Search results

No matter how much drinking was involved, you said no & he physically forced you against your will. Alcohol can blur the lines of right & wrong, but from what you said it was definitely a sexual assault. Don't feel stupid- when you first confront a memory it can be difficult to know if it...

Lately I've been having very few panic attacks during the daytime- which I thought was good. But I guess I'm repressing the anxiety until I'm asleep. These are different from nightmares or night terrors. It's the weirdest feeling- like I'm mentally awake, having a panic attack, but while my...

I've never been good at advice, but I do have a few thoughts about your situation. It's easy to become bitter & vengeful with everything that you've been through. If you let that anger take over then you will start to lose yourself. Be stronger than that.

"You are not responsible for being down, but you are responsible for getting back up." This quote was shared with me by an old inpatient therapist in regards to my inability to segregate myself from my traumas. The first time I heard it, I was angry. I wanted to be able to point my finger at...

Hi, I related to this post because I was in a very similar situation over the summer- I began to see a new trauma therapist who specialized in EMDR. I had EMDR done over the course of 5 sessions, but I had met with her a few times before the EMDR started to get to know her. Don't stress out...

Hi everyone. I'm a teenage girl suffering from C-PTSD as well as bipolar I with psychotic features. My struggle started when I was 6 and was repeatedly sexually abused by two of my neighbors, who were a few years older than I. I repressed these memories until January 2013 and throughout my...