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When you get anxious about whether or not you have remembered to take your anti anxiety meds When you can tell that your therapist has moved one book in his bookcases but can't figure out which one, then realise you've spent 10 minutes analysing the bookcase but can't let it go till you've...

Hi Ayasha, thank you for sharing your story. I'm sure many others here will recognise what you describe. The feeling of being bad and needing to be punished, or the idea that you deserve pain. I have/had similar thoughts- my body looks all wrong to me unless it is bruised and or bleeding and...

Yep - I can relate to this. I'm single now and have been so for four years. I have tried to have relationships, and have enjoyed many aspects of relationships but they have inevitably failed as I have no interest (at best) or an active aversion to sex. I can go along with it in order to placate...

I have found that in my case motivation follows action. If I wait until I feel like doing something, I probably won't. If I do just a little , then it's usually easier for me to keep going. However, there is a time and a place for this, and a time for resting and gentleness. My psychiatrist has...

Wide awake tonight, tough day. Been sleeping better generally though. I get nightmares where I think I'm awake and someone or something is in the room. It is horrid and I jolt awake sweaty and panicky. It helps me to reach out for my dog, if she's asleep I know everything is ok and stroking her...

Great thread, giving me comfort while I can't sleep. I once sang for Nelson Mandela I have poetry that is published and is in the University Library in .cambridge. I played rugby for the first time yesterday, loved it and didn't freak out. My body is covered in secret SH scars Today in emdr I...

Yep it is similar in the UK. I have health insurance through work, but mental health cover is limited to 28 days whereas other conditions are unlimited. I think it's a chicken and egg situation in that because its limited its expensive and because its expensive it is limited. My hospital stays...

Wow safenow thats really helpful, I will use it too. Maggie may my psychiatrist tried to tell me that I couldn't change psychiatrists because 'no one else will take you now in the state you are in' last time I was an inpatient (I had asked for a second opinion). Fortunately I had some feisty...

I've tried several different things but can't find a mobile sound eg. for texts/emails that doesnt make me leap up and get that horrible cold treacle sensation inside. No reason for it to be a trigger, it doesn't apparently relate to any of my known traumas. I sometimes find that the EMDR...

Thanks littlelostchild, I did a bit of googling but they don't come cheaply (over £100 for an adult size blanket) and I'm not talented with sewing. There are quite a few make your own guides for those who can manage a basic needle and thread! I thought it might help for when I get the crazies...

My therapist uses the metaphor of a mountain with me which helps me and you may relate to it. Imagine a tall conical mountain with a trail which winds in circles around it all the way to the top. As you walk the trail you keep thinking you are not getting anywhere because you see views that...

There's Major Hunt in greys anatomy who is diagnosed with combat ptsd and spends a lot of time in therapy....

I can relate to this myself. When I started having panic attacks a year ago I would get all this terrifying bodily sensation, like a flashback but without any images. I could feel hands on my throat, a weight on my chest and something horrible being jammed into my throat. The fear of what this...

Yep, I agree with what others have said. Get some support from your doctor with a proper graduated withdrawal. You can get the tablets in different strengths I think, and You can also score them up. I hated being on lorazepam, it didn't take away the feeling of wanting to kill myself, it just...

I'm on a combination, mirtazapine, sertraline and pregabalin, topped up with diphenhydramine if I can't sleep. Mirtazapine is definitely the main thing that lifts my mood, but I agree with others about the weight gain. I've been on it now for about 6 months and I think the carbohydrate cravings...

Wow, another great and eye opening thread. It's amazing to find things that I thought were weird and somehow shameful about myself are quite usual in the light of ptsd. I don't drink at all at the moment- I'm only recently stabilising after months of horrific depression and on lots of meds so...

Thanks for the welcome :-)

Hi all, just joined today. On a big journey like so many here. Had two acute psychiatric hospital stays in last 6 months, now diagnosed as above and started EMDR. I'm UK based, signed off work for the moment and trying to get to the bottom of all this.

What a lovely thread to find on my first day as a forum member. I have a real life snuggly dog but she getting old and can't get comfy with me in bed anymore. I bought a huge body pillow which is like a big long u shape. When I'm freaking out I wrap it tightly round me and it helps me calm down...

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