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For me it was finding a therapist I could trust. I wanted to do EMDR therapy and my insurance provided several sessions for free so I started with him. In the mean time I need to go to our Community Psych clinic for an evaluation to have my meds monitored by them. During that time I met a...

Can a PTSD person have a delayed flash back a day later?

I have been i EMDR for a couple of months and although it has been hard, I have gotten control of my anger and outburst. At points I felt so good, lighter, freer and now that I am at the point of re-experiencing the rape I am sliding into depression. I have been on anti depressants for ever...

Hang in there and keep working on YOU I have to agree getting a sense of yourself is really important. I had one and lost it after my attack and now I am rebuilding or re finding out who I am now. Your recovery is the most important thing!!! You are never really alone, there are people here...

You are NOT being selfish, it sounds like if she wasn't willing to read the suggested book she is being selfish. Are you in therapy for PTSD? You can in time control your outcomes with therapy but not hers. she sounds selfish to me and not very understanding which is kind of normal. Most...

Thank you I am better today after seeing my T

Thank you I got tips from my T on how to ground myself, thanks

Gia thank you so much for your feedback, it has helped me to ground myself. I will discuss with my T tomorrow.

I do have a great therapist but now starting to wonder what is going on. I have had several sessions of EMDR and have worked hard to get past so much pain and memories but today really concerned me. Thanks for your response.

I see my therapist tomorrow, thanks this is the first time being in therapy I have had it happen. Has a lot of dissociation after my trauma and my Shrink just medicated me to the point of numbness for a year, never offering or suggesting therapy just drugs.

I have been feeling really good about y therapy although I had a rough session of Friday with my T regarding my rape it go more intense and lasted longer when I would drift out of it. Two days later I went to our local dog park with my Trooper and walked the same trail I have for 4 years. then...

Welcome there are many great forums and educational articles on this site that have helped me. I encourage reading the self care forum it helped me a lot early on when I joined this site. You are not a freak and you are not your PTSD, you are a Trauma survivor who has PTSD symptoms. I related...

Thanks Unicorn I really liked what you wrote. A friend of mine tells me I over analyze which is true and I need to relax and give myself time. Thanks everyone!

I agree with whoever suggested a cue to your T that you are disassociating is a good idea, to get you grounded. My T can tell without me saying anything which is very helpful.

I have had about four T's in my life and would be shocked if any of them behaved this way. Totally inappropriate, you should be her total focus and nothing else. I would feel very disrespected and angry esp since I am paying to see a T.

You sound like a very brave, courage person with many stressors. I also have PTSD and I am in therapy and this site has helped me a great deal. Prayers and hugs your way, stay in touch.

Stay on this forum and look for help by being specific about what you need

I would take one thing at a time, EMDR for me was very intense and I wouldn't have been able to handle anything else. Just my opinion. go through EMDR and then decide.

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The thing is I have come through the tunnel of my nightmares but still now wonder who am I know. I was such a bitch with my outbursts, pushed away so many that I have very few now. It feels like I have to rebuild a whole new life. But if I can do it so can any of you.

It is hard, thank you, the thing is I think everyone with PTSD needs a really good therapist. I was lucky, the first one I went to had no clue, wanted to schedule me to EMDR 6 weeks apart when it needs to be done at least once a week.

I understand when living with PTSD I was so out of control , not saying I am in total control yet. I do wonder why do you try to appease whoever you are with? Are you not ok with who you are?

I have moved through a lot of my trauma by seeing a Trauma Specialist that has used EMDR. I have gone through being hit, raped and left for dead. I have more to do but the worst is over. the thing is I was in denial of my TBI and PTSD for 13 years. Kept all of it suppressed and now I am...