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First off, I want to say that I'm sorry for your horrible experience at the pharm and that you feel like you're not being heard. We're here to listen to you and I hope next time is a better experience for you. Sickness, when you're affected both mentally and physically, does make for a bad mood...

Sums up everything.... Why can't I breathe. And I'm afraid they won't stop. Till all the poets have failed. Till all the good men are jailed for nothing at all. Let them take the fall.

I've never had EMDR done but I'm here to offer my support. YOU ARE STRONG AND BRAVE!

I even checked an older thread that pertains to the Chicago area -- they never found anything either

Glad to meet another forum member from Chicago. I live on the south side so Northwestern would be quite the trek for me.But I google searched the Chicago area -- nothing that is affordable nor for non-veterans.

I used to vomit and have severe diarrhea as well. I don't really vomit anymore but I occasionally have the diarrhea. The worst experience was when I was having a panic attack and vomiting at the same time -- I was worried I was going to choke which only made the panic attack worse. Have you...

I'm registered to run the Shamrock Shuffle 8k (about five miles) on March 30th. I've been training and have made progress. Today I ran five miles again in under an hour and my back didn't hurt afterwards. I'm trying to focus on my health. I'm taking my body back. This body is MINE and I love...

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Down south you will find among the high pines An old liquor store where we danced on the floor O the light on the wall, it brightens the hall But the room in the back is quiet and black

Well you're a rainstorm, a fire, and a trainwreck All wrapped up in ribbons and lace. You're a fistful of roadside flowers and rain -- Just the soil in a dimestore vase

"Heartless" is pretty good, too. "Amazing" "Love Lockdown" "Mercy" hahaha, I like to make my car shake "All of the Lights" "Heard 'em Say" "Hold my Liquor"

I'm sure many people here are not fans of Kanye West, but I really love this song:

I was also physically abused by my father in my childhood for a little bit more than a decade, so I've always been distrustful of men. Always. and still, unfortunately. That prolonged event, however, did not result in PTSD.

The female perpetrators pursued indirect sexual abuse (pulling at my clothes, threats, unwanted attention in the shower, flashing) and I'm pretty sure that if I had stayed there any longer, then something horrible was going to happen. It wasn't just 1 -- it was a bunch of them. I underwent one...

I understand and agree. Quite honestly, if it weren't for the forum and the people who have compassionately decided to accept my story and symptoms, I probably wouldn't be here. PTSD is very isolating and I don't have that many understanding supporters. That's why I choose to become a premium...

No! Not at all. I just liked your response, and it was (I guess) a poor deflection to change the subject and focus of the attention. I'm sorry -- I didn't mean to sound condescending.

It made me afraid to be alone. I'm sorry that I can't give more insight as the trauma is still new and I'm still processing it. But, yeah -- it was a strange mix of agoraphobia and and not wanting to be alone.

While incarcerated -- abusers were female, possible male sexual harassment I'm a female.

I'm seeking a support group that does not restrict to Veterans with PTSD or Rape / Incest survivors. Most of the support groups around here only restrict their members to those populations so I'm having a hard time finding a support group that meets my needs. If anyone has any leads or wants to...

Let's give a moment of silence to that awesome, badass rebuke that Nicolette made.

-- when you can't tell if you're severely depressed or just exhausted because your sleep schedule is just pure nonsense

I'm sorry. I live in Chicago, IL, and I actually live next to one of the public mental health institutions. I'm kind of terrified of being hospitalized so I try to do as much as I can to avoid it.

I'm not sure about the second hurt because the primary concern at the moment was that my family was afraid to leave me alone because they thought I was going to kill myself so she focused more on that.

When I first saw my therapist, I had to sign that intake contract that confidentiality would be broken and that hospitalization would be a possibility if I mentioned any active suicide ideation. My suicide ideatio had been passive (wishing to not wake up again). Again, I'm sorry if I made...

The three hurts 1.) If you plan to hurt yourself 2.) If someone is hurting you 3.) If you plan to hurt someone else.