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    Cbd oil?

    I'v been using the non THC CBD oil since Tuesday. I researched a bunch of brands, and went with a premium CBD full spectrum blend. It's not a miracle cure, but I'm very sensitive to medications so it was worth a try. So far, so good. My arthritis has been noticeably better. Instead of...
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    Do i have a reason to be upset?

    That's a good idea. My husband said that he showed a few of his coworkers/friends and they even said it came across as condescending. I've tried going no contact with my dad, I've tried distancing myself from him and just keeping in touch every once in a while, it never works. He finds...
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    Do i have a reason to be upset?

    I tried to take the review down myself, I would have to file a complaint with Google. It's easier for him to take it down. My father is pretty much the only family I have left. The older generations are gone, my mom died a while ago, and I've been no contact with my sister for 5 years. My...
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    Do i have a reason to be upset?

    My father has a habit of really being patronizing with my accomplishments, and constantly thinks anything I do isn't good enough. I was making 6 figures without a college degree as a tech analyst, and he would say I just got lucky, and maybe they just had to hire a few girls. I was good at my...
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    Medication?

    Not for me personally. I took Buspar when I was in my early 20s, and it wasn't good for me. Made me feel trippy. Zoloft was the worst, and I had a suicide attempt on that one. I only took the Prozac for 2 months, because even at the lowest dose, I felt like a zombie. I had no emotions about...
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    Cbd oil?

    I went with a no THC formula, mainly because marijuana is still illegal where I live, and I don't use it at all anyway. I want to avoid any kind of psychotropic effects. After doing a ton of research, I went with a highly recommended brand that is full spectrum CBD but without the THC. Full...
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    Cbd oil?

    Anyone try this for PTSD symptoms like anxiety and depression? I suffer from both rheumatoid arthritis and eosiniphilic esophagitis, and my doctor recently put me on a diet for histamine intolerance. I have food allergy issues, and foods high in histamine seemed to do the most damage to me. I...
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    What age did you consider yourself to be a child?

    My childhood ended at 4 years old for me, because after that I had to take care of my sister, and shortly after that, my mother. I think I officially became an adult at 17 when I had to act like one and financially support myself. I was a very stressed out little kid.
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    Literally pulling out my hair

    I had issues with this when I was a little girl, like 5 or 6. It was due to high stress in my case, and was diagnosed as Trichotillomania. I had pulled so much hair out that I had to keep a very short haircut for a couple years to keep me from pulling it out. There would be piles of hair by...
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    To be "perfect"

    I do like to keep my surroundings in order, and I don't know if I'm a control freak or anything, but it helps my anxiety if I can plan for things. Being in an abusive marriage for 10 years pretty much made all of this so much worse. My life was chaos. I never knew what my ex was going to do...
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    To be "perfect"

    I have an ongoing theme in my life that makes my PTSD worse at times, and that is my struggle to have things be "perfect" as kind of a means to prevent future problems. I grew up with parents that wanted everything to seem perfect, even though it was far from it. I had to have perfect grades...
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    My world just exploded!

    You don't have to take care of your step mother. There's a Polish proverb my grandma would say a lot when she didn't want to deal with people, "Not my monkeys, not my circus." I agree with thinking the power of attorney is actually quite reasonable. I have one for my 66 yr old father that he...
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    Sexual Assault Tea, consent, and the marriage bed

    This was something I dealt with in my 1st marriage too often and I don't talk about it pretty much ever. It came up in my divorce hearing and it was very difficult to prove. My ex basically forced me to have sex with him regularly. He would complain if I said no, threaten me, and there were...
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    Do You Cut Your Hair When Stressed/triggered?

    I have been known to cut my hair when I am at a difficult point in my life. I've had many pixie cuts over the years. A friend of mine that once cut all his dreadlocks off (that was almost like a part of who he was) told me that cutting them off was like letting go of years of pain, bad...
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    Mother in law anxiety

    I think that's probably part of it. I have a congenital heart defect that doesn't cause me too many problems, but I did have a lot of issues when I have my now teen daughter. My heart had stopped during childbirth briefly, so my husband and I agreed that we wouldn't do anything that could...
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    Mother in law anxiety

    She was super nice to me at first, but now that we've had several visits with her, it's like the honeymoon phase is over. And my husband is not happy with her. First it started with the moving in stuff, and then it was the baby stuff, and now I think it's a little mixture of both that is...
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    Problems with teen daughter - mom with ptsd

    We have two dogs, a chow/german shepard mix which is basically her dog and they hang out all the time, and our puppy that is a border collie/lab that is in training. The puppy is not the issue. He is part of my PTSD therapy because he is in therapy dog training, I take him running with me, and...
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    Mother in law anxiety

    A lot of the problems with her started when I found out I couldn't have anymore kids without invitro. She kinda went from thinking I was the best daughter in law to making snide comments to me after that. And my husband and I agreed we weren't going to do that. He had a long conversation with...
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    Problems with teen daughter - mom with ptsd

    She's just basically a run of the mill child psychologist. My daughter doesn't act out in crazy ways, she's not a threat to herself or anyone else, so when I've tried to get her in to see a behavior specialist, it was quite difficult. Plus with her high grades and academic achievements, people...
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    Mother in law anxiety

    Yea, I think she's lonely too, but she's horrible at fostering relationships with other people because she doesn't really pick up on social cues. She's not on the spectrum at all, my husband said he's just not sure she really cares about how other people are feeling because she's always been...
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    Problems with teen daughter - mom with ptsd

    It is a part of the problem, but everything I can do has been done. I've spent a fortune in court with that man. He attempted to kill me, and that was the last I've ever had contact with him, over 7 years ago. He lives in a different state, has no custody, and does not have to pay for...
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    Problems with teen daughter - mom with ptsd

    I do set rules and she has consequences, which she does follow the rules, but she doesn't seem to care about what happens when she doesn't do something. She gets great grades, and is preparing for college. She wants to get a job in the area to save up for her own car. It's really just the...
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    Problems with teen daughter - mom with ptsd

    I have raised my now teen daughter since she was a baby, mostly on my own. The most help I've gotten when was I got remarried, my husband is an amazing step-dad. I've chosen to work from home over the years to be able to be around all the time for her. I've made sure she has a good life, and...
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    Mother in law anxiety

    My mother in law lives 8 hours away, so I don't have to deal with her much. She's nice, but is incredibly passive aggressive and if she doesn't get her way will throw adult tantrums. Recently, she asked to move in with us, claiming my office as "her" bedroom. I run my own business so my...
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    Are you ever free?

    My family doesn't really think I'm crazy, they just like to put a lot on me. All the blame for everything that has gone wrong in their lives. And they like to be jealous and angry and want to see me fail. My mother ended up being my responsibility growing up, and my dad just expected this 10...
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