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When I feel overwhelmed, I write. Just for me. I get it all out on a piece of paper with a lot of expletives, and then after that's done, I make a to-do list. Somehow when I see it broken down into smaller tasks on a piece of paper, it is less overwhelming. :hug:

When I get anxious, I try to distract myself. Exercise, gardening, cleaning, doing something constructive helps a lot. I also keep a worry journal. Writing is very therapeutic for me, and it also helps me identify my triggers. However, if you find that all these distracts don't help you...

LOL Welcome home! :hug:

I agree with everything Fadeaway said. I was diagnosed with complex PTSD. Why? In November 2014, I lost my best friend. I found his body. But I never dealt completely with all of the other traumatic things in my life that came before that. Witnessing abuse as a child, being neglected as a...

I also went no-contact with a part of my family. It was hard, and I felt a lot of guilt at first, but a decade later, I know I made the right decision. You have to do what's best for your own mental health. Some people won't change.

I have been so depressed before that I had to take a leave of absence from my job because I couldn't get out of bed. I had to put signs on my ceiling encouraging to me to do so. I would say, yes, you bring it up in your first therapy session. Your T needs to know that you're deep in the...

I'm Jewish, and I was raised that way. There are things I enjoy immensely about my religion and there are a few annoyances too. As with everything, nothing is perfect. I don't think it takes away from one's beliefs to hold a critical viewpoint. As with many organized religions, it is often...

I'm sorry you had to go through that. :hug: Welcome to the forum. I hope you find some comfort and support here. I know that I have so far.

Welcome to the forum! :hug:

This is my way of talking back to myself and acknowledging I'm doing nothing wrong. Writing helps me see those types of things. I guess we just have different ways of processing things, Eve.

The point for me is that it's therapeutic. It's therapeutic for me to put in writing that I'm letting myself off the hook for things that I get down on myself about. I was hoping that it might be therapeutic for others as well. I think maybe it was for ladee. I hope so! :)

:hug: I’m sorry that you had to go through that! Sometimes I have had dreams and thoughts about what I would do in that scenario. It is scary.

That’s my whole point. Many times we are our toughest critics. We get upset with ourselves for doing things when we should not...

Oh, I'm also forgiving myself for eating a cheeseburger tonight!

I want to make a point of saying that sometimes our harshest critics are ourselves. I know that the person hardest on myself is me. So I want to take the time to remind myself, and everyone else out there hurting of a few things: It's okay to grieve. It's okay to grieve for a long time...

I comfort eat :( ...and because of neglect as a child, when I have a meal, I always eat until I'm stuffed. My relationship with food is better than it used to be, but I still struggle. What else can I say? I'm a work in progress.

I also lost a best friend, and I found his body. Please feel free to reach out to me if you need a shoulder.

Thank you for commiserating with me. Yeah, I keep a worry journal, and I’ve noticed how much I do this. I went through and highlighted it, and I noticed some days a lot of the page highlighted lol. It is almost ritualistic at times. And yes, you’re right, it all goes back to feeling safe...

Thank you all! :hug:

No! I'm just venting my frustration :) It's nice to get it out there in the world, even if no one responds!

I grew up in a family of hunters. Everyone had a gun. People want a shot gun to hunt? Sure, go ahead. I'll even give them a handgun for protection if they want...but an AR-15? NO ONE needs and AR-15 or other similar semi-automatic or automatic weapon. It's ridiculous. If people want to...

I seem to have the most trouble with my magical thinking. It's the one thing that I've had to work the hardest at. For those of you who don't know, in psychology, magical thinking is the idea that your mind establishes a causal relationship between two situations or events that are not really...

Even though I'm not a survivor of a mass shooting, seeing people crying, freaking out, losing their loved ones, bleeding etc. on the news triggers me. My heart goes out to all those involved... Unfortunately, I don't think we will get some gun control in the US anytime soon. If folks didn't...

My condolences. *hugs* The first thing I would say is get yourself into grief counseling. I went to individual therapy, and then I was placed in a traumatic grief group counseling. I don't think I would be here without those. The second thing I would say is do not be afraid to try meds and...

Well, that's what I meant by the suppressing affecting you physically. You never dealt with it, so it's coming out in anxiety over every-day things...