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We had a great conversation about it today. I asked her if she could leave me a message on my phone. She asked if it was more about just being able to hear her voice or if I wanted something directed to me personally. I wasn't sure so she is going to send me a recording of a body scan...

A little back info: I've seen my therapist nearly four years. She diagnosed me with PTSD primarily related to prolonged sexual abuse and stalking by a neighbor. I have pretty significant abandonment issues and have also had to work really hard to acknowledge how bad the trauma was. About a...

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I play with the stopper too! I frequently chew on it. One day it popped right out of my mouth and hand and flew across the room at my T. We still laugh about that. My T and I were just talking tonight about me bringing a blanket with me. She told me I could bring it if I wanted to. Maybe...

My therapist hugs. A few months into therapy I mentioned that I like hugs (in the context of something we were discussing) and at the end of the session she said "Now that I know you like hugs, can I give you a hug?" I was totally surprised but it was very comforting. She has hugged me at...

Hi all. I posted last night and it disappeared. So did my reply to another thread. Wondering if I did something wrong. But I'll try again. I have been in therapy for PTSD for almost four years. I have always known that I was sexually abused for several years from about age ten to about 13 by...

I've had doubt about my body memories. But my T has always believed me and says people don't make these things up. She says your body gives you a lot of information. It's taken awhile but I have started to listen to my body much more. It seems like yours is telling you a lot.

The body scan is exactly where it started. Then during a six hour silent retreat as part of the Mindfulness class we were doing yoga. My T was next to me just by chance (there were 20 people there) and I had some really awful body memories start. It took over a week to fully work their way...

I have contact with my T through email for business related things like annual statements for insurance, otherwise mostly by text and by phone if necessary. She will text me for appointment changes, which are rare. I text her for very occasional questions and if I am having a particularly...

I can relate though mine were a little different. I just finished a Mindfulness class and during one of the first exercises we did I started having terrible twitching and spasms on my left side. I attributed it to the fact that the one male in the class was laying next to me. It concerned me...

I'm having a hard time with it. The first time I was sexually assaulted, part of what the man did was grab me in the same way as DT described and wouldn't let go while he drove me around town. I was ten. When it's bad I can still feel his hand there. I've been in such a good place lately...

Thank you! Headed there now.

Is anyone else feeling triggered by all of the coverage of Donald Trump and his sexual assault comments? I was doing really well lately and this week was the week I was starting to reduce my therapy sessions to every other week. Now I don't know if I can. I'm a jittery mess.

I am sure I had PTSD at 17, but as one of my therapists said when I expressed concern at not having full dealt with things, they didn't know much about it then. (1987). Instead, I developed a problem with alcohol and spent 14 months in inpatient treatment. I often though about the fact that...

I am a teacher, so technically I have the summer off. That happens to be when more stuff surfaces because emotionally the space is there. I do tutor in summer and gave my own two kids to care for. Though they've gone to a day camp for the last two summers do I could get a break.

With my individual therapist, she accepts my insurance and I have a $20 copay per session. I see her once a week. The first year or so, she had to decertify me every 12 sessions. Now Obamacare has deemed that unnecessary, thank God. If I see her for an extra session in between my weekly...

I didn't bring it up this past session. There was other stuff that came up and it kind of fell by the wayside. Thanks for all the support here. I feel better knowing I'm not the only one who has trouble with this.

I had all these plans to go in this week and say it but I didn't. I was all unsettled from being in overdrive all week. I see her Thursday and then she's away for a week. I feel like I need to say it before she goes away. But I doubt I will.

Thank you! I hope your husband is okay. It's been fifteen years since my husband's. He has taken good care of himself and has been in good health since. Just to clarify, my girls aren't twins. They are almost two years apart. My older was born at 28 weeks gestation weighing 2 lbs 12 oz and...

I wrote about it over the summer hoping I could bring it into my session and read it. But I couldn't. I had her read it :/ Even that was too much. But I feel like she knows me really well and if she thinks it's almost there, it's probably almost there. She pulled me out of work for most of...

Thank you ladee. I feel like it's on the tip of my tongue but it's tangled up there. Does that make sense? And thank you for the hugs. I find hugs incredibly healing.

Thank you Brenton. :)

I'm new here. My story is in the intro forum. I'm wondering if anyone else has or had this problem. I cannot speak the words that I was sexually abused. I can write them. I can speak them in reference to someone else or in general terms. But I have never been able to say "I was sexually...

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Hi I'm new here. I've lurked on and off but just finally joined today. I was diagnosed with PTSD in late 2013 after going to therapy to deal with my anger. I thought it would be an easy fix and never expected this. My PTSD stems from emotional abuse and neglect, ongoing sexual abuse...