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    It Wasn't A Good Time To Be Dating But I Am Now Off Meds And Have Closure

    Why not get back in touch and him outright, I mean what can happen, the answer is either, yes or no. What harm can it do? After all, you don't want to go through the rest of your life asking yourself, "what if" Just do it, and put your mind to rest, after all, he could be thinking the exact...
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    Nightmares That You Don't Remember

    I wish I coukd take pills to get rid of mine, but I'm afraid that's not possible? Yet, since they are all reinactmants of real life past events, I wake up screaming sometimes, and my brain thinks I'm still there, and it takes a short while to realise just where I am?
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    Childhood Does Anyone Else Have Intense Anger?

    I don't have "intensive anger" as such, but I do tend to be very short tempered, and can fly off the handle at the slightest thing, but then I can calm down just as quick. It comes with my mood swings, which I can't control, and I find that very frustrating to cope with? The worst mood I get...
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    What Have You Done To Get Outside Socially?

    I can go the stores now and do my shopping, which is a vast improvement from a few months ago, when I was too scared to go the corner shop! My confidence has come a long way since then, and that's without any therapist or other help, my main source of help has been been from the folk on this...
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    What Are You Feeling Today? Not Thinking, Rather Feeling! Can You Identify Yours?

    I've felt weird today, like I'm not here, distant, remote, yet I have this "safe" feeling, being at home, its hard to explain?
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    Panic Attacks At Dusk..anything I Can Do?

    If you are lucky enough to know in advance of when a panic is going to happen, I would prepaid for it in advance. Like finding something that you enjoy doing, which can be anything, from reading, or gomfor a walk, to creating something with your own hands, something to help keep your mind...
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    What Are You Grateful For Today?

    I'm just grateful to be out of hospital and back home again, it's been a few days now but I'm just so content to be home again. It was supposed to be only one night overstay, after having a procedure done to remove a sample from a thumor, but they kept me in there for three nights! It was...
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    What Made You Angry Today?

    I got frustrated with my phone today, as since I've upgraded the IOS on it, it's become more complicated to operate? I can't get it to play my music without it stopping after every every song? I can't even get the My Music play list to display the same way it used to either? It's the same with...
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    Military Combat Credibility?

    I find it a lot easier to talk and listen to another person who has actually " been there and done it" than it is to talk or listen to somome who has read books on the subject. But then, that's just my opinion?
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    Does Anyone Else Not Dream?

    I rarely get normal dreams, all I get are nightmares, and like I've mentioned before they are always reinactments of horrible events that I've gone though in the past? I only wish I could have normal dreams, nice ones that is.
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    I Think I Had Done Very Well Considering

    I have come on a long way since I joined this site, as when I first came here I hardly ever went out of the house? My confidence was at its lowest, I suffered from really bad anxiety, in fact it was so bad that I once had to rush out a supermarket to be physically sick, due to an anxiety...
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    What Has Ptsd Cost You?

    It has cost me all my happiness, and turned my life upside down, but I'm fighting it every day.
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    Mental Tricks For Dealing With Difficult People

    Yea! I remember using that technique when I went for a job interview, there was one bloke there who was really giving me hard time. I imagined him sitting there starkers, and I burst out laughing, never did get that job, which didn't really bother me, as that bloke would have been my boss, and...
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    New Here Please Help

    Try my favourite one that helped me a great deal, to get through my last "bad patch" and its............. "Get one positive thing out of each day"
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    Family Visits

    Since my wife died in 2014 I've had no visitors at all, don't get me wrong, as to be honest I prefer things this way. As the only visitors to this house was membors of her large family, along with her kids, and our G/Kids, the house was always busy and full. My wife spent her last five years...
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    Tried

    The only person I ever told was the berievement counsiller who I used to see after my late wife died. He must have been used to hearing that, as he never responded in any way, he just told me that although I was going through a really bad time, things will improve over time. He was right, as...
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    What Does A Normal Marriage Look Like?

    Quote......."mine gets very frequent anti bac wiped. but then than could just me my OCD which is my 'normal'" Oh! dear, I must be worse then, as I wash mine out after I've emptied it? It's plastic, so I take it all apart, then wash them, let it dry, and rebuild? Now that's really sad! Lol
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    What Does A Normal Marriage Look Like?

    Quote.........."I didn't have a normal marriage" Is there such a thing???
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    What Are You Grateful For Today?

    I'm just grateful that I have the confidence to get out more, like today, when I went to the supermarket for my meal. I always go at the same time, when it's quieter, but it was only a few months ago when I couldn't even go outside the house?
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    Help!!!!

    I'm afraid that you can't stop them coming back in the future? All you do, ......well what I do, is take a deep breath, get away from what ever environment you are in, try and clear your head and find something to do. Anything will do, just making a coffee or house cleaning, anything that keeps...
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    Constant Anger

    I get like that as well, it's either anger or frustration, I'm not sure which? All I know is, it's hard to control, and can really tire me out. Sometimes I can control it and have a normal day, but all the time?
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    Greif Is Simple

    Quote........"but I believe love can be found again." Aye! there is always hope.
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    Why Love Literally Hurts

    Wow! I'm not going to get involved on this subject, all I know is, love is a strong driving force, that you can't ignore and can make you change your whole life, or turn it upside down ............well it did in my case, but I have no regrets.
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    What Would Define Recovery For You?

    To be able to be in a crowded room and not feel anxious. To go through a whole day without suffering a mood swing. To go through a day without pain. To have no more nightmares, or panic attacks. To feel, and be normal.
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    Sufferer Not Sure What To Say...

    Well if it's negative vibes you are getting, there is no way it's your grandpa, as he sounds like a very nice person. I've come across some right evil folk in my time as well, they give you that horrible feeling when your near them, you can almost smell the evil in them?
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