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I've always suffered nightmares on and off since I was little. But Lately I've been having them every night. Terrible ones. Violence, death, abuse. Its always one of my abusers doing the horrible things to me or to themselves infront of me.
I also sometimes have dreams where I'm having a good...
Honestly, I don't think breastfeeding should be public. If a woman needs to breastfeed in public, I do think she should be covered up. It just seems wrong (not breastfeeding itself, just having breasts exposed in public) as I DO think they are sexual.
When an abuse scene on TV makes you burst out crying and literally makes your heart hurt, so you practically run out of the room.
When there are certain emotion you're not sure you've ever felt. Or at least hardly ever.
When you flinch when you moved your own hand close to your face in a fast...
I can't imagine being married (or even in a relationship) and my partner not know I have PTSD. I mean...how does that even work? Does he not ask why you act in certain ways?? Do you have to lie? I'm not judging, I just don't get how that kind of a relationship would work. It doesn't sound...
To be honest, even being called a survivor feels a bit weird. Maybe it comes with the whole "ah, people have had it worse than me, I should stop complaining" mentality. But I feel a bit uncomfortable with both victim and survivor. I'm just a person who's had those life experiences. Does anyone...
Oh yeah. To the point where I too wonder if I have Bipolar (the Rapid Cycling kind) but looks like mood swings are common with PTSD, so probably "just" that.
At this point, a handful of people know I have PTSD. Most others know "something is up" but don't know it's name. There are symptoms/reactions that I can't really hide sometimes.
I Googled "PTSD forum" as I needed to connect with people that understood.
I read some threads, and didn't even bother looking at any other forums. This site is exactly what I was looking for. I'm thankful to have found it!
I am proud of you.
You did a really brave thing. One other person came forward because of you, maybe there will be others.
Hold your head high, shame doesn't belong to you.