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Thanks for all your replies. @JadeB. I do that sometimes. But sometimes I just feel rediculous doing kids stuff. I know I shouldn't but I do. @TruthSeeker I like the Idea of the sticky notes and will definitely try that. And yes, breaks are important as my energy is still pretty limited...

I'm kind of new at this DID thing. Well, actually I've the Diagnosis for like 2 years but I have been unwilling and still have problems accepting it. It just feels crazy. Hence communication has not happened a whole lot. But I guess there's no way around.

It seems today everyone of my parts wants to do something different and in the end nothing gets done. I started decluttering the office, which really needs to be done. But I can't stay on track because a part is deeply depressed and the young ones don't like adult stuff anyway. One of them cried...

I could imagine those remarks or looks or attitude are actually triggers. Anything that was there during trauma.

Could it be a body memory? Other than that emotional pain is actually processed like physical pain in the brain. Thus the connection makes sense either way.

I know everything you've written and there's other stuff. I just wanted to know how that one experience could be classified.

I'm basically just trying to understand where the T in my PTSD comes from. I've been diagnosed by more than one professional and just don't understand where the T is. I know it sounds strange and I do admit all the symptoms are there but the why kind of remains elusive to me. All I remember...

I was wondering how to definean experience I had as a child (7/8 yrs.). My mom had this gay female friend who seemingly was into my mom. So one night after we all or only I bathed (not sure about that part). Anyway were all walking around naked in our bathroom. This woman came to my parents bed...

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Biscuits and gravy for dinner

Just for clarification. What does being normal entail for you? During the normal week are there really no signs of depression? Depression doesn't have to be continuous, it has ups and downs also.

How did you manage to stop? Do you know the reason(s) behind the "running"? The thing is, when I try to suppress the impulse, I can't for too long. It just doesn't pass. It is there and wants to be lived so to speak.

Does anyone else have the sudden urge to run from their current situation? I don't mean as in "I want to get a new life" but as in "I have to get out of here". This urge can last for anytime between a few minutes to a hours and has actually lead to me driving for 6h straight .

Sleep... personally I've been struggling with that too. I try to keep a somewhat consistent schedule. But since I become really dysregulated without enough sleep, I've decided that during the times I for whatever reason I can't keep to my schedule, I'll sleep whenever I can however much that may...

Zopiclone actually messes up your sleep cycle when it is taken over a longer period of time and it does have addictive qualities. So if possible I would recommend to find something else e.g. an anti-depressenat or anti-psychitic and use its side effect to help you sleep.

Do they cancel all noise or just make them less noticeable? I've tried ear plugs but almost hearing nothing is just as bad as hearing everything.

Thanks for your reply. I did have a rough time with the whole situation as it somehow actually ended up being connected in my brain to a previous trauma thus that's one more thing to work on. I am doing a little better now as a little time has passed but the whole thing is still a really sore...

@rusty_maestro Sounds like an interesting read. The whole senses running overload has been an issue here too. As far as noise goes I've actually locked myself in a quiet room for a few hours just to calm the overload.

Well, let's see. There are still plenty. I have anxiety, flashbacks but mostly intrusive symptoms with which I'm still in the present, some sleep issues still e.g. difficulty going to sleep because dark/night seems to be a trigger, hypervigilance is still up quite a bit but getting better...

I understand and know the feeling of free falling. It sucks. I hate not knowing what comes next, what to expect.

I'm not sure if I can continue working in the field but I want to try at least one last time and see what happens when I start back up. Otherwise I'll always wonder what if.... If it doesn't work out I know there are plenty of other things to do but I am not ready to give up yet.

Unfortunately. What I also found to be unhelpful was my last therapist who sometimes seemed to forget that I was there as the 'private" me. Thus, at least in my opinion, seemingly assume that I understood things that I don't.

I'm a therapist-to-be (not quite finished yet) and actually had to take a break from working with patients for 2,5 years now because the PTSD symptoms were so through the roof. I definitely have a hard time applying my professional knowledge to my personal life and it is frustrating. I keep...

Exactly, like not connected to me. I do recognize emotions but sometimes they have to get to a really intense. I used to be a lot worse at that. Also, a lot of times I can verbalize the emotion but won't actually show it on the outside. The whole not showing thing has been like that as far as I...