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^^This. :) **Bamf**

Thank you both for your replies. Meadowsweet - yes I do relate, thank you. Sometimes I think though that I'm more deeply affected by less bad trauma such as my Nan telling me as a very young child that I was weak and not as good as other people because my father was poor breeding stock and that...

At what point do you just give up trying to wrap your head around your trauma(s), what issues stem from each individual trauma and how many issues stem from multiple traumas? How do you rationalise that you are in fact likable and good when so many people have told and shown you that the...

I take this in combination with Mirtazapine (Remeron), Lorazepam (Ativan) and Promethazine. But most days only have the Duloxetine and Mirtazapine. For me that combination is the only thing that's ever touched my depression and is useful for anxiety as well - for me I'm not sure if it...

Give it time and be kind to yourself would be my two suggestions - it's only been two days. PTSD can be a difficult mouthful to swallow for some, but for others it's as if their life suddenly makes sense. Either way it's a lot to accept and deal with, so take time to make sure you're ok and that...

Personally for me I dissociated too much for EMDR to be of use - I wouldn't be able to concentrate or think about any trauma or feelings/emotions and I couldn't wrap my head around what I would like to feel instead (e.g. instead of feeling powerless about a situation, but now feeling in...

Marvel yes, DC less so. I have a fondness for Spider-man because of the humor and because of it was my first comic. X-Men for lots of different reasons but largely for the fact that a lot of the characters have had trauma (as has Peter actually) and experienced at least social exclusion and...

Thank you for all the replies, I'm not really ok to respond right now as everything is instantly exhausting and overwhelming, but I have read them all and I am grateful for the fact that you read and responded.

I have NO IDEA where to put this - in my head or on the forum. It's about a discussion I had with a relative yesterday, but the side effect of it was a horrible flashback, dissociation and seizure (possibly dissociative - need to go to GP for tests) for which I ended up in hospital. When I cut...

Honeysuckle - but that's a bush. So maybe Black Satin Petunia's - they're striking and unusual.

The only thing I don't get is Complex Trauma is unequivocally, undeniably real - no one is denying that - it comes from as previously stated, long drawn out traumas such as long term abuse, child abuse or domestic violence or the accumulation of many different traumas such as a rape, a car...

I think my point has been misunderstood. Being a prisoner of war must be hugely horrific and traumatic, of course I understand that those who have suffered such atrocities must be shattered to their core. They have been systematically broken and will never be the same again. I merely chose it as...

Maybe try just focussing on the things around you or perhaps where you'd most like to be - somewhere safe - I have two, my friends sofa and the Bunker from Supernatural (an impenetrable underground and luxurious safe-haven)! Try spotting 5 (or more) colours, what can you smell, feel 5 different...

@TimeToHeal I'm not creating an argument or picking a fight, I'm just curious how an adult prisoner of war can have an inhibited development. Also, how do you separate out the effects of trauma (complex or otherwise) on personal relationships and attachments and personality disorders play into...

As there is no diagnostic criteria for C-PTSD and it is not recognised as a real disorder, it's pretty unlikely that she will diagnose you with it. People who have been told they have C-PTSD have usually misunderstood their diagnosis - complex trauma and PTSD or some other reason, or a bracketed...

Thank you for saying this, I do as well (and also in regards to my NHS therapist), but didn't really have the ability to put it into words in any way that would make sense to other people!

Is your therapist NHS based and do they work for a mental health unit (If not they would be private or a charity/organisation)? If your therapist is from a Mental Health Unit, they may well be to refer you on to someone else. If not, then if you go to your GP and say how much you're struggling...

At the end of the day the only people who will know if you should be in hospital are possibly you, possibly your family members, possibly the crisis team or other mental health professionals. It might be horrible, it might not be but it is what it is and if you need it, you need it. I have been...

I haven't but seeing as the marketers of the treatment state Brainwave Optimization: I should imagine that this should be supplementary to any other therapies and medications from trained professionals and not a replacement. I must admit by it's name I was very skeptical of it even before I...

Yep, branded (as phenergan) and unbranded but then usually they just take them out of the normal packaging and give you them in a plain white box - some genuine cost cutting there :rolleyes:. Apparently they won't give it to you if you say it's for anxiety/sleep, but will if it's for allergies...

The NHS crisis teams love to give out antihistamines as replacements for Benzodiazepines. They like Promethazine a lot for it as it has anxiolytic,antipsyschotic and sedating (though not for me) properties. I can get it over the counter or for free on the NHS but I use it more for motion...

I have many inner me's, all of them have different purposes and are better at things than me. My consciousness of them varies but I can usually feel at least several of them at once. This makes me feel overwhelmed, usually by the noise inside (different thought streams, voices and often...

Yes thank you, I am still alive :). Unfortunately there comes a time when dissociation turns bad for me and in these times I truly have no escape or way out, but thank you for this advice - I do this when I need to a lot - even my therapist has told me to go home and dissociate to cope and I'm...

@Ayesha maybe you know it better by it's brand name Remeron (or Avanza) I had a similar response to 30mg Mirtazapine, very little to no change for me except for a slight reduction in nightmares (though not wake-ups). My biggest fear was that if it was working and I was this down with it, I...

I'm glad I didn't upset you. It certainly sounds like a very difficult situation for you to be in. I think that it is important to value yourself and not lose yourself in being concerned for him. Also long distance relationships are also hard and will make this whole thing even more tricky for...