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The depth of ignorance about PTSD is amazing. I have been supporting a freind in court in Canada. The Judge did not know that there was no connection between PTSD and scizophrenia, bipolar disorder. One of the acusers has been mentally ill for most of his life. We had no way to enter a...

Monster, I am so sad-mad that you had such a bad experience in the ER. Ignorance is no excuse for inhumane treatment. I was in a mental hospital for severe depression. The drill was you went to various groups and answered questions then there was discussion. The second day, the house nurse...

I have had many of the same feelings. Especially about ptsd as a lifelong sentence. I like the happiness project because it helps me to find the beauty in the present. Ihope we can find a good time to be together.(((((((((((XOXOXOXOXOXHUGS)))))))))))

Hooray for all your hard work! I can imagine that getting things to work the way you want them to work is hard work! Phew I said it. Thank you, merci, dhunyobad, Shukria, but never de rien or the English 'it's nothing'

Lighting candles and sending gentle hugs your way. I will keep you in prayer. May God hold you in the palm of his hand during your new battle and always.

Yes, I do that too. It's not visible. Usually, the change is to a part of me that can handle what ever the situation is calmly and efficeintly. Oh, sweet one, You deserve all the good there is in this world and the good tender loving of God. By virture of being alive, each morning you wake...

Thanks for speaking up. I get my buttons pushed when my H says,"but you've done almost 20 years of expensive therapy. Why are you still like this (anything scary)" Aren't you ever going to get better. I'm sick of this!" That really pushes my abandonment button big time.

Junebug, Trying small stuff I used to think that I wasn't entitled to the space I took up in a room or the air that I breathed. I had a little of therapy. I don't think that any more. I suffered with for survival guilt for decades. I thought that I had done wrong by surviving when others...

Dearest Junebug, It is good to work through(process) one thing at a time. Since you do not have a T, writing for relatively long periods of time will give you the opportunity to 'hear' yourself out. I found that journaling for short intervals not very useful except as reminders to self of...

Sorry about these broken up messages. I hit post too soon.

I agree with Whitney's story. Fault is a put down word. You don't need any more of that. The best thing I ever learned to do from many therapists is to stop calling my self names. If I do, then I need to immediately replace it with the opposite affirmation. For example, stupid.Whatever caused...

Oh Thank You for answering so quickly. I am comforted by your words.

I loved this book. I was a little thrown of balance, unsettled at the end since I couldn't figure out which was the true story. But, I guess if I think about it metaphorically it makes sense. Pi would have needed to have a good reason to take care of himself in order to survive the loneliness...

Ahhhh, now I understand your point of view. Thanks for making it clear to me. I can be a bit 'thick' at times. Years ago, I could have written what you have. There have been many many betrayals, and abandonments, pain and sufferings in your life. I can certainlyunderstand your not wanting to...

Hi Anthony, Thanks for all your work and time. Thanks too for your dedication to helping so many of us with PTSD. Does the above quote mean that google has access to everything we write here. How exposed are we to their info seeking soft ware? I'm a little scared because there is still the...

I have been in the helpless and hopeless place too, many times. For me, it is the dank dark pit where I want to give up trying to live. I believe in this paraphrase of saying etched in a wall in Auchwitz, "I believe in the sun even when it doesn't shine. I believe in God even when I can not...

Yup, I agree with you. I hear you-What's the point. I am a placator too and will "mold" myself into what other people want. For me, that was survival. I had to learn how to act, who to be, to avoid punishment and to do my keepers bidding. PTSD is like an huge hangover that lasts the rest of my...

This writer knows his biology and the efects of being at sea for a long time.

I love this book the Life of PI. I am at the part where PI has been on the lifeboat 2 or 3 days and has allowed the loss of his family to sink in.

In India the cultural understanding about owls is not derived from Greek myths and the owl's association with Athena. Their belief is that an owl is stupid, foolish, and arrogant - often used about politicians. A person who speaks on subjects about which he knows nothing is called an owl. One of...

I really love the birds flying. It reminds me of the goal of freedom from suffering. I would be very sad to see it go away. Thanks

Dear Junebug, I hope this is an 'open' thread. I have read all of it and I hear you. I have similar concerns about disclosure. Abstract, your responses have been right on the mark. For a long time, I have felt that disclosure on some level gives the person enough information to decide whether...

That's great! I am happy for you. I am having a terrible time being the least bit grounded when someone is angry with me. It usually escalates. I try to stay calm and clear in my first answers. But as the other person gets angry because I have said I can't do something right now I loose that...

Exactly! So learning that I am not setting them off but something in my environment is settling them off is a great relief. I wasn't torturing myself on purpose. Those triggers like repeated words, sounds, a belt left on the table, the quaker oatmeal man (Though now he has a smiling face and...

Wow, that was fast!!! Good read so far.