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Please don't ever, ( for real ) think that members kind of hang around waiting to be acknowledged for their posts. It's awful feeling a little or a lot of responsibility to write back to every, single person who has said 'something' on your thread. When I first joined the forum, in fact, it was...

It sounds like your adrenaline blew right through the med to some extent? I know that happens to me if the I'm off-the-wall far enoug, which means on the ceiling. Some may have taken effect, maybe just enough to have given you an inaccurate idea of what the med is capable of in 'normal'...

Remember Charles Bronson, the vigilante movie? I went through a long, long period in my 30's where that was what I wanted to be when I grew up. I'd gone through, was still going through the domestic abuse/criminal justice system/wealthy person/ poor person/ child custody/ stalking..... rage...

Yes to all of that, plus please do fight that impulse to apologise for a long post. :) A lot of us do that. In you case, well, it's YOUR thread, hee, you kind of invented it to tell your own story. I think so many of us are so, so, so used to being invalidated across the board that even in...

I'd like to add as an fyi that my doc recently prescribed a cream composed of an awful lot of 'stuff', some of it things which would send me yelping with my tail between me legs into the next county if she wished to give it to me in a pill. It's new-ish, the PM had only just heard of it when the...

Siva, WHAT a nice post to log into this morning, thank you! Gosh. Is there perhaps a summer camp near where you live where you and some children can benefit each other for those naked months? I know I used to sign up mine for some of the YMCA programs, and taught a few when there was time. Maybe...

Boy, both of you are so, so clear. Venusian, that whole concept on experiencing pain differently, yes, I'd heard about that.My daughter has Crohn's Disease, was born with it and the docs told me to please watch it because you folks DO experience pain in a whole different manner. What would drop...

Yes, there's an awful lot in your one sentence Venusian. Gosh gosh gosh. I SO much hope you didn't decide against sharing because of that stupid 2013 mindset that has sent so many of us under the nearest padded rock. Plus you never know what kind of helpful 'stuff' you'll pick up, speaking with...

Oh my, a teacher? Children are nothing if not 3 1/2 solid feet composed of unexpected noise, God love them. Talk about exposure therapy, how's that going? And God Bless you and your central nervous system. :)

I'm so, so sorry GreenFrog. I read that and sincerely wish you did not have to write it, that others had not driven you to this point. There's such a large difference between taking responsibility things in life we know perhaps we need to be shaken up a little over. Guilt is normal sometimes...

I was hoping someone else was where I am because it's just wierd. I was telling another member a few weeks ago that my startle response has gone poof. It went from being the most intrusive thing on the planet as regards to kitchen timers, barking dogs, anything-which-goes-click or says-hello, to...

At a time when self-esteem must be at a dismal ebb, boy, it would be helpful for her to know she's doing an awesome job. When I was in a safe house, after one of the group sessions I asked the psychologist how many of the women there would end up going back to their abusers. There were women...

Yes, you took the words right out of my keyboard, Ms Spock. It's SO, so not stupid. Gosh, we all got here through trauma, many through traumAS, as in plural, how does one prevent a battle-scarred head from assuming that perhaps that's all there is? Who knows what would be in any of our futures...

I'm awfully happy to have your daughter's story here. Yes, I understand it's one still being written, with all the disclaimers, everything dire which could go 'wrong' but just because we hear all the awful stories doesn't mean those are the only ones which exist. Heck, I WAS one of the awful...

Oh my, she is one contained, intelligent and resolved woman. I wonder where she could have gotten all of that? :) It may be tough for the PTSD head to accept compliments, but she's had some help growing into someone who can deal with crisis SO well. He does sound like one of the bullies who...

Have you read Bradshaw's book on shame? ' Healing the Shame That Binds Us '. I almost didn't get past the first chapter when my therapist gave it to me way-back-when. Bradshaw really, really bludgeons the bejeesis out of the words ' toxic shame ', it's actually incredibly annoying. I wish he'd...

He's 85 and in very poor health. Just because none of the Popes in 600 years have felt responsible enough to resign rather than let down their part in what has to be strenuous responsibilites doesn't necessarily mean he'd be running away from anything. I'm honestly not defending the man or...

You really, really are doing the best you can, as is your daughter. The thing is, it IS enough plus all the right things. I'll bet she's wiped out, it's been 24/7 mental, physical and emotional energy drain of the type no one is ever prepared to have to deal with. It's plain, old going to take...

I like that, Gizmo. It's SO wierd, sometimes, isn't it? You look at a world gone mad and can't quite believe you have to say ' Um, look folks, NO. ' I'm still having a tough, tough time with this. My parents were ( this is completely true ) being shoved into nursing homes, towards death, having...

That's a really, really good idea, starting a letter or a thread? You of course might be not at all like me. I'm a huge babbler unless the thoughts are pre-organised. If we can be at all helpful, it could be like we're kind of going along with you the way we used to make our girlyfriends come...

Something I forget sometimes, which is incredibly helpful. I'm not one of Them, all the 'Them's' out there, who commit the unspeakable acts, from the deliberate unkindnesses to the flatly despicable abuses. It's not in my core, I wasn't born with that capability. Perhaps I can't claim it as a...

He might be having the same thoughts, wondering how on earth to mainain a home, struggling to keep his head above water. Maybe approach him in a 'Here's a thought, please think about it, I realize there would be a lot to think over ', way. And have your advantages to present, since gosh, there...

Oh gosh. That made me cry, not in any bad, awful way. I could have written some of that, a lot of it. The thing where what if you get well and show it, this person who isn't who all the they's have smushed into a shape they recognize? I had a great childhood parentally, please do not feel I'm...

Hey Gizmo, much hugs, huge, huge respect for that daughter you raised, good Heavens. When the dust settles, wish you'd sit down with your keyboard, please, and do some introspection. Of course some would be plain old character but what children do with the character they're born with when the...

I wish I'd been so clear and tough in the same position, you raised an awesome daughter, Gizmo. Maybe this guy just wasn't prepared for so many determined females and a complete lack of people being terribly impressed by his big, bad, scariness. His hands got full of consequences in a big hurry...