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I don't know what else to say, but that you're not a whiner. You're just trying to be heard, and it sounds like you're hurting. It does get better though, with counselling and medication, and support. Just be you, and I'm sure people would be your friend if you took the time to get to know them...

"I'm not a big reader and I don't use it to escape."

I've been thinking about this for a long time, but I was wondering if PTSD was connected at all to the amount of reading people do. I'm a big reader, I'm an English major so I have to read stuff for school obviously, but I also use it as an escape. It's an addiction I think. More like a healthy...

I have PTSD from many things, but the first thing I remembered is that I was shown a friend's SH scars when I was 12, asked not to tell anybody and then the next hour she attempted suicide and I got blamed for not telling anyone. The stress on the other person can be enormous. I remember...

I don't know. But just seeing people's body language as you're talking to them. They may step back, raise their eyebrows, etc. etc. then it's over sharing.

(((PL)))) Um... I'm thinking I should PM you instead, but ummm... I dunno. This is just coming from me, because I have been on the other side, the person being disclosed to... (I'm shaking writing this but I just have to...) You really need to think this through. Are you sure that your partner...

My school performance has been fine. I got diagnosed in grade 11; and now I'm going into third year of university. Aside from the fact that some of the physical places in school is triggering and some of the subject is heavy, I actually have done pretty well in school. I also have ADHD, and the...

I need one. I'm reading Canary Row for school. At first I thought it would be happy right? I kept picturing Tweety Bird and Sylvester from the Loony Tunes thing. So I open it and read up to chapter 11, and now let's just say I'm really, really glad that Tweety bird and the other Loony Tunes...

This happened to me yesterday. You know you have PTSD when your professor stops a lecture and asks if you're okay. When you say "hello." and "I'm confused" they immediately know you're out of it and take you to the office; even when you try to appear normal and completely calm they know you're...

Can't sleep. It's 1 AM. Shouldn't have had five cups of coffee yesterday.

Call your boyfriend, ask him to help short-term- for tonight. Ground yourself- remind yourself you're safe- and next time you see your therapist (if you have one) I suggest bringing this up with her. I have the same problem-connecting others to trauma. We need to work on rewiring- reminding...

(((Jar)))

Hi there. My trauma is very closely linked to this stuff, so I think I'm going to offer you advice; based on what I didn't do that you guys should probably do. What you guys need to do is talk about it. Don't dwell on it, but talk about your feelings and acknowledge them. When you're told not...

I completed it. It really makes you realize how far you've gotten at managing your symptoms when you complete these things... You might also want to ask what their general activity level in a day is (sedentary, moderate, active) If you're working at a desk all day, the exercise thing might be...

I was wondering when someone would bring this up! :D My mother calls me a "fighter", and says that I had been since birth- I was in an incubator because I was premature and I was in the incubator for two months- I guess it's like I fought for my life. Anyway, I've always just been really...

My day was good. I went shopping and yesterday I turned twenty. I got a sweater with a picture from Alice in Wonderland on it-the John Tenneil picture. And I had a birthday cinnamon bun because I was at school until 9 PM. :)

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I've found that singing my "safe songs" help. Songs from when I was happy- with no dark meaning to them. Zip a Dee Doo-Dah is my favourite at the moment. It helps and it's calming, to just close my eyes, see the words like floating captions in my head and sing along to it- like a sing along in...

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I couldn't sleep. There was a big thunderstorm. Thunderstorms scare me. So I went to my mothers room, but I ended up flinching so I left her room and I went to the basement. It was easier there- there's a small window close to the ceiling but it's covered, so I slept better there. And the...

I like coffee! :coffee: :D

That happened to me too, when I was blowing off therapy because there was nothing to talk about. It seems that the therapist should be able to gauge when you need a break, but sometimes you're more alert to when you need a break than the therapist is. I stopped seeing mine after I felt I had...

Hey Naddie, here's a bit of a story. So, I've been on medication right? I tried seroquel, I tried Ativan-Lorazepam, I tried Cipralex. Every time I ended up writing in the suicidal ideation and depression section of the forum after taking it, and I begged my doctor to stop prescribing me this...