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You can find a way to cuddle with any item of any shape when you need comfort :P

I've been in hiding for months and months now, but last year on the summer solstice I went down to the river with my uncle to watch the sunset so I decided to ask him if he would like to again this year, and I got out of the house for a few hours! It was beautiful, and I think the conversations...

the first few notes simple and sweet a waltz echos rolling towards me around the corner down the hall bouncing from blank wall to blank wall creeping across the floor twisting in and out of the shadows a lamp in the livingroom who left the bathroom light on? as it approaches my blood runs...

Re-watching Twin Peaks at the moment. .. for the third time

I made the mistake of being honest with a coworker, who I thought was my friend, when I was hospitalized. Now it's all jokes about me being crazy, jokes about me committing suicide, etc. I definitely find myself interpreting a lot of gestures and looks and private conversations to be negative...

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn My favorite Pink Floyd album, feels like brain

I somehow only just registered some of this. He was an online acquaintance, my IRL social skills could use some work.. putting it lightly. I should have cut him out a loooong time ago, but I am terrified of hurting people's feelings or letting them down. That hasn't gone well for me in the...

I do this frequently, but only upon reading this did I realize I haven't had "long" hair since I was attacked for the first time.

I recently had to rationalize my way through a similar situation between my cousin and I when I was younger. Came to the conclusion that it was not okay, even though she was also fairly young. It gets kind of confusing when it's kids, at least in my thought process it was. I think whether or...

Thank you, I really appreciate it. I needed the extra validation of my feelings on the situation

This could be a good time to focus on yourself, as cliche as that sounds. But maybe you could try to see your doctors appointments in a different light, like necessary self care (it's good to care for yourself!) and reward yourself somehow for taking care of you (maybe with double self care) I...

Yes! It has been a bigger problem for me recently actually. I find myself just laying down and fantasizing about things that will never happen, playing out scenarios in my head that are pleasant but totally unrealistic. I sleep a lot of the time just so I can live in my dreams.

I think you will find it helpful here, it's always comforting to know you're not going through this alone and to have other people to talk to who have similar experiences Welcome

Today I had a.. dispute with someone. Really, the last person I really consider a friend. They really broke my trust, and it made me very uncomfortable. Aka, creating a fake profile online pretending to be someone with all the same interests as me in my area.. When I told him what was happening...

Hello, I've been here for a few days, but only just noticed the introduction forum. I'm currently in therapy for my PTSD, after waiting 3 years to get in with a therapist (they wouldn't even consider me as a patient until I had to be brought in by the police to be hospitalized, great...

Beach House- Pay No Mind Super relaxing band

My mind somehow read that correctly anyway! haha Sometimes it also helps me to see an object (wall, apple.. anything) observe what it looks like, and try to imagine what it feels like. Then I feel it with my hands and focus on that and the sensations (smooth, cool to the touch..). That works...

Yes! It's an awful feeling, but I know exactly what you mean. Sometimes it helps me to tell them "STOP" out loud, but most of the times when this happens I'm in public, and uh, that gets some weird looks.

That makes a lot of sense to me, we speak the same language it seems. I'm sorry you're suffering with this, maybe there are some intermediate steps you can take to build up to being more comfortable with therapy or speaking with someone. I wish you the best.

Does anyone else get the involuntary flinches/twitches/shivers? It's definitely worse if someone is about to touch me or seems angry, but I get them sometimes just talking with people. Almost like I'm trying too hard too fight off intrusive thoughts that the person might hurt me or have bad...

Personally, nortriptyline really worsened my dissociative tendencies. However, that was before I was able to seek out therapy, so it may have been a different story if I had been able to get into treatment a lot sooner.

I struggle with this a lot too. A lot of my sexual trauma was either directly or hinted at having to do with my looks. Now, I am super self conscious, thinking that I am totally unwanted because I'm hideous or something, and I have a hard time coming to terms with the fact that it probably has...

That's definitely an avenue I would like to explore, thank you. It's legalized for medical purposes in my state, I just have to find a practitioner who is on board

Lately, my anxiety has been hiding under the surface pretty well.I don't really know it's there until I feel forced to lay down and sleep, but as soon as I do, I become paralyzed with panic. It is very uncomfortable, and sometimes I am able to sleep, but other times I just succumb to the panic...

This happens to me a lot when I am driving or shopping. I wonder if it's just part of the trauma "autopilot" experience, when we are doing mindless activities, but it definitely feels like a weird purgatory when I "snap" out of it.. usually hours later. I have learned some techniques to ground...