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@Kefira I will say it was a civilian community therapist who originally said to me, "Your Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, is screaming at me." I was in denial for about a year. I read up on it, and I went back. We tried to work through it, she finally said, "I am not qualified to help you...

Hello Ashley, and a warm welcome to the community. I hope you find your time here as informative and helpful I have. Wishing you the very best in life as you work to find healing, and answers.

In 2 years, 2 therapist have told me they are not qualified to treat my PTSD and I am a civilian. 1 of them said she wished she could refer me to Walter Reed Hospital or our local VA but I am not a vet. One doctor, spent 15 minutes with me, did an H&P, diagnosed me with PTSD, and carpet bombed...

I agree. I dreaded mine for years. It incapacitated me for years. Finally, 2 years ago it occurred to me, I don't have a trauma anniversary, I have a life anniversary. It's the day I got my life back, and another chance at life. Every year I celebrate a birthday, and a life anniversary. I...

I am sorry @Blue Survivor I've had 1 night in 8 of full night's sleep. I am also, feeling the effects of nightmares.

Welcome to the forum. I wish you the very best, may you find peace for your hurt, and answers for all of your questions. I think you will find this is a wonderful community.

I got married the first time in 91, and I was divorced by 98. Whole time we were married, my ex-wife, in laws, family, co-workers, and in laws were asking, "What's wrong with you???" I had no idea. I got remarried in 2000. Guess what? Same thing, In laws, wife, wife's friends all were asking...

Hello Ella, welcome to this wonderful community. I hope your time here is as informative, and as helpful as I've found it to be. I wish you nothing but the very best to you on your own personal road to recovery, healing, and answers.

@BeingEve it's our inner strength, that has allowed us to live beyond, and back. You are strong as well. Reading your story, the loss at such a young age, unable to understand why she wasn't there anymore to tuck you in anymore, resonated deeply with me. Thank You for sharing a part of you...

Welcome to this wonderful community. I didn't find your introduction very long at all. I can appreciate your loss. Though my mother didn't die, she left me when I was 4. She walked away and had nothing more to do with me. She also took her family with her so I also lost aunts, uncles, and...

I am sorry @Fadeaway will you accept an online, <<<<HUG>>>> and a HUGE :) ? Wishing you the very best, and sincerest well wishes. May your day be full of love, encouragement, and a day of new and rediscovered blessings.

@Fadeaway, I apologize, I am unfamiliar with your situation, and available resources at this time. Is your current situation, acute, or, are you saying long term? My take away, you are saying, long term? Touch, is so important,for us. And, there's nothing more healing than a hug. If I may...

Hello, I took time to read your story. I think, you will find this an incredible community. I hope you find your stay here with us, informative and helpful. Wishing you nothing but the very best for you on your road to recovery, and answers.

Hello, welcome to the community. Wishing you the very best on your road to healing and answers.

Yes, some of the things you've shared, I've also experienced, sadly. Welcome to the forum, I hope you find your time here helpful, and I wish you the very best on your road to recovery and answers.

Today, I may have experienced it? I had to give blood for blood work. It's been maybe 6 years since I last gave blood, and certainly before the symptoms became so incapacitating. I'm already sensitive to sensations on my skin, I can't handle the feel of a cool breeze, while under any sort of...

Hi, and welcome to the forum @Anna, wishing you the very best on your road to healing, and answers.

Welcome to the forum, I hope you find your time here as informative, and as helpful as I have. Wishing you the very best.

Yes @joeylittle . I did laundry for my little boys two weeks ago. I forgot I did it, lost the laundry. I just lost my wallet, for good this time. It happens weekly, but this time, I fear I put it somewhere, I'll never find it. Today, I had to go out and invest in a wallet with a chain, so...

Thank You @WillyKat for that explanation. I see it used frequently here, and I've never been able to relate because I didn't know what it was. I do know, it happened in my childhood, and the night I experienced the violent trauma. In my childhood, my mother left when I was 4 years old...

Yes, to everything you posted. I feel tight. Muscles feel as if they're pulling into myself. I've made a commitment to get back into exercise. And, I am in no big hurry, I am being kind to myself. At this time, I am walking for just over an hour, daily and it's agonizing. I feel as if my...

Thanks for sharing Ashley. I think, I just don't know about it to recognize it. I do know, I did it when I was a child, and teenager, but I am not doing those things, today. I do know, as a teen, I would no loner feel apart of my body to escape the abuse I was going through as well as the...

When people ask, "Hey, do you work out?" "No. Why do you ask?" "You've got some amazing guns, how did you're biceps, get so developed?" "...oh, that. I have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and I take a ton of meds every day, several times a day. I must have gotten MASSIVE because I lift my...

I am not really familiar with the symptoms of Dissociation. I know, it was manifested in my life in my childhood. What I don't know, is it something I do today? I don't feel as if I am out of my body, unless a flashback is associated with this feeling. I do have multiple moments in a given...