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I have set myself a schedule that allocates certain times for certain hobbies. I spend my 8 work day hours split evenly between sewing cloth masks for the local homeless shelters and hospital and needle felting and beading to build up stock for the farmers markets when they're an option again. I...

Kittens. Specifically long haired tuxedo kittens but if I'm having an overly sensitive day any kitten will do it. Makes social media quite the nightmare and it's why I get so upset when people are like "tag your triggers" when I talk about something like food. If I say "hey guys having a down...

Sorry I couldn't get on to reply for so long, and reading through the thread many others have already explained what was concerning me pretty well. You are not at fault and abusive therapists are not the norm. You've gotten through trauma before so you know you have the strength to do it now...

If she had any kind of professional ethics and this was genuinely a drunken "accident" as she's claiming, she wouldn't be giving you the choice about whether or not to continue your patient/therapist relationship, she would have ended it already. I think that's the biggest red flag for me in...

I wonder if you felt ashamed because this was something you do to yourself rather than something that was done to you. I know nothing about your situation so this is only a guess and I could be wildly wrong. Assuming I'm at least close though, your guilt and shame is still completely misplaced...

I've been her before, trying to claim polyamory while distancing myself from existing relationships. It wasn't malicious and I didn't even realize I was doing it, but it was bad and I learned a lot of things about myself in the process that I had to work hard to change. And that's the point I...

I know this sounds hard to believe, but you're not the first person to feel this extreme out-of-placeness. You're not the first person to feel any of this stuff after the amount of stress you're describing. This is fantastic news because it means that you're not broken, you're not alone, and you...

It absolutely gets better. There's no time limit, it takes longer for some people than others, but it really does get easier over time and you can be happy again. You might never be completely over what happened, but you'll get better at not thinking about it and being happy about other things...

I meant no offence and I'm sorry if I came across that way. Obviously there is no way that I can formulate an opinion on your relationship based on a single out of context forum post and I promise that wasn't what I was doing. I have noticed though that a lot of supporters get into a pattern of...

I might be wrong, but I was under the impression that needing to rant was at least part of the point of this forum. Why do you feel the need to apologize for using the space as it was intended? PTSD can mean that we struggle to do things in public. That doesn't mean that we get a pass for...

For me it's harder and more stressful simply because this time of year is harder and more stressful for everyone, even if they're completely neurotypical. You can see it in department stores and shopping malls and car parks, everyone is at least a little more on edge and that sets the people...

It's hard to tell from your post, are you after solidarity (people going "hey, been there man"), people telling you "No you've done so well don't risk it!" or would you like a possible explanation of why you feel like that? Because, hey, been there man. You're also clearly doing really well...

I've spent way too much time thinking about this question. I have ended up pitying my grandfather. After he died, when we were sorting and storing his things, we found journals he had kept since WWII. In them he talked about asking for help for his bad thoughts, asking my grandmother to not let...

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Hi! I'm Kam. I have been looking for a space like this for years. I read the rules on trigger warnings. I'm not giving them here but I will warn you that I am very verbose. If it'll take 5 words to say, I'll use 17. This is going to be long. I'm a CSA survivor and have never not been. My...

Hi! I just found this site myself and have been reading through it for a little bit. I haven't done an intro for myself yet, I'm planning to after this, but I really wanted to respond to you so I'm jumping the gun a bit here. I have been in the same boat as you. I've been in therapy for about...