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I went through an extensive sleep study recently and found out I get an average of 3 hours of sleep a night. My nights are very restless. This has been my entire life. I don't know anything different. I just started to wonder if I could sleep more would my body and mind calm down. Just trying to...

That is such a great question @Casper1018 This is something I am currently struggling with as well. I never have an answer when she asks me how she can help me. Same when talking with my Post Trauma Coach. I often don't know what to say, or what I need at that moment. It's difficult when you...

Great topic. Coping with Trauma-related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists by Suzette Boon and Kathy Steele This book was recommended to me by my therapist just recently. So far it has been a difficult book to read, and I am going very slowly. I think it'll be a book...

I do the exact same thing week after week. Then I end up so frustrated, and just want to quit therapy all together. Sorry i wish I had something wise here to say, but sadly I don't. I just wanted you to know that you're not alone. I even tried writing stuff down prior to sessions, but I couldn't...

Art therapy is something I did a bit of last year along with my regular therapy sessions. You do not have to have experience, or be artistic at all to do art therapy. Often especially in the beginning you are guided by your therapist. My trauma was early childhood as well, pre-verbal is most...

First off I am so sorry you are having to go through this. I really admire the strength you have. You are reaching out for help and that takes so much courage! Secondly the therapist should have gone over their policies surrounding confidentiality before you started seeing them. I have seen...

This is something I always struggle with. I worry if I go into a session and don't have something in mind to talk about. Then again when I do have something I want to talk about I find I can't get it out in the session, and I walk away frustrated myself. I don't want to waste my therapist's...

WOW @theshadowoftheliving that is exactly what I have been thinking. Thank you for putting it into words for me. I understand exactly where you are coming from. @miffy Thank you for sharing. I can also touch base with my therapist during the week as needed. I just don't like to as I feel like I...

Thanks all. Yes @theshadowoftheliving you are correct. Is this all truly worth it? Right now it sure doesn't seem like it, but I guess that's easy for us to say at this moment. I just don't want to be still dealing with this stuff years from now. I know we don't have a choice in the matter...

Thank you both. Thank you for reading, and for understanding. @Lucycat I think I probably already knew that, but just having a hard time accepting it I guess. Thank you for being so encouraging. Hard work is right. I sort of wish I knew what I was getting into before I started dealing with this...

Hi everyone, I started seeing a new therapist within the past couple of months. She has a lot of experience with clients who dissociate. She believes I have Dissociative Identity Disorder, and she has mentioned she has about 15 clients who have it. She said my case is a little unique, but she...

I have realized this medication has eased the nightmares to a certain degree. I didn't think it was possible but the nightmares and flashbacks have been worse without Prazosin. Still no word from the pharmacy when it will be available again :(

To be honest that is probably a normal reaction for most of us who suffer from PTSD. I know it certainly is for me, and many others I have met on this journey. Through therapy I have been trying to find different ways to cope with these active symptoms. Certainly not easy! and quite frustrating...

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I understand. I've been there. I felt "good" back in November and stopped therapy and taking medication. I didn't think the medication was helping, and I thought I was coping much better and didn't require therapy any longer. It didn't last long. I was fine for a week or 2, and then started to...

Welcome @Kay33 this is a very supportive place. Nice to meet you, but sorry for the reasons that brought you here.

Thank you everyone for the replies. I have stopped taking it because I can't find a pharmacy that has it in stock right now where I live. It happened once before where it wasn't available for a few months and I started taking Nabilone instead which didn't help with the nightmares really.

I am feeling anxious? I think that's what it is. Kind of edgy, scared, lonely... not sure why. It's hard to concentrate at work when feeling this way. Usually it's not an issue here.

First off you are not alone. I really do understand your frustration. What you have shared about your experience sounds very much like mine. I started therapy just over 2 years ago. Many times I have felt like I'm going backwards, and not forwards. My dissociation has definitely become worse. My...

Wondering if anyone has stopped taking Prazosin? if so was it difficult? I stopped a couple nights ago, and have had the worst nights sleep since. Just wondering how long it lasts for. Thank you

How did it go? I hope it went well for you. Sometimes it's hard to know right off the bat. It can take a few sessions to figure out if you connect with this therapist, and will eventually feel comfortable with them. I have been through the process more than a few times, and am now with someone I...

Sorry to hear about your sleeping issues. I do understand as I've had them my entire life. I don't find melatonin helpful. I still take it along with Prazosin which is suppose to help ease flashbacks and nightmares. I have yet found a difference, but I know others find huge relief with it. I...

Thanks again everyone. I did mention it to my GP yesterday. She didn't have anything to say about it. She included that bit of info on a referral form to a Psychiatrist for me though.

Great question! I just started seeing a new therapist recently, and this question has been on my mind. Even with my old therapist I had issues after sessions. Even in my peer support groups I often leave them a little triggered, and dissociated. I don't drive so I don't have that issue. Walking...

@barefoot I am so sorry you have to deal with that. It sounds very scary! I wasn't planning to tell my GP or Therapist. There's a lot I don't tell them. I feel so crazy! I really don't want to be a burden or complain about these little problems when others have more serious things to deal with...