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might be out of sequence but- Sometimes as part of the grooming cycle, the abuser alienates their victim from everyone else.
that's what mine did- made me paranoid (my counselor says it was hypervigilance); felt like I was an extension of him and not a person, I didn't trust ANYone.
Talk about anxiety. I am living with someone who is a constant trigger and I have no choice in the matter. I am a nun and the Superiors decide who lives where. At counseling this is most of what we discuss. She is trying to get me through a few more months. I have made it known to the...
Thanks, Gizmo. The fact that you have progressed so far gives me hope. I found myself calling myself stupid, which is a new thing for me. I am aware of not having compassion for myself, but this is the first time that actual words come up. Weird.
Thanks all for your great posts; I am learning a lot. Major depression and PTSD are what I have, due to incest from baby to around age fifteen, stranger rape and several incidents of molestation. So with all of that I don't have a great esteem and I didn't get what I needed to develop...
Today in counseling I could see the innocence of victims but cannot apply it to myself. I was saying it was a choice (incest long term) and the counselor was trying to get me to understand that the compassion towards the victims I know, who are teens, should apply to myself and that it's...