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I'm not sure why, but I'm pretty good at saying what I think lately... a little too good, actually... But my therapist is amazing... I've actually told him if he just tried telling me what to do, instead of working with me, I'd probably tell him to "f*ck off" and walk out... It took me a LONG...

It's only when I look back that I realize I'm much stronger than I thought I was... I whine at my therapist all the time that I "can't handle" my pretty much daily flashbacks, but in reality, if I couldn't deal with them, I wouldn't be having them daily.... Thanks for the nice comment. It...

It's been 50 years since the abuse first happened, so I guess it's time to finally deal with everything that happened to me as a kid... and how it's been affecting my whole life. When I was 8, my father raped me over and over. I've always sort of known, but wasn't ready to admit it. I...

(Not sure how to separate out quotes yet, so I’ll just have to copy the whole thing.) I’ve been to a couple of places online for Survivors, but this one seems more my style. I’m not sure about some of the letters, I’m just used to saying LGBT. I know there’s more. I may not always figure the...

I KNEW this just seemed like the right place to put my first post... ?

Thanks! Still can't believe it myself, sometimes!

I want to finally stop letting what my family did to me as a kid take over my life. I want to finally TRULY forgive myself - at an emotional level - not just intellectually. I want to be able to drive to work every day and not be filled with road rage. (I'm in L.A., maybe that one's just a...

Interesting place you have here.... I'm a Gay guy with CPTSD from the generation that still gets freaked out hearing "queer". It's been used as a weapon against me for close to 50 years, so hearing it is tough... I've been called names, attacked in the streets, fired for being Gay, and disowned...