Search results

You sound like you're taking responsibility for your part in things and that's awesome. Illness is illness and will be there still even if you were to reconnect with your family and everything went perfectly. Do they understand PTSD? Do you have a plan for yourself, how you'll respond etc, for...

It indeed is covert sexual abuse. I'd stay away from her since she can't respect or acknowledge your boundaries. How you feel about this is JUSTIFIED! She made YOU feel uncomfortable... then laughed it off. Power trip. You're not wrong at all in how you feel about it. Don't doubt your...

I am, yes. Thank you for sharing about your relationship, insights and what helps! Although my therapist is insanely wise and her advice has been a God send, I don't feel she really comprehends the, for lack of a better word, the "complexity" of cPTSD. She's wonderfully helpful but the...

Yes only after solitude and reflection. It sounds like a cop out but honestly, I sometimes don't remember things I say and things that have been said to me. It's true that in those moments of rage, rarely is anything ever about the person in front of me. It's kind of like a reinactment of...

You're a fighter, a warrior. You didn't choose this battle but you have to choose to fight. Better days, better moments will come. Bad days, worse moments will come too. Find good reasons to stay, write them down, recite them, remember them. You were given life and are worthy of life...

I've experienced both severe suppression of anger and severe expression of anger. I'm happier now that I can actually connect to my anger instead of denying it and suffocating it, but I am nowhere near appropriate in my expression or experience. Somedays I really have to fight to not let it...

I'm so happy to hear that! Keep on keeping on!!

I'll second that as well

Yes! Thanks for sharing this-- I am in that exact place right now. ...And time and again. I reacted similar to what you described and have been trying to express that I acknowledge when I'm being irrational but it's like it needs to just come out. I'm not entirely sure how to help it either...

When is your appointment?

What were those skills if i can ask you to briefly summarize?

Follow up question: how does this behavior make you feel and, keeping in mind the nature of this illness, how do you best suggest we correct it?

Why not?

Do you feel that your sufferer provokes you into reactions or fights? If so, what are your theories as to why?

How old are you?

I congratulate you for sharing and having courage enough to seek support. I feel a lot of regret coming from you. You did what you knew. Your journey, along with all of your "missteps" have been part of a bigger plan to find bigger healing. We have to express and "work out" what we need...

I've used it throughout my past in an attempt to settle my symptoms and it did a wonderful job... temporarily. I believe it can be used in a controlled, matured way but I caution you not to rely on it, because as much of a temporary relief it provides-- it also keeps you from having the clarity...

At this point I wouldnt doubt her showing up at this forum just to berate you. :/

This relationship sounds like hell. You're trying to reconcile in your mind a situation so insane it can't ever really make sense... because you're not insane. I think you should stop harping on it and move past it. It not working out is no reflection of the caliber of man you are or arent...

Everyone gets what you're saying. You're not getting what anyone else is saying. I also think it's best people quit replying so that the questions burn so deep inside you that you will have no choice but to ask a therapist... who can actually help you. This seems partly for attention also...

I think you need to read and re read the replies to your posts, not just this one, and let it sink in. I can't argue with your illogical thoughts... only you can. You feel out of control bc your thinking is... good luck to you friend.

No apparently I can't read. We all need help no jk haha.

I mean if we want to bring up scenarios, let's think about all the unfit parents of children who were never taken away when abuse and neglect was apparent. You hear about it all the time. It's not easy to take someones kid away. The state isn't barging in taking kids away based on someone...

My councilors have had no problem with me bringing my child along. We go into a seperate room while she waits until the appt is done. You do what you have to do.

Can you work one on one in person with a councilor? Call around places and ask about sliding fees for low income. I got through a few doors paying $5 - $25/session. Be reasonable but don't put a price tag on your mental health. You're worth getting healthy and your children are worth it too.