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You don't have to disclose anything about your PTSD, and it's ok to walk away and tell your coworkers that sort of thing makes you uncomfortable. Or not be involved in whatever your housemates are watching. People don't like all the same things, and don't have the same reactions to things...

I've had a lot of success once I started to address my issues and deal with them head on. I no longer make up excuses for myself, or ignore things. I also put a great deal of distance between myself and people that aren't good for me. I grew up in a very narcissist/abuse home where one...

I always carry gum around with me because I will chew on my lip when nervous. Instead now, I chew a piece of gum. I have found this stress gum that seems to help, even if it is a placebo.

I have a small group of close friends that I regard as family. I've known them more than 20 years. We live in different states though, so we only really hang out a few times a year, and it involves travel so it ends up being an "event". My husband and I also have a group of good friends where...

It's been overload. The thing is she sees a therapist, and most days she just wants to move forward and not think about it all the time. The school has not given her the option to opt out of all the assemblies, and they are just covering their butts. They've already had another girl commit...

We had my daughter's friends over yesterday, and they were all talking about the situation. The school counselors were apparently angry with my daughter for wanting to be excused from seeing the video. They told her, and only her, that she would be having a call made home to me. Also, her...

I probably should have mentioned that we've already had several discussions with the counselors and the principal that they needed to stop pushing my daughter with the suicide stuff. They've already added this to her record, which we were angry about. And when the boy was harassing her, they...

A bit of backstory - one of my daughter's friends at school committed suicide in October. Since then, the school has been what I would consider over-vigilant about suicide prevention. That's all we hear about now. They send home mailers almost once a month, they have had at least 3 class...

I feel ya! I have a 15 year old daughter now, and she's going through all the hormonal changes and it's been pretty tough. I have days where all her teenage drama is mentally exhausting. Or she has teenage mood swings and takes her anger out on me. Having PTSD doesn't help that situation...

What has helped me a lot over the years is to sort of get out of my own head. I decided to use my energy to help other people rather than continue to analyze all the things wrong with me. Yea, I've had it rough, but there's people that have it much worse. I use my experiences now to do...

Please get out while you can. My ex started with all that, sometimes keeping me up until 4am yelling at me when he knew I had to be at work at 6am. It was the process of beating me down so he could control me and that's when he got the upper hand. My ex used to yell at me for being fat (I was...

Yep, and never regretted it. I've had jobs when I was younger that didn't seem like they were going anywhere so I just didn't go back. I don't like to feel like I'm wasting my time. I walked out of one job when I was older because I was working the equivalent of 3 jobs at a non profit -...

My husband has OCD, which isn't the same as PTSD, but it makes things more difficult for him. He made it through 8 years combined of college & law school. It was tougher for him outside of law school because there really aren't that many jobs available for lawyers that will cover the cost of...

My mother was bipolar and would go back and forth from being somewhat decent to be around, to being someone that was unsafe to be around. She cooked Thanksgiving dinner once when I was 7 or 8, and got really upset for some reason that I don't even remember and started throwing both hot food and...

I think it's perfectly fine to come to America, just so long as you fit the "American" stereotype. My worry would more so be if you are American and are traveling to other countries. My husband just turned down an international business trip because where he was supposed to go had some...

My mother came from a wealthy family, and named both my sister and me after royal queens, mine being Katherine, and then our middle names are from my father's favorite Beatle's songs. My mother and her side of the family used my full name to address me. I can truncate my name in several...

This happened to me, but only after getting to a really low point first. I went from being completely terrified of the outside world, to being a pretty strong person where not much gets to me now. My self esteem was nonexistent. I was raised to be perfect all of the time from one side of my...

I'm not sure what the reasoning would be to tell your employer you have PTSD. I never have discussed any of my health issues with my employers, and in addition to PTSD I have a heart condition. I've been with the same company for going on 9 years now, and never had an issue, I also have a...

I would avoid letting anyone at work knowing your situation and find a good therapist you can talk through things with. I've found that too much information given to coworkers can blow up in your face. I would worry about involving people that I work with in my issues, just because most people...

I have yet to work in any office where there wasn't that sort of drama going on at some point. We had a director that was married with 6 kids having an affair with his subordinate manager who was also married a few years back. They both were fired pretty quickly. But I've also had issues with...

It took me 10 years to get any kind of "help" through the court system. I have a daughter, and anytime I would attempt to get away from my ex, the court system would make it incredibly difficult. They would let my ex get away with everything from skipping court ordered drug tests to not...

I gave up coffee 6 months ago. I was a coffee addict, and my digestive system seems to react badly to it. The first month was really awful, but now I feel a lot better. I switched to tea, which mostly I drink chai because I like the flavor, but living in the Southern US, sweet tea is a big...

I try to live a healthy lifestyle for the most part. Sometimes it helps my anxiety, sometimes it doesn't. I was born with a heart condition, and was diagnosed with a rare auto-immune disease two years ago. I had also found out that a lot of the food I thought was healthy was actually hurting...

I don't really hold grudges, but I definitely have gotten a lot more selective on who I allow into my life over the years. I also don't have a lot of patience for people who have a lot of drama that seems to follow them around. I used to be forgiving of everything, always tried to see the best...

Just an update, because it's actually kinda funny. So we had to fly up to New York for the trial last week. After our flights, hotel and car rental, the 2 day trip cost us a mini fortune. My husband was a witness, so it was the two of us. My daughter stayed home with a family member for...