

My long term goal is to open a therapy farm for metal health issues. I've thought about it a lot. It would make most sense for therapists to partner with an established farm as an alternate revenue source as therapy sessions can be billed through insurance. There are also opportunities for...

I take my teddy bear with me for all sorts of scary stuff including therapy sometimes. It helps me but I am ok with it.

Sounds like you have a good level of self awareness on this. Talking about it with your T will make sure you are both on the same page and in an area you are comfortable going. That way there are no surprises.

Hugs to you if you accept

If the dog is a metaphor for your inner child connection would it be helpful to think of him symbolically I.E. You are not an adult cuddling a stuffed animal, you are a healthy adult cuddling your wounded inner child?

I stil sleepwith a teddy bear in my 30s no shame!

Less horrible people in my life plus therapy to help remind me of my own value plus peer support of others who have been there plus medication management plus wholistic remedies =the best I have felt in a very long time

So I just keep realizing so many people I have always known are complete f*ck ups. I spent so much of my life thinking being screwed up is normal.

Welcome. Sorry you have reasons to be here but glad you are reaching out for support. It is a hard journey and when we start to face it head on it often gets harder before it gets easier. Kudos to you for finding the courage to look at it sober and it sounds smart to expand your support network...

In some ways I am happy that many people have no concept of PTSD. I am glad they have that. As for awareness? I am unconvinced that it is possible to truly understand the condition without having lived it. I do not dismiss the steadfast supporters who take the time to try. I am disheartened by...

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I have a genius level IQ. I come from a family of geniuses. I often joke that I am the dumbest genius in my family. When my dad was a kid they tried to test his IQ and couldn't because it was too high. He is miserable. 3 of my brothers are also bigger geniuses, all misanthropes. I am thankful I...

I've taken several therapy breaks. They are needed. Sometimes it's just too much. Often I have to take a break to process the time I spent in therapy. Guess I am slow like that. Good luck to ya!