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Hi solojunkie, What people are trying to say, I think, is that this is a carefully moderated forum designed to be a safe place for people like us. Do check out the rules and browse around the posts and get a feel for how people interact here and you should be just fine. As far as CPTSD, as...

Food issues may seem to be a relatively minor symptom compared to others, but it has played a major role in my life. I have an instant gag reflex with many foods and with specific textures of foods in my mouth. I may eat something and like it, but if I find out it contained an ingredient that...

Playing flag football. . .for some reason it gives me peace. . .sometimes I feel like the football field is the closest I'll ever come to a church experience.

Hey, sometime stole my name. . .I want it back. :)

I think I feel despair. Not sure if that what is is, though. Even when I am having my worst symptoms, there is always a small piece of me that knows it will win, that we will survive. That piece is not here now. All I see today is a future where my symptoms and physical health slowly decline...

I definitely have issues with avoiding self-care. I have a few physical ailments that, along with my PTSD symptoms, would be much improved by regular exercise, but no matter how much my reasonable brain tries to do it, for some reason, it just doesn't happen very often. . .and when I do...

Feel like this isn't worth the effort today. I want to give my workmate my job, then just drive somewhere until my gas runs out.

Feeling. . .very reserved. My Mom is visiting for the first time since I began recalling memories and went through the crisis program.

Work is triggering me too much, so I'am doing the smart 'pacing' thing and taking a couple days off rather than pushing through it.

This may sound weird, but. . .I didn't blow up and confront an employee after observing him mistreat a couple of our co-workers. If I had, it would have made life more difficult for my fellow managers, the owner of the company and for myself. That is why it was something good I did for myself...

To me, this paragraph is a very nice description of the positives and negatives of religion. The middle portions describe gaining community, comfort and personal strength from the religion. Those are positive things. The first and last sentences, though, to me, represent the threat that...

I feel like a kid. . .if I do what I am supposed to do, maybe no one will notice me and I won't get hurt today. Not sure what this feeling is called.

Are you OK? or How are you today? The people who ask this are well meaning, but it makes me feel like a piece of crap for being damaged enough that they feel they need to be concerned about me.

Birthday enchiladas

Right now, I feel that answering this feeling question is very hard.

Oh, man. . .you all are going force me to quit, dang it.

I'd be up for almost anything.

monster1977, I first read that as 'neutering and caring' rather than 'nuturing and caring'. I did a complete double-take. :)

Hi Anthony, What are your feelings about posting this link on other websites when appropriate? I think this is an excellent summary of the memory issue and think it should be shared. On the other hand, I don't want to drive too much traffic to your server. . .and I also don't want to attract...

The phone is probably the worse phobia I have. I've somehow reduced the number of times I need to use the phone at work to around 1-2 week, which is manageable. If I had to use it anymore, my fight to stay working would be much, much harder. Mine is definitely related to trauma as some of my...

My Google search skills are not very good this week, it seems. I'm in an ongoing 'discussion' regarding whether recovered memories are real. I'm looking for help from everyone on finding internet links to studies related to recovered memories. I am primarily focused on physical and/or...

I'm grateful that my kid is OK. He found a pill in a tent when we were camping and decided to eat it. We figured out it was a Flexeril and that it was pretty safe for a kid to eat. . .the only effect is that he slept really, really well. . .much better than I did as I had to check him every half...

In some ways, I think society is more understanding of PTSD than it is of other brain-based illnesses. Yes, there are stereotypes and lots of ignorant or insensitive people, but, primarily for combat-related PTSD, there seems to be a current of support. My example, I'm very open about the...

souljah, great post. I just read an open letter that someone had wrote to the religion I was raise in explaining how horrible it was. It was horrible and beautiful at the same time, but it was very powerful. I think your idea is a great one and I might try my hand at it when I am feeling up...