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Boy, I had to actually leave the apartment and go buy a coke before I could speak to this one. I am totally the person who seeks out books or people or movies that trigger me. The worst was a Danish movie about child abuse and it's like I want to go out and buy it. I remember it so well that it...

Trapped--I'm new, okay, like yesterday. So I don't know what's available on this website completely. But besides yelling at your therapist and your therapist's supervisor, you also need to soothe yourself. Maybe make a list of what soothes you. Do you have a pet? Do you like taking baths with...

I agree that it's not healthy and that it might be hormonal or vitamin related. Replacing a fantasy with reality takes time and slow going. A fantasy may allow you to have no anxiety about being with those "people." But, it is just not real--you have to begin to trust like everyone else. There...

I am another person who was relieved to hear that I have PTSD. My current psychiatrist believes it covers all the "other" problems I have, e.g. eating disorder, anxiety, migraines, problems with my body. It's as if it were right out of a manual. I remember the first day I spoke of the abuse...

First of all, Hemels, It is brave to post that you hid while your daughter was being abused. Thinking about taking her in to see a counselor shows that you're at a new step. I, personally, would not take my daughter (I don't have one though) to see my doctor. I would find an appropriate...

Eeeewwwww Hi, I'm a newbie--this is my first post. Sex is hard for me. I find it painful and intimidating, yet even though my boyfriend doesn't say this, I feel obligated to give it up to him (my father sexually abused me and I was also raped). It's also like he just doesn't understand how I...