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I know this is easier said than done, but - There's no need to be afraid of a memory. It's already happened. The experience is over. You are away from the danger. I have only ever had one flashback that was as intense as the one you described, and it was over an event that I recalled very...

Badger - I definitely agree with needing to start relationships as friendships, and I think that would be good advice even for people without PTSD. I think relationships will be more solid- far less likely to fail- if people start out just doing things together as friends, no stigma to do...

I know this thread has long gone silent, but I came across something last night that made me want to come back to it, at least for a moment. I've been working, slowly, on a novel that I hope to eventually publish which would be a fictional romance with the main character based on myself. The...

One cat, two dogs, two gerbils, three chickens. Also -technically not "pets", but I take care of several wild animals as a rehabilitator. Some animals that have come and gone through my home include: Squirrel, rabbit, raccoon, opossum, pigeon, mockingbird, nighthawk, starling, mourning dove...

Most of the ones that come immediately to my mind have already been shared. However, I can think of a few others from book series that I like: Harry Dresden, Karrin Murphy, and Thomas Raith from The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher Wulfgar and Drizzt from R.A. Salvatore's series' Watson from...

I've been using writing as a coping mechanism from the start of my diagnosis, and even before I started going to therapy. I was keeping something similar to the trauma diary provided here and then got into posting some on another forum I used to frequent. What has worked well for me is sitting...

I wouldn't mind being an anonymous interviewee.

It's been my understanding that the Republicans have been targeting and fighting the Affordable Care Act from the get-go, and that they did not really specifically target it just to single out one thing from the budget. They just utterly and completely disagree with it, and so do a great number...

Since coming to this site, I've seen many references to the "inner child" and other's relationship with their inner child or uses relating to him/her during therapeutic sessions. As I thought about this, I started wondering if I was personally lacking something somewhere, as I don't feel any...

Being brave and strong and smart does not mean feelings of anger, sadness, fear, anxiety, etc do not exist. Some of my favorite quotes concerning this are below: "Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to...

I feel this way also. My trauma was not a childhood trauma, so I cannot blame that. However, I am borderline Aspergers, which includes a number of social inadequacies. I tend to take the "steps" of a relationship very slowly while sharing personal and detailed information more quickly - putting...

I have found that an important question to ask ourselves is whether or not the experiences we go through are healthy, as opposed to asking if they are normal. While there's nothing wrong with wanting to know if others typically experience the same things we do, normal and healthy are not always...

It sounds to me like you most certainly are suffering from PTSD, especially after reading your questions. Those all sound like the behaviors of a PTSD sufferer. I am sorry to hear that you've gone through so much, but also glad that you are on the path to recognizing the source of your symptoms...

CB- Comparing your PTSD to others who've been through worse than you and trying to hide it or brush it off as something to just "get over" will only make it worse, because you are failing to recognize the problem that exists. I have PTSD, have never been hospitalized over it, don't take any...

I have done this. ;) My father was in the military, so we've lived many places, and it can be a great way to reminisce. There are places I've looked up and the street view brought back memories I never knew were there. One of the places I've lived and looked up, I even saw one of my old...

I have heard of many parents who have disowned their children over religious choices or homosexuality. Slightly different situations there, but they still have their similarities. From what I have seen in these situations, the parents (if healthy) are typically trying to show "tough love". They...

anon - That is a genuinely tough question, even without your history. If it were me making this decision, I would be comfortable with letting her go to the event, but not necessarily with the other girls dad picking her up. I would not feel comfortable with any man stepping into a fatherly role...

I think people like this make a habit of frequenting college campuses. I remember a "priest" very similar to him that would stand and proselyte next to our student commons. As far as I knew, none of the students took him seriously, and at the time I didn't know anybody who had been through...

There is a slide show of events that has been coursing through my brain during every "quiet" moment of the past couple weeks. It is not enough to piece together into a coherent flash back, but it leaves me edgy, tense, irritable, and even occasionally flinching at brief flashes of images that...

My personal approach is to be open, honest and forthright about whatever the conversation leads to. Go into the date with a focus on the positive and your plans for your future - your interests, his interests, etc. And then if the past comes into the conversation, just tell him straight up that...

Thanks! :) Moved out here about a year ago and I love it. :) Small town life it the way for me, though it does make it a little harder to find people to connect with.

Thanks arfie - I've been having insomnia off and on for a few years now, so I've figured out how to manage it fairly well. It only bothers me when it keeps me up several nights in a row, making it difficult to get up for work. But I've figured out that when this happens, if I allow myself to...

I am interested in joining this support group if it is still running. I live in Southwestern Kentucky.

Looking for a friend in the area I can talk to who will understand PTSD developed from an abusive relationship. Preferably online first to build trust with the possibility of eventually meeting in person. Also preferably female, as I don't know if I'd feel comfortable meeting a male "stranger".

Everyone has some characteristics that could place them under a disorder. However, an official diagnosis will only be given if you fit enough of the qualifiers to get enough "points" on the scales and tests used by professionals to make the proper call. Granted, they don't always get it right...