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@The Albatross there are simply not enough like buttons for your post. I'd like your post a thousand times over. And the sad part, the dog, is giving out love in the face of abuse. Imagine, this dog as a therapy dog in a 3rd world country orphanage, or a lonely elder who could care for the...

I like so many wonderful folks in this community, and like you, have PTSD. I also, own a dog. And because of your honest thread here, I went and wrapped my arms around our shelter rescue dog, and hugged him. I told him, how much he means to myself, and my family and I thanked him for being my...

It's already been said, but, seriously, there's no excuse to hurt your dog. None. This sort of behavior reflects poorly on all of us with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. If your local media discovered this, and decided to air a story on this, surely, the headline would scream, "Next up at 5...

Hi @otakujome I am sorry you're parents are causing you this level of hurt. I'd like to take a moment and share my heart with you. At first, I started to post this here, on your thread, regarding your pain. But, I deleted it. It's your hurt, and I didn't want to come across as marginalizing...

@Army Doc I am grateful, for your letter, so aptly worded to express what we experience. We were broken beyond ordinary human experience, and we try to assimilate and become productive. We attempt to come at life at full speed beyond our personal traumas that kill lesser men. We are reminded...

On a scale of 1-10, it's a 15. Plan, access to a firearm, issue's why he's had a plan, weren't addressed, you didn't mention he was placed in a mental health unit for care. This is a serious, emergent situation, if after reading this, you still haven't been able to raise him, call the police...

Yes, I have them. But, what's plagued me more than the nightmares...flashbacks. The flashbacks have gotten particularly nasty, as if their venom has more poison compared to the past. If I dream, they are nightmares. The doctor prescribed Prazosin yesterday, for the nightmares.

Great. Today is day 1 for me, and the therapy you just described @nerdluvin.

+1 @ what @Radise said :tup: Try 1 new food. Perhaps try stimulating your body in a new, productive, and healthy manner. I've turned to aroma therapy, and I change out candles twice a day, carry new aromas with me in a plastic zip lock bag, and when I need to remind myself, I still exist with...

I start trauma therapy today... Before I head over this morning, I have to stop off at the doctor's office to get a pre-flight system check and medication adjustment. I know what I am afraid of. There are 4 issues I believe, are the bedrock that define some of my PTSD. The most predominant...

aww, I am so sorry for you @Justmehere Were you by yourself? I can appreciate the corner, you are in. The doctor, is obligated to perform at a higher ethical level, than you. So, you have that going for you. Can you see another doctor? If not, find out if this doctor has an office...

@Seagreen with regard to your short term memory loss, has this been a progressive thing? and if so, has it translated into all short term memory deficits? I've been looking for information on this but everything I read, is in regard to memory loss and the trauma. I'm finding I am losing my...

Great question, and thanks for asking. :tup: I honestly can't give you technical answers other than to say, yes, the memories are there, and this is something I am dealing with myself. I know a metaphorical curtain was lowered during some very dark moments in my life. I know they are there...

Hi and welcome to the community :tup:

Yes, I can appreciate the shaking. I'm new to pharmacology and PTSD, I've only been on meds for about a month and my PTSD is 25+ years in the making. However, smells help take the edge off it for me. I have candles all over the house. I have boxes full of candles. We just got back from the...

Thank You so much @Justmehere I left here this afternoon, and I went to bed. I slept for 2.5 hours. I was out, dead to the world, if you will. I still don't feel right. My brain feels like it's underwater, and I could have easily slept until tomorrow morning.

I feel drained, and I want to sleep for the rest of the day. My skin is chilled, crawling, my mouth is dry, and I want it to stop, already.

I agree, holding a rifle would be an extreme leap initially. I think he was suggesting things the other therapist may attempt, after I brought up holding a Mickey Mouse Watch. I explained to him, the watch was the last thing I saw before, and the first thing I saw after. I think, I'm trying...

Thank You for moving my thread :) I appreciate this forum, and the time folks put into it.

I just left therapy with one of my therapist. We discussed exposure therapy. I told him I thought a certain watch would unleash a wave of reactions from me, but he took it another step. He prefaced it with, what the trauma specialist would consider appropriate, inappropriate exposure, but...

@wanderer welcome to the forum. Not burned in a fire, your story of body image altered by trauma, resonated with me. Gun-shot survivor, 1/4 inch from my left heart wall. Bullet scar pulsates with the beat of my heart. To save my life, they laid me on my right side, cut me in half, so I was...

God. I don't know how I'm going to do this. Can they appreciate, what happened? I mean, really appreciate it and not just gloss over it. My little brother, found my near lifeless body, and was exposed by my near corpse like state for a brief moment, and he continues to have nightmares, over 25...

Welcome. Thank You, for having the courage to allow yourself, to be vulnerable like this. Welcome, this is an awesome community and thanks again for adding value.

Hello, and welcome. Your story resonated with me, and thank you for sharing it. I hope you find your stay here, informative, and a place where you can meet some friends, and ease that sense of loneliness.

@joeylittle spot on, about not knowing, how much we know/not know. I know, I have body memories, with no memory of how I earned this sensation or understanding. I have a very vague recollection of a moment when conscious thought said to me, "You don't need to see anymore, and the curtains are...