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It's not in your head. You and your daughter deserve to be safe. Can you call your local DV shelter and start making a plan?

I, too, became fixated on "graduating" from therapy and really struggled with my ego when I realized I needed to go back to therapy. There's nothing wrong with needing a tune-up, right? I hope you can find the balance of support and independence you need to thrive.

Thank you. I also keep all contact during business hours and try to be very clear and specific. My therapist assures me she is there for me, I don't need to manage her boundaries for her, and nothing we deal with together will be subtle. I see that this struggle is one I'm having with...

Thank you. I'm very grateful to have found this site!

I no longer believe God has any power to intercede in human relationships, beyond trying to melt and convict our hearts. I am with a lot of people on this thread: I cannot love or serve a God who could help innocents but chooses not to do so. God needs us to be God's love in the world. I don't...

Yes! Oh my goodness, I wanted to cry reading your post about the vice grip of this vicious cycle. It's going to take me a while to read and respond to this thread, but I had to also raise my hand and say thank you.

Maybe I'm not approaching the conversation with her as clearly as I need to. Whenever we talk about it, she simply says to call or text when I need her. My struggle is making that assessment of "need."

I was warned by a rapists ex-girlfriend and I just assumed she was jealous. I don't think there is anything you can do to control the situation or save other people. I'm so sorry this happened to you.

I live with chronic joint pain and though I have a rheumatologist and diagnosis, I am open to considering how trauma contributed to this condition and how stress exacerbates it. My therapist talks a lot about extreme self care and I do notice that when I can manage to "do all the things" my pain...

Good morning. I'm having trouble learning how to decide when to call my therapist between sessions and when not to. I know she doesn't want me to "muscle through" and she wants me to practice asking for what I need. But she is also expensive! Last week, I asked for an extra session via Vsee, but...

Yes, absolutely. I still sometimes feel triggered by overtly fundamentalist Christian language...but also sometimes by (what feels to me like) the anger of staunch atheists. My faith is my own...my understanding of the divine is my own and my relationship with what I understand to be divine is...

Thank you for such a warm welcome. It's true that explaining symptoms to other people can be really challenging. I'm grateful for this safe space.

Do you have access to a midwife? I have four children and had difficult pregnancies. However, birthing, nursing and gently raising them has been more healing for me than anything else. I think that the affirming, gentle, slow-paced, personal, woman-centered care I received from my midwives had a...

hello there. I've been lurking on the forum for awhile and have been profoundly moved just by reading posts here. I was diagnosed with PTSD many years ago and have been through many stints of short-term and crisis therapy. I am a survivor of childhood rape, physical and verbal abuse, an abusive...