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Therapy--while i can be very sweet....I am also very co-dependent. That's something else I'm working on in therapy. I will go to Thanksgiving because its not worth it for a few people (out of 25 or so that will be there) to ruin something that I usually greatly enjoy. I'm just going to tell...

I agree with the above, even though I'm super new. I separated from my husband at the beginning of October. Two big things my therapist stresses to me are: 1. Its not the cause of the behavior that is the problem, its the behavior itself. 2. If someone cannot love themselves, they...

I am terrible about doing this. Its a confidence issue for me. On top of dealing with PTSD I have other issues (one being an ACOA). I look for ways to apply negatives that people say to me even if that person never intended it to be toward me or anyone I know. I SEARCH for ways to make the...

Yes. I understand that he will not remember. I definitely don't want to create an issue where the isn't one. I want him to be happy and resilient and full of life. I think his issue is more that he saw my dad every single day for the first 2 years of his life and then my dad was just gone. I...

Hmm....I've thought on it some. I'm not sure its so much family denial as it is the suck it up and move on mentality that some of them have. It's not all of them that do it, just a couple. I do get frustrated because they won't listen. I don't know...I'm just really disenchanted with them...

My avatar is now me....a happier, smiling, fun me that existed about 6 or 8 months ago before my dad died. I want to get back to that person. I hope if I see that person looking back at me that it will be motivation to work through my PTSD.

I am really glad you posted that. It is good to be able to read and identify with the exact symptoms or results of PTSD. Yeah, the diagnosis is there, but the diagnosis comes from the therapist and doctors without any explanation. For me, it came from talking about what happened and them just...

What do you do when people don't get that you have PTSD? For me, it is family who witnessed the same thing I did and they don't understand why I'm having a harder time with it than they supposedly are. They don't understand why I'm in therapy. I don't know HOW to explain it and it makes me...

Today I bought myself a very cute pair of knee-high suede black and gray boots! I have really wanted a pair of boots for a while but I have a character flaw in which I feel AWFUL when I buy things for myself. Tomorrow, I'm getting BACK to the exercise I've slacked off on for too long. Gym...

My user name is pinkcake. Pink because I'm a female and I associate pink with being a feminine, pretty color and cake because I'm a cake baker. My avatar is just a generic avatar right now. Once I get brave I'll change it to something more personal.

How terrifying. I have a child so I can only imagine the thoughts that went through your head. I'm glad you are all safe now. I third (fourth?) therapy. Its the best thing I've done. I was scared to call and make the appointment and then terrified to actually go to the appointment. I sat...

Hi- I'm new as well and I have to say that its been much easier to open up here then it is for me in "real life" face to face conversations with people. I can stop when things get to be too much and revisit what I was typing later and I can take time to thinking about someone's response with...

C recommended that I start meditating and this sounds similar to that. She recommended guided meditation for the first few times and gave me the name of a good person to follow when it comes to meditation but I forgot and don't see her again until after Thanksgiving.

I would appreciate it. Hindsight IS 20/20. My dad wouldn't have wanted to be in the hospital or in a nursing home. He told my brother one time a while back that if he got Alzheimers to just take him up to the mountains and put him out in the middle of the woods. He grew up in the mountains...

Stacey- Your family will be in my thoughts.

Thanks for the welcome. I haven't been able to bring myself back here because just the initial post and thinking about what happened dropped me down into a depression. I just don't UNDERSTAND. I've never had these issues before and I've always been a happy, optimistic person who helped OTHER...

At the advice of a therapist I am reaching out to other people familiar with PTSD. I was diagnosed two weeks ago. I've also been put on medication. I developed PTSD after watching my father have a massive heart attack and die in front of me at our fourth of July cookout. I'm not ready to...