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I'm in grad school right now and I have not told anyone. I did not tell anyone in undergrad either. Although I have seen several people talk about accommodations on this sight, and even had some recommend I disclose and ask for accommodation. The field I'm going into, Physical Therapy, has a lot...

I'm a physical therapy student. You can definitely ask them to be less hands on and they will understand. The hands on is a "big" deal lately, a lot of research happening in the area and more benefits are being found than people realized before. That doesn't mean that's the only thing they can...

Situational

:D Sounds like a win-win to me!

Ha ha @stenni yeah...especially trauma therapists

I think I'm somewhere between the Big "T" one and the Severe dissociation one....some parts of both seem to fit me. I guess I'm stuck in therapy for awhile...but I guess I already knew this. :meh:

This is hard. It's good to be open with them, and begin to open up. I can tell you from experience though, if you get over attached it will hurt when its time to end the relationship. That day will come. I'm not sure on the right answer. Just realize that too attached isn't good and will hurt...

Honestly, I feel I have much of my current life due to what I've gone through. There's a reason I can attend doctorate school full time, have 2 young children, and work 2-3 part-time jobs. Some of it is the fact that I can't let myself slow down. When things slow down my symptoms get worse. And...

We are staying home with the kids. My fiance' has to work so no going to see his family. That involves a 5 hour drive (with a 5 year old and 19 month old) and then an overwhelming number of people, in both my kids' and my eyes, when we get there. I'm sort of glad we're staying home. I have plans...

I gained no weight with sertaline when I took it. The clonazepam my son is on for seizures. He's actually on a higher dose than you are even and he's only 5. He's a little thing and we've noticed no difference in his weight. He's actually underweight and considered "failure to thrive" despite...

@Solara although I agree with you about getting the diagnosis I've noticed a general theme lately. You seem to point to everyone's feeling that differ with your own as them not suffering. They didn't do what you did, they don't see it as you do, they don't agree so they either don't have PTSD or...

I have used SI since I was very young as well. I don't the thing with my feet, but I bite the inside of my cheeks and bite my lips like crazy. I currently have sores all over the inside of my cheeks. To the point of bleeding. That in addition to a lot of things. The biting I don't even realize...

In my case I pretty much knew but it is important to make sure by seeing a mental health professional. You can look up the DSM criteria if you're interested in knowing what they consider when diagnosing someone. I went to my family doctor and brought it up. He suspected it was PTSD, but referred...

Oh gosh, @sun seeker, I'm not sure if that's making me feel worse or better. I'm glad this T is working out, since T right before this didn't go well. It was very short lived, and not a good fit. Thinking of this as a "connection" is scary for me though. For many reasons. I both smiled and lost...

I've had some intense therapy sessions lately. Starting some exposure type therapy, with an intermixing of CBT. At least that's how I understand it, I don't think we're really doing any one specific treatment protocol because we tried that and I shut down completely. Last week I disclosed a...

I've found myself wondering the same thing about hotlines. I think I agree they must have to be for the inbetween time frame, not for the last moment when you've already decided. My issue has always been that if you're at that point its truly what you want, no one would call. We all know what...

There was a post, well a blog really, on the internet that go shared around the Facebook Epilepsy support group I'm part of. It's really just parents sharing ideas regarding their child's treatment, since raising an epileptic child has its own issues for sure. The post was about what it meant to...

@FridayJones...childcare is fairly spendy here not 1600/month per child. We spend $700/month now. We were spending $1400/month at one time but found a cheaper route. My fiance' works nights and I work evenings. He leaves about the time I get home. He's here during the day, but obviously has to...

@FridayJones my oldest has asthma, although not as severe as it sounds your child deals with. He also has epilepsy and we've been exactly where you describe. Heck we're there as far as the bills and maintaining jobs and those things go. Illness throws his epilepsy into overdrive, and yes, we...

Thank you @Nam . Both my kids woke up with fevers. I have thought of trying to have people available to watch sick kids, but we struggle just find people to watch them when they aren't sick. They have great daycare and preschool but anything outside of that is hard to find. Especially in the...

I'm constantly worrying over things that may or may not be rational, but no matter how often I try to tell myself when even I realize i'm not being realistic, I just feel worse. Right now, specifically, I'm struggling with the fact that my children are sick yet again and I'm missing class yet...

Welcome back @Luminous Lotus. I don't know what all to say about your post, but I wanted to say that my son has epilepsy. Seizures are rough, epileptic and non epileptic. I have done a lot of research on both sorts, although my son has epileptic seizures. I know how it can completely turn your...

I was one of those "stumped" people. I agree with the rest so far. It's too hard to explain everything, but honestly you could watch chat for an hour and get a lot of good information just from that. Good luck!

Thank you for sharing. I have somewhat similar situations. In my case his bad WAY outweighs any good, which honestly I couldn't even think of any specific good at this point. But your post got me thinking! I've always said, "But he's still my dad..." It's definitely complicated emotions.

I get triggered from sounds for sure. My triggers don't normally turn into rage but I know it's common. Mine typically turn into dissociation, quick images, and general flight or fight response (increased HR, breathing faster, and I can feel my extremities go numb from what I'm assuming is a...