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They don't say it is but the things they say make me feel like that is what they think. Like the therapist saying I needed to put aside my feelings. Then there was this lady at Victim Services for our police department said I needed to put aside my "distaste" of him.

I don't know why I struggle saying something like this but I do. Especially if someone says something to me that makes me feel like I am the problem. Like the therapist said something about putting aside my feelings. In my head I am thinking "but, but he did this to me" but I just can't get it...

So I have never been hit. Maybe pushed but no not hit. I have been raged over. Told by one ex that he wanted to hit me and most recently he was going to kill me. Threatened with cops, cps and courts repeatedly by multiple exes. Watched on ex cut up his arms. Another threw things around and...

My sisters were also abused by my abuser. In fact, I didn't really realize what was happening was wrong until I learned about my older sister. I feel so bad for those who were not believed when they told. I can actually remembering my mom crying with me when I told her what was happening. I...

Thank you for saying this. I have been feeling so guilty and angry at myself about it lately. I was so into this delusion that I established contact with my father at one point. He actually asked me to write a letter to the VA stating he didn't do what he did to me and my sisters. The way he...

People using mental health terms to demean others. One of my favorites(NOT) is trigger. I lost it one day and when on a whole rant on FB over that one. People who put others down. There is probably more but it is early to think.

I have been wanting to read up on emotional and psychological abuse for awhile now but since money has been tight I haven't gotten the books I want. I have watched some videos on Narcisistic Abuse in the past because I was concerned about things my daughter was experiencing. I didn't even think...

So I know I have been gaslighted in the past. My oldest daughter's father was cheating on me probably with any woman who would sleep with him. Anyway no matter how much evidence I came across of this he denied it. I even caught him in a bar with a woman's hand prcariously close to his crotch and...

Today was the first day I really said I just can't handle this and shut down Facebook. It didn't give me total peace but at least I am not ready to cuss everybody out who voted for this. Someone way back in the thread said something about "rageful" and yeah been there alot with this kind of...

Oh god so this!! I got so angry when I saw this. Just when I started to calm down the his social media director joined in! I signed off Facebook for the day before I went postal on someone.

It is tough for me to admit I need help. I alwasy, always wait until I am at my breaking point before doing it. Not sure why though. I remember after leaving one ex everyone kept telling me how strong I was and in my head I was like no I am not. I didn't vocalize it though that I just felt...

At times I am on Twitter on threads that make me laugh for just this reason. I felt like my head was going to explode and luckily I came across it and I didn't feel so ready to blow. I have done quite a bit of crying this week so I needed some laughs to balance it out.

So I am trying cope using humor with the fact that my brain doesn't seem to be functioning the way it should be, so here it goes: Sometimes it feels like my brain is running Windows '98 and I just get that blue screen of death telling me , "Reality has just performed an illegal operation." You...

It's funny because I have never really been into news and for awhile there I was checking it too much. Now I am trying to be sparing but sometimes something jumps out at me like this morning that just makes my head spin and get's my blood boiling. I don't know if I will completely avoid social...

So I have only admitted this to one person and I really didn't go into detail. Certain events recently on the National Stage and well people's behavior around them have been traumatic for me. I can look and realize I am being triggered all over the place but when it began I didn't really...

I think I recognize myself in a few of these. 1. All or nothing thinking-Two of my kids are struggling and I feel like a total failure as a mom. 5. Jumping to conclusions-The bus isn't here when it is supposed to be so I must have done something wrong. 6. Minimizing-I can mimimize everything...

I really appreciate the support. I feel like I have been shouldering a burden and ignoring my needs for so long I am just breaking under the weight of it. My sister is also finally dealing with her trauma as well so I feel guilty when I go to her for support too much as well. I have been...

Thank you. I know I am seriously seeking validation and I know what you say is true that I will continue to self doubt. It is a vicious cycle. I am going to try calling those places. I want help but often feel like chicken little these days thinking the sky is falling or it's going to. I...

I know it is now affecting my health and that is scary. I think I may have ibs due Come hell or high water I am going to find myself help. I actually have a friend who suggested I apply for disability and I said but I haven't seen a doctor. She said they would send me to one and yes my self...

I know my self doubts are holding me back. Also I have no insurance and am broke so lack resources to travel very far from my home. I actually live on a fairly decent side of town so all the resources for help are at least two bus rides one way. Then my kids schedules leave me little room to...

Hi, I am new here and I echo what everyone else is saying. This guy sounds no good. I am 40 years old and I have denied my trauma that began when I was five or minimized it. I am becoming more aware of how not dealing with it has led me to keep involving myself with unhealthy men which has...

Thank you for replying. I know I need a psychiatrist to diagnose me but I guess I just want people who are going through what I think I am to say, "Yes you do have trauma and yes it is possible you have this". I have so much self doubt that I can turn myself around on so many things. Then...

Hi, I have not been diagnosed. Certain things have been leading me to question whether I have ptsd, like people actually suggesting I have. I am not the same person I was even two years ago. I am lost, full of shame and paralyzed about making decisions and taking action. I am scared all the...