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If I could, I would send you flowers and a milkshake for your post-op recovery. I had a milkshake after my surgery. If this will help you at all -- once they put the IV in, I looked up at the fluorescent lighting in the ceiling. They'll tell you to count back from 100. I remember saying, "The...

Happened to me -- and I'm studying to be a teacher of English. I'll think about two or more ideas simultaneously, lose focus, and flub some of my sentences up. It took a while until I made sure to double-check everything I type again.

Hey everyone. Tomorrow I have my fingerprint and background check and I have been feeling anxious about this for a few months. Anyone who knows the history of my trauma knows that this is a huge trigger for me. I'm doubly anxious because I originally scheduled it for this morning at 9am, but...

I don't know how to talk to my mother about it. Frankly, I'm afraid to bring it up.

For sure. I'll try to call tomorrow for more information so I can present that to my mother when I speak to her. Thank you for telling me about that, Ayesha. It is much appreciated.

I didn't know that, Ayesha. Do I call the insurance company and then inform the therapist how many sessions are left and if they can appeal that for more sessions?

I have a private one that only Anthony and I can see, but I don't think Anthony can / will comment on those and give feedback...

It's a matter of persuading my mother to agree to my therapy resuming... prior to my college counselor, I did see an actual therapist who was with me from the beginning of my symptoms, but my mother made me stop seeing her. I want to start seeing her again though because she saw me at my...

After a brief conversation with some individuals on the chat here, I found out that there are a handful of us here whose traumas are tied to arrests, court suits, and incarceration. I figured I would create a thread for it.

I had to see a counselor at my university because my mother (whose insurance I'm under) didn't want me to go see a therapist under her insurance because she kept threatening that the insurance company wouldn't cover it after so many visits. So, I had my last therapy meeting and I'm a bit...

I wasn't able to see my counselor today to discuss it with her because of a scheduling mess-up, but I'm going to bring this up to her next week. I just don't want it to come off as though I'm seeking out symptoms -- this has just been a more frequent occurrence in the past month. This post...

@Definitely..maybe It sometimes will get to the point that, even when I'm doing a task that I think is fun or at least fun to be around, the thought will creep up and I'll mull it over so much to the point that my stomach starts hurting and I feel sick. It makes me re-think my entire view of the...

What I mean is that I feel exhausted, fatigued, and emotionally drained by the experience. Even in other stressful situations, I feel like I should go to sleep rather than deal with the problem. When I was younger and I experienced a fight or an argument with my father, I would try to go take...

As a disclaimer: I don't think I have PTSD due to my childhood trauma. The trauma that brought me to this site was unrelated and only a year ago. However, I did undergo years of physical and emotional abuse from my father, and I consistently saw and heard him verbally brutalize my mother and...

The thing is I'll know exactly what I said in a conversation, remember it all, but then think about it later and beat myself up for things I said. I'll never say anything bad but I'll worry if I came off as self-centered, obnoxious, etc.

Honestly, I thought I was the only person who thought like this. I don't know if it is stemming from any self-loathing I have yet to confront or maybe it's something else. Does anyone have any ideas? I'll talk to my therapist about it tomorrow. I didn't think to categorize it as a way of...

I've been struggling with this as well, and sometimes the feelings of worry and shame will make me sick to my stomach.

Don't stop -- get it get it! Keep it up, Ayesha!

I am also a mandated reporter and I've had to go through numerous training sessions concerning allegations of abuse. If there are physical, verbal, or psychological changes and alarms that prompt the reporter to suspect abuse, then the reporter must do that. If there WAS an investigation (and...

Go talk to a therapist when you're ready. There's no on/off switch for flashbacks.

Speaking as a senior in college and a student who worked in the college of admissions for a semester: you don't need to disclose that you have PTSD, and don't disclose that you have PTSD as a reason for why you didn't get the best grades. And now I'll explain why: The personal statements are...

Okay... So to answer this question, I need to know your goal. What so you want to get out of the conversation if you admit to her that you were raped. Honestly, it sounds like you just need a friend to listen to you, hear you out, and support you other than someone who holds a position of...

I actually wanted to ask this question before: does the gynecologist that examined you know that YOU know that you were raped? Because I'm pretty sure that doctors are mandated reporters.

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I was in a verbal altercation with another student at my university. I joined the newspaper earlier in the spring because a couple of my friends were on it and the position I would fulfill required minimal work. I also work full-time, go to school full-time and am already the editor of the...