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Just so ya know--those ones at the drug store are often big and bulky--once they get hard, you can trim all off that you don't need. Mine is like a pacifier too--when I have it in my mouth, I feel like a little kid. If they are too bulky, they can be cut.

I get bouts of insomnia. and I feel for you, Kunoichi. Once, I was on three meds (didn't make four). I listened to a lot of Healing the Mind and Delta sleep CDs. They're just noise and it at least calmed me down. How long has this been going on? S.

I'm not worried about the BPD. I asked my doc of 5 or so years what he thought my dx was. He always thought it was PTSD and Bipolar (I've gotten manic a few times). The present for my father would be those three monkeys--see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil. I thought that would be...

Yes, I've ground my teeth for many years. The only way out of it is the night guard (and you would get better sleep and wake up better). I would save up for it. I know this isn't what you want to hear. Or go to the drug store and get one--there are ones specifically for this (not hockey). They...

I had hope I had integrated a lot of that, but I'm finding the feeling coming back. I feel as if it comes from talking to my father after 7 yrs of no communication. Everything feels a little threatening or overwhelming. I know there was "time loss" in my life, but I thought it was filled in...

Sometimes I come back here and I don't recognize what I've written. I do have to apologize if it's something totally off the mark. I dissociate a lot. Does anyone else do this?

I think that most of the time, abusive parents are abusive people. The need to please them or put them at ease comes from a childhood desire. When I make friends as an adult, I feel a little bad at dropping them if we don't get along. Why can't I extend this to my family?

I'm an artist like some of you too. I think my feelings are reflected in all my work. But how I feel is thusly: I wake up at night dreaming I'm drowning. I see myself underwater in the ocean looking up at the light. I have no gear on and thought I was practicing diving. The light is beautiful...

I'm shaking. I want to cry. It's beautiful outside but I'm missing it—it's too big a world. I have to move or I am going to lose it. I can't have my family living so close to me. hopeless lack of future I'm 34!! what I've learned from all my years of therapy seem to have busted up. But I'll be...

I honestly think its women trying to get self-esteem from other women. When I lived in NYC, I dressed up to go to the corner store, I put on make-up, put up my hair. It wasn't the men I was trying to impress, it was whatever women were in the store. I remember standing on subway platform and...

Maybe writing down the answers (if it's not anxiety provoking) would be good so you could examine them in the privacy of your home, maybe talking to your old t if possible.

I find that when I'm most quiet (excepting going to bed) is when I'm most okay. It's when I'm walking down the street and someone catches my eye, or a building, or a billboard. I get olfactory "hallucinations" (I don't know know what to call them). I hear things in my head which is bad because I...

I was talking to my boyfriend about my father. We were joking about what a strange person he was. Then I said something about giving him a present. I often do something like this, where I turn on a dime and it seems as if I must be lying or crazy. My judgment changes, I attribute emotions to the...

Thanks Anthony, It's nice to have a moderator who has ptsd (I've been places where thats not the case) and who is sensitive to the needs of the members. I would like to be able to switch between 1 and 4. sometimes, I feel so bitter, I just want to hang out my dirty laundry. Sometimes I feel...

Hi NekoGirl, Welcome--I'm pretty new here too... A couple of things. I get triggered too when my boyfriend looks at pornography. It has come to pass that if he wants to, he can do so in the other room without my knowledge and put it away when I'm there. Could you perhaps make an agreement with...

Heather, I think a lot of us struggle to figure out what's real and what's not. It's a perfectly natural reaction. I like the idea about writing your feelings and thoughts before you speak--I think I'm going to try it :) That note reminds me of something my brother would send to me, just to...

I'm scared. I'm scared for the rest of my life. When will this end? This fear and anxiety. I'm 34 and my abuse began at 2-3yrs. My father sexually abused me almost every day until I was nine, after that time (I supposed I was getting stronger) he also became physical and psychologically...

I didn't expect this fast of a response. There are things I have that I have experienced that I didn't want to put on the list, like a slew of psychiatric dx's. They all collapse and fall under PTSD and bipolar disorder. I have mono. I don't feel strong anymore, I feel weak. We've wondered if I...

Body in Pain from PTSD A couple of the forums I've read have touched on this, but I don't see a single forum dedicated to it. MAY TRIGGER When I was young, the stress of my dad's sexual abuse gave me rashes. Doctors then weren't trained like they are now, and disregarded the rashes--not...

Wow--you guys have some great ideas! I'm trying to collect ideas. I see the chiropractor now for problems along my spine, and I tremble when he touches me. But it does make me feel better in the end. I don't know if I could stand a massage, but a bath is good. This might be another topic...

I worked on being drunk for the experience for a while, but that didn't last. I worked on sleeping with as many guys as possible--that didn't last. I have to be with someone. I slept with the bicycle mechanic just cause I needed it. Now with my boyfriend. It's like our relationship is so good...

I just want to add that in my experience, most men do not talk about their emotions or intentions. Why? Who knows. This is hard, and you have to be strong. Maybe right your questions or concerns on a paper first and then ask him directly. He can't slide out of a direct question. Sometimes the...

Brown Eyes--I empathize with you. My mom is just the biggest irresponsible, materialistic, demonizing narcissist while my father is just a sociopath (we looked it up). They are right here (I mean a few miles from my house).. I used to live 3000 mi. away. ugh. I am my mom's lackey (a thread unto...

I believe that a relationship is a lot about love and hate. I have to talk to my therapist a lot about rules, re-setting rules, what I can't or don't want to talk about. Some things I keep hidden for a very long time--like problems I have with my boyfriend--because my therapist has made it clear...

Other Resources For Even Free Help The only way I can explain this is by describing what I do for help when I can't afford it. I have a social worker in Intensive Psychiatric Social Work at the Jewish Family Service who comes over 1x/wk and gets me motived to do something in the apartment...