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I got help at the rape crisis center a few days after my rape. I owe that to my wonderful sister. I had a breakdown in front of her while telling her about what had happend. I could hardly breathe and was crying and shaking so hard and she convinced me to go to the center. I would not have gone...

PTSD or no PTSD, abuse or no abuse, NO ONE should or would benefit from taking that image into bed with them!! Good intentions or not, it is simply plain wrong and useless in every aspect!

Dear BB, I want to clarify something: you wrote that he is away some place without cell service and phone lines. Could that be the (only) reason why you have not heard from him? I am just wondering....

BB, I just wanted to offer you my support! No one has the ability to jugde you or your relationship or wether he is "just not that into you- or not". Especially not from a fragment of the story posted on a forum. I am sorry for your trouble. It must be awful to be shut out like that. I am a...

Red Dog, I so relate to all of that too!

Dear Red Dog, I know excatly how you feel. And I do almost excatly what you do, except I do very very seldom go into rage. But I do get angry and hurt so easily. It seems to me, that my emotions get mixed up somehow. I can not tell past hurt and present hurt apart and I also get ready for...

That is who I call 'the shadow man'. "He" is a different one from the cloud/mass hovering above me. "He" really freaks me out. "He" sometimes crawl into my bed, sqeezes me so I feel like my ribs are breaking and I can't breathe, and whispers, shouts, speaks words to me. Sometimes it is...

I experience that too! Only I have seen "it". It looks like a grey cloud or mass of some sort. The "energy" is sinister and it floats back and forth, up and down. It dosen't really do much else. My mum suffers from SP too. The way she sees it, is the same as mine. Once, during the hallucination...

Narcolepsy is in many ways the opposite of sleep deprivation. I was not trying to take your peace of mind away from you, but I wanted to comment on your statement that it comes form this and that, because no studie has proven or found a pattern that fits peoples expereinces. There are only...

Yes, it is nice to know you are not alone with this problem either :) Actually, it is not quite correct to say SP occurs from sleep deprivation. I have had SP all my life and have studied it thoroughly. There is no obvious pattern to be found with SP. Sleep deprivation is one theory among many...

This particular issue is something I am struggeling alot with too! I am very aware of those feelings and thoughts, but still they make me feel like a less caring and tolerant human. It is an evil circle, as it makes me feel more and more alienated from other people. I also feel that trauma is...

Hi Wiccanwolf, welcome to the forum! I am sorry you went through all that. Well done on your introduction, you write very well :) I am glad you found us here, this is a very supportive and safe place. Again, welcome!

This sounds really great, Dallas :) It is wonderful that you found a rythm that works for you! I am the complete opposite when it comes to asking. I am a sufferer myself and have recently gone into some sort of isolation and have pushed my boyfriend away. I am in a very difficult situation...

I understand your views on the 'like button' When I first started in this forum I found it a bit wierd. But very quickly, I began to see it as a: "I read it and I get it" tool :)

Thank you very much Jaret!:)

I didn't sleep at all, but this time it was not PTSD related. I caught a bug when visiting my father at the hospital, even though I was wearing gloves and a special suit. So I have been vomiting every hour all night....:sick:

I jumped on my bike this morning and went to the faculty to work on my thesis. I managed to work for a couple of hours before going home again. This evening, I went for a traditional Chinese massage to get rid of some of all the tension in my body and face. I must say, I am pretty satisfied with...

I hate fireworks! My PTSD is not in anyway combat related, but it sure sets off my startle reflex.

Uh Einzelganger, that is a difficult one to answer. It is always hard to give good advise when you feel like you have just arrived in the situation and only know fractions of the story, but I guess it is the terms of an online forum. :) I don't know you and I don't know her, or anything about...

BloomInWinter, you make some really valid points and point out a side of therapy that is really important too. However, FON, you do not stike me as someone who refuses to open up and move away from negative patterns, unwilling to try new approaches to life and puts your no-hat on when your...

Waw! What great goals your T has for you! If you would just open up a bit, you could befriend the whole world! 99% would properly be crap for you, but who cares. We all know it is the quantity and not quality that matters. If you would just be willing to listen to her and change in ways she...

I have a basic rule to navigate from: If I feel my boundaries have been violated - they have! Boundaries are not generic. The action might not have violated someone else's boundaries. I will not accept someone else's opinion on when a boundary of mine is violated or not. It is my call entirely...

Dear WesternSky, I am sorry for this and for that I can proberly not help you. I can only say that your feelings are okay no matter how 'big' or 'small' you percieve your trauma. You seem quite shaken up in your post. If you in anyway can leave work, I would do that. I am sorry I can not be of...

I feel like ET phoning home. Only to find a disconnected line!

In rape cases, such as my own, it is reffered to as 'secondary hurt'! The secondary hurt I experienced from friends, family, police etc. is such a big part of my trauma, and I believe it plays a huge part in why I developed PTSD.