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Definitely, this is the case for a lot of us; if you go to the "Structural Dissociation" threads here, you can see where the structure of ptsd itself (maybe especially that from childhood events?) can make this a default mode before treatment -- as long as we're not too overwhelmed. The "ANP" --...

A lot of advocacy by professionals, activists, etc. here in the U.S. thankfully has resulted in some improved legislation over the years. The basic idea is: Insurance shouldn't treat mental health differently than physical health. Here is one link but I think there has been something more...

Two of the three authors of "Haunted Self..." also co-wrote a more recent book along with a new cowriter, "Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists." The parts I've read so far are excellent. Serious cheers and immense thanks for these Dutch folks and...

Hello @bright future28 ! Thank you so much for the beautiful writing in your other post by the way; that was truly wonderful. I've been on paroxetine for years and years; nothing else kept me from spiraling into a sort of hyper-aroused, unsafe-feeling state when life would throw stressors at me...

@Lizio -- I read the article; it sounds like folks at the agency are using the antibiotic analogy to argue for a longer course of treatment. They say, if you don't take all the antibiotics in a course of treatment, it won't work -- so you should not stop before you get the treatment needed by...

I don't tend to view the outcomes as personality traits, personally; I think of them as learned skills that most could learn, but anyhow... general empathy, ability to acknowledge that horrible things happen to people, some understanding that I might not be able to really understand another's...

@Trauma -- I may be going through some similar things but am not defining them as "tics" to myself due to my inner sense of their origin. I could be wrong of course but just don't feel I am. My sense is that it's connected to dissociation. Since it is coming up in connection to increases in my...

It is helpful to me to hear that other folks have memory issues of various sorts. I still have a long period of childhood that is under really thick fog, and sometimes have felt very scared about what is under there. However I am finding that some of the issue is that I felt in a totally...

This wiki has some helpful things on "Other Specified Dissociative Disorder" -- which doesn't get talked about a lot but apparently is a lot more common than DID. Link Removed I found the part at the bottom really helpful; it compares several disorders. (Having trouble with the word "disorder"...

If the only available psychiatrist is male and acts like that, can you possible find a non-specialist doctor who takes you (and sexual assault in general) seriously? Personally I would take the safety in the relationship above the alleged "specialized knowledge". If this person believes that a...

Can you try for cooperation between the ANP and EPs, as best as possible? Your ANP is very capable, and you want to protect your EPs and get through this so you can work at protecting your EPs even better, perhaps. Sometimes saying such goals out loud is oddly helpful for me! It's like, my EPs...

Some doctors don't "believe in" discontinuation effects from paxil. It's pretty well documented though! Sometimes another drug can sort of fill the same chemical spots to some degree so the doctor might think it will match enough to mitigate the discontinuation effects; however since all the...

@hope for now -- as I understand the two models, IFS could be applied to anyone, but SD only to some people: those people who have parts that, due to trauma, are not integrated much at all. I was talking to a therapist (not my own) about parts last week. She has an IFS background and...

Thanks for the responses... I think for me, my adult actions need to include protecting myself, esp. "younger" parts per the structural dissociation thread... The thing was really applicable in my family. I think some people keep the bubble as their ultimate reality, whereas I learned early...

This has been a difficult week... my husband has finally moved out, at least partially (still more stuff to get). He had been getting more manipulative and edged over into being emotionally abusive as time went on, until some inner part of me finally had enough... took a long time but is finally...

I can really relate to wanting certain people to accept this diagnosis and support you through it; if you have some attachment to those people, their opinions can matter a lot. Validation is important, and our communities matter in this. While those people may or may not change (and sometimes...

50 minutes on the treadmill, 30 minutes walking.

Blueberries are extremely fun to grow and native to eastern North America. There are related plants in Europe and possibly elsewhere. You do need to keep a bird net over them if you want to actually eat some... the early bird gets the blueberry.

There do seem to be radically different approaches to volunteers in different organizations. I have been in on environmental nonprofit as a volunteer for many years and love the community and goals. I just got an application for a group involving kids, though, and omg... For years I've...

I might be sort of sticking a toe into a feeling sort of like this at times, but am still pushing it away pretty firmly.. Perhaps, try to treat yourself the way you'd treat a child you were near, doing this?

All of the above? There seem to be plenty of manipulators with various motivations; they could see this condition as simply another resource they might benefit from, as soon as there are resources provided to help people with ptsd. However there are other issues that are honest problems...

Not sure if this is part of what you experience; I also find it hard to balance the whole "helping one's own EPs" (or whatever terminology one prefers) with the EP's wish for outside support, combined with the EP's terror of exposure, combined with the EP's partial, sort of, disconnection from...

Hi -- @Rumors probably didn't mean this this way; however wanted to emphasize -- witnessing a primary caregiver being abused is plenty to give children PTSD as a "criterion A" event.

It is hard to know what was going through her mind. She might have had a 2 hour meeting, another 5 clients later, and most days would be more communicative... A possible red flag for me, though, would be if she won't really communicate what she is doing and have your agreement on lots of...

This thread brings up a ton of stuff for me, and I can feel my muscles getting crunchier second by second; I am trying to be good to my body at the moment... so rather than going into what happened with my mother I will paste this link to a video with Patrick Stewart. Patrick Stewart's mother...