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Oh dear. I got 58. A bed better open up for me at my inpatient program soon :/

I dilute them. Like l needed to be able to have a disagreement with my supportive husband without running screaming and crying from the house driving aimlessly for hours wondering if I could ever go home. While meanwhile he's like wtf when do I call the cops for a welfare check on her because I...

Oh I feel you. Irish spring soap or pipe tobacco of a certain sort and I can barely stand. It helps me to go quickly to the kitchen and start smelling spices, vanilla, cinamon, curry....everything. I carry a hanker chief drenched in a light natural perfum/ essential oil I like that I can hold to...

I pretty much ignore it. Hanukkah doesn't have much of a decorating burden. I personally believe presents are for children, as adults have income and can buy or save for what they want. So I buy presents for my kids, buy candles for the menorah, make some latkes (potato pancakes,;traditional)...

AND I did take the patch off my dogs vest that says ptsd service dog. The new patch just says service dog.

My best friend said you are the only one who understands me. It's selfish of me when you are in so much pain but I can't imagine my life without you and I don't want you to die. Please stay. And we stayed on the phone all night (she lives very far from me)

So I was at a coffee shop with my service dog and a guy with his SD strikes up a conversation and we finally establish that they are both ptsd dogs. So he asks me what unit I was in. I say mine was non combat. So he abruptly stands up, says, well then it ain't ptsd. And walks off. Probably the...

I am only going through the motions 90% of the time. This is actually a huge improvement. I can't work, can't go out alone without my service dog, need many hours of rest a day but get little sleep. It's a good thing I contributed so much to society before my ptsd became full blown or I would...

The company I got mine from is online beanblanket laura

Well there was a delay in my going to sheppard pratt so my sweet husband cooked up a week away vacation . To hawaii, where I can't take my service dog because of their MF stupid old fashioned rabies quarantine. I mean they could just draw blood and get back a titer but nope they need to stick a...

16 pound weighted blanket. Over a quilt and sheet. Laura

Psychdogparteners google for exact url is another good resource. We never go out without a vest or his collar that says service dog. No one is ever allowed to pet him. I just say nope I'm sorry he's working. If they ask what kind of service dog he is I look confused and say " did you just ask my...

Does she wear a service dog vest? I find that when my dog is wearing a bright red vest proclaiming service dog that most people just glance and move on. Laura

Go to the website anythingispawsible Google for exact url and there is info there about training your dog to do tasks that will make him a service dog. There is no registry. I trained my dog with the help of a trainer who specialized in training service dogs. They don't need to come from a...

Ok well I'm new and only post occasionally but I'll be away from the board for a month or more. I'm going inpatient at sheppard pratt. I don't know if any one would notice....

When people die, it's like watching the sunset in their eyes. Dissociation looks pretty similar to me. I've got my husband to call me softly rather than the more obnoxious snapping....laura

No one ever tried to save me. Some day she will look back and understand that you were trying to save her. She is just not ready yet. You did the right thing. Peace be with you. Laura

Sometimes when I have f*cked up stuff to tell my therapist I just write it down and hand it to him. He's cool with this. Then I can usually talk about it. Just a suggestion that works for me sometimes. Laura

I actually have a small box, a food storage box meant to hold a sandwich that I carry in my purse. It has grounding toys, photos, a small egg of play doh, a silk scarf with perfume on it, and index cards with skills written out. And ginger candy. It has really helped me sidestep or diminish...

All I can figure is that either my brother grew up in some other house or he is just that shut down. My mom admits to and or remembers nothing and my dad the primary abuser is long gone. But my mom was amazed when I told her I had ptsd. She's pretty narcissistic. I have limited contact with...

I don't know where I am in the stages but my story was more like Friday Jones. I worked a job where being a hypervigilant, over reactive, detail crazed nutcase earned me excellent reviews and saved a few lives. Then my son got sick. He got depressed and tried to die. My whole past came crashing...

I'm a damp good mom who has broken the cycle of of abuse, neglect, and alcoholisim. I'm a good wife who has helped my husband achieve more as a person than he would have without me. I was an excellent nurse, helping many people in their worst times and saving a few lives.im a gardener when I get...

My son, who has no trauma background but has learning problems and adhd, was given one of those giant exercise balls to sit on in school. The idea was that the constant small adjustments needed to stay upright cancelled out the figiting . Well low and behold my T has one at his desk says it was...

My husband works nightshift. My idiot neighbors have two hunting dogs that sit in a concrete yard and howl for their whole sad lives. We got light blocking curtains because they also insulate against sound, he wears earplugs, and he runs a fan year round. When it's cold he just aims the fan away...

I know the feeling well. I'm at the bottom of the mountain. But I have my kids and my husband and they would miss me if I left them. Need to look around for a place that sells flash light batteries I guess.