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hey thanks for checking in- today is a bit better putting the shit with my therapist behind me and getting some important work done today helped- things still unresolved with my mum etc but at least today has been a little kinder

I'm still having such a hard time, Still having trouble with therapists who don't feel confident or competent with CPTSD, still loosing days each week to being unwell, still tried and sad and stressed. Now I have lost my mother who stopped supporting me when I was dumped by my last therapist for...

Hi so I've just been unceremonially dumped by my therapist because I expressed suicidal ideations, we were doing EDMR for 10 months or so, I've spent years doing talking therapies with other therapists on the NHS. If anyone in London can recommend a good therapist for trauma processing who aims...

Hey guys, Just had *another* break up today. I feel them harder as they feel like they're letting my abusive ex win, like I'll never be loved, looked after, valued. I feel the need to date, I focus on it even if there are good things in other parts of my life I will be distracted by being...

Hey I smoke a little pot most evenings to give myself a night off from PTSD, I personally smoke small amounts to relax myself if I've had a tough day or am stressed. There are studies which support MJ for PTSD. Personally it relaxes me but also makes my brain a little more tangential so I can...

I have a friend in LA who uses medical MJ for her PTSD and finds it very effective Im in the UK so I can't access that but I do smoke MJ for my PTSD, obviously what Im getting here isn't as carefully selected for my symptoms as a US MMJ but I find this effective and what I need after EDMR...

I've currently been taking CBD oil (full spectrum from Green Machine) for a month or so and I am very impressed. I tried lots of other CBD oils but this is the most effective (its made with out heating the plant and uses all of the plant) most CBD oils in shops don't have the plant- they'll look...

Thank you I really appreciate that though I just need to be directed to therapists who treat PTSD as curable, most of those I've had to deal with havn't and then its the hard balance of trying to find people who can be reassuring and treat you like an abuse survior as opposed to just a patient.

Thank you Ladee, I really appreciate that

Thank you x

Hi, This is the first PTSD forum I've joined. I'm hoping together we can piece things together a bit and feel less alone. I'm 30, I've been in therapy for trauma since 2017 and depression before then. I'm in recovery for an abusive relationship in my early twenties and a rape as a teen. I only...