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1. Nope 2. with y previous T i did give her one home made gift that I cross stitched for her of a prayer. Nothing worth money. 3. Very small, 2 recliners and her office chair with a desk. It's kida cozy, an always HOT in there. but maybe I'm hot because I'm anxious, lol 4. No

I don't usually, but my 4 year old daughter left hers in my room and I slept with it for 2 or 3 days before she noticed and took it back. Best night's sleep in a while!!

This is definitely what i have and usually related to my son's safety. Everything I read said it was scanning the environment for danger. I was interpretting that as physically looking back and forth for a danger. I use to do this, I was a cop, there was danger everywhere. Now it is just an...

I really can't offer any advice, but wanted to offer support. I've got big memory gaps from childhood and it is distressing but I don't know how to deal with it. Just wanted you to know that I read your post and I'm a listening ear so to speak.

I constantly worry about my autistic son when he is away from me. I sit by the phone waiting for a call that something is wrong. I don't physically "scan" the environment for danger but I always feel like danger is present, especially when it comes to my son. Is this Hypervigilance? My Pshch...

Has he ever told you not to email him? If you were driving him crazy with emails then he would tell you that you crossed a boundry. I use to write emails to my t all the time and not hit send. Sometimes I would send them if I really needed help and just writing it down didn't help. Talk to...

I went through something very difficult one session with my T and at the end I just asked. She said yes but was very ackward about it. Maybe it was me but it felt weird. I asked again the next session and it felt even weirder so I never asked again. My very first t was a hugger. She...

Thanks everyone. Im still torn on telling these friends. I want to have the attitude that if they dont like all of me, ptsd and all, then they dont need tonbe my friend. But i need friends! Maybe im not giving them enough credit.

Who do you tell? I feel like having PTSD is a big secret. I'm on disability and I just tell people we chose for me to be a stay at home mom. I feel embarassed and stigmatized and I don't know if it is me or if it is really there. My family all know, and I talk freely around them. But I...

I have had similar fears about being forced to take action I don't want to take. My T has let me know that is an option, but not something I have to do if I don't want to. I'm an adult and it is my decision. She has told me that I don't HAVE to do anything she says or suggests. I always have...

We can definitely support each other. I use to be very active here and stopped. I had to come back with her out of town. I love this board but had to take a break.

I have hugged my t twice. She did not seem comfortable with it at all. I initiated and it was weird. Its all i wanted and once i got it i regretted it!!

So my T is on vacation this week and I'm absolutely dreading 2 weeks between appointments. I'm anxious about going but I'm more anxious about NOT going. We talk about really hard stuff, but I always feel better when I leave. Does anyone else get anxious just knowing that the support will not...

Thanks. I take meds. Without the meds I would be be much worse off. I am working through a lot that has to do with my childhood (not my trauma). It has been a tough road. T has been instrumental in keeping me safe. The more I think about it the more I think her canceling this week is what...

I have started having thoughts about suicide again. I have no idea why. This roller coaster sucks. I'm great for a few weeks then down again. I think a lot about the two times I almost went through with it and wonder what the world would be like without me. Some times I wish I could just...

So i saw T today. She said she did not get my email until yesterday and that is why she didnt respond. I gmail that unreliable? I wasn't able to tell her how it made me feel. I just could not do it. But we talked about the content of the email and i feel better about that. But i still feel...

I made a mistake in dosing my son's medication. He is fine, but i could have hurt him. It was a mistake, an accident. I don't handle making mistakes well. I get really anxious for days over simple mistakes, but this was a big one. So i emailed T about it. She has said i can email her any...

Anyone here that was psychologically abused as a child. I feel like the majority here are dealing with sexual abuse. My stepdad was so mentally abusive and controlling that I've just come to the realization in therapy of how bad it was and how it is still effecting my life now as and adult...

I get feelings of rage too. Usually when my kids act up. But they are kids, they aren't perfect and I'm not talking tantrum. I'm talking I say lets go and they walk slow. I would never take it out on them, but I have hit the wall before over it. Believe me you are Not alone. Sometimes I...

Mim, we will never be who we were. I have had to come to terms with that. My T says I have to find a new normal. I think we all have to find a new normal. Taking time to do that us not failure. It is taking care of yourself and moving forward.

I have become severely anxious and have begun cried for no reason again. I am scared to be alone and feel completely incapable of caring for my children. I haven't felt this bad in years and years. I've been on Lexapro for over 10 years, about 2 years after I started it we added Abilify then...

Ativan and valium have helped me

I'm so consumed with depression right now that I'm just at the end of my rope. I love my kids more than anything in the world but right now I can't even tolerate the noise. I want to be alone. I want to sleep. I want the depression and anxiety to end. I don't know what to do. No T...

I know this is completely irrational, but i feel abandoned by my T because she cancelled my appointment for next week and can not reschedule until the 2nd week of jan. I normally see her every week and this is a 3 week gap. I am a mess just thinking about it. I know she is doing the best she...

Thank you so much for your post. i have been reading up on hypervigilance and that is likely what i am experiencing