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Deckland, glad you found us. I get it. My mother is a Borderline, and my father was a dishrag dad.

Oh, gosh, Justmehere, I am soooooo glad you brought this up. I thought I was the only one on earth who felt this way, and was scared there was something more wrong with me besides the PTSD (isn't that enough?). Yes, I get so nervous, even in our quiet house. The nervousness makes my muscles...

@Angelwings Thanks!

Are you familiar with Reiki? Energy healing? A trained Shaman journeys to the other side to retrieve fragments of your soul that have left you because of the trauma experience(s). And as hooky as that sounds, there is was a original research study done on veterans with PTSD in 2017 that was...

...and I'll probably still be here, waiting to hear about it. LOL. However, I did get some relief today with my first shamanic session. I'm curious to see how long this feeling will last.

Great news indeed! I've very interesting in what they're doing with MDMA so please keep us informed. Thanks! ~Victory

"I am going to say that if you could have gotten away you would have. Adult or child. " Well that sums it up. Thank you!

Yes, and I've recently read that the reason why we think that is to assure ourselves that we have control over any future abusive situations. Boy, I hope they're right...about having control over any future situations because I'm all abused out for this lifetime.

Welcome Nebulous. I feel this way too often as well. Anyone out there got a tip or two on how to overcome this?

Congratulations! What an accomplishment! I start to panic just thinking about having to go to the grocery store this morning, LOL.

I did not enjoy, nor did I make much progress with EMDR. Could have been me, or could have been the doctor doing it because she acted like I was a burden, that I was boring her silly. Anyway, since then I've discovered Brainspotting by David Grand, PhD. I bought his CD set from Amazon, but I...

Oops, ignore that last partial post. I hit the wrong button. So to address the question of whether stress can make you ill from normal contagions, my answer would be a resounding YES! I even get sick from what we call "good stress" like getting excited because we're going on a vacation. And...

That's exactly what my T told me, that they are for insurance purposes, so the notes are intentionally neutral to protect my confidentiality, while still ensuring that the insurance company is satisfied enough to pay the bill. That really helped take the sting out of it for me, because yes...

I read the introduction to her book online, the part where she explains about adrenaline receptors and how the startle response occurs, and I'm fascinated. Our libraries don't carry the book so I'm going to order it from Amazon today. Thank you so much for sharing. I can't wait to read it.

Congratulations, Gramma Dharma! They're beautiful!

Wow! Talk about manipulation... And she's really good at it because she got what she wanted, for you to doubt yourself and feel bad.

I didn't last long on Zoloft. On the third night of taking it, I had a psychedelic dream and my doctor said that was enough and took me off of it. I'm about to try Prazosin, a medicine that's supposed to control how your body reacts to adrenaline thereby lessening nightmares.

Too often I wake up around 3 am filled with self loathing. I don't remember having a dream of any sort before this happens. The self hate is crushing and lasts until I can fall back asleep then wake up again, this time fine. Does this happen to anyone else? Any ideas of why this happens? Thanks!

I prefer Brain spotting by David Grant, PhD, twice a day, twelve hours apart, with stereo headphones. CD set available on Amazon, Walmart, etc. Don't overdo. I got physical reactions from it, but at least I didn't have to recall past trauma.

They won't let me post the link for the info on it, so google "What is brainspotting?" and you should get to David Grand's site that explains how it works. It gets right to the physical heart of the matter without making you remember the bad stuff like with EMDR or getting triggered with the...

Yes, and I absolutely hated it. I've been slapped and hit too many times as a kid to tolerate the tap. It's a very severe trigger for me. Much prefer Brain spotting CD by David Grand, twice a day, about twelve hours apart, using stereo headphones. I can feel it work.

Oh gosh, yes, and I hate it! Everything gets worse and I'm already sooooo sensitive to noise and smells, and not being able to sleep just magnifies all of it.

Oh Meeeh, how awful for you to have to have experienced all that. I hope you can find some help and hope here.

I've had EMDR and it worked briefly. Much prefer Havening. Go to You Tube and type in Havening Paul McKenna. The other thing I'm trying right now that is bringing me comfort is a Brain spotting CD I bought on Amazon by David Grant, but if I listen to the music more than once a day, I get an...