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I hope you get this before your phone session. My therapist does phone sessions with me. She lets me if something comes up or I'm just not feeling well enough to drive to my appointment. Honestly, I would find it to be much more comfortable especially if you have bad anxiety. But I prefer a...

Comparisons don't help at all because we are very different and unique and the way we each react to similar situations is different. Just like it's not helpful for us to compare ourselves to others, it's not right for a therapist to do it either. Also, a side note, many abusers tend to compare...

Thank you for sharing your story. You were so brave and that is awesome. I believe a lot of the symptoms can be healed over time but the memories never fade. I was able to heal most of my symptoms but then I sabotaged them when I discovered one of my supposed close friends was not happy for me...

I am angry at a God because he allowed me to endure way too much. And if he's really all powerful, why hasn't he stepped in throughout all humankind's history. Why do abusers and psychopaths get away with bo much while their victims have to spend years healing. I used to have strong faith and...

I was stuck in that cult because I was born into it and when I was a teen, I believed it was true so I stayed. Then I saw a lot of hypocrisy, was tired of being strong, temporarily ruined my life and left. Never going back. And now of course I am shunned by just about every family and friend I...

That's what I was thinking too. Which, this post has me thinking. I can relate to this in some ways. There are many things that can cause us to truly be isolated and the sting of that is definitely painful and carries on with us to adulthood. Being misunderstood as a child with autism, abused...

Thank you. I will check them out

I've just had to be strong in sooo many weird situations, a fast moving life, crazy people, healing severe PTSD symptoms without parents in my life, meeting ALL the demanding requirements of the cult (almost every day of the week, every week of every year.) I could go on and on and on. I have...

I was trying to explain that because of my experiences, I was isolated in a lot of ways. I totally understand that different people from various backgrounds, learn different values and have different behaviors as a result. I used to be very understanding and patient with certain people and...

I really wasn't trying to compare. Please. I am only trying to share my story. I have been hurt by many people, and I used to tell myself, well they must have been hurt or maybe they've been abused. I used to make up a LOT of excuses for people, OK? Doesn't make it right. Even though I've been...

I'm trying again!

Wow. He sounds beyond insane. Can you get a restraining order on him?

I am sorry you are going through this. That's a lot. And that is so unsupportive of your parents to doubt you. :( There are a lot of people with health problems that doctors don't believe or don't have a diagnosis for. That is so invalidating and frustrating. Also, PTSD can cause a lot of stress...

You are very right about that about bullies and such. Then there are some who are terrified to do anything wrong ever because their parents use them as a scapegoat, won't allow them to breathe, always tell them they will never amount to anything, send them to bed all the time with no dinner...

Yes Thank you and everything you just said is so true.

I know that That's not what I was trying to imply

Some of us who have joined this forum, are hurting really badly and have lot's of sad and hurtful emotions bottled inside us and want to express these emotions without judgement. Without someone telling us to, "think positive!". That doesn't help is at all! We need to face our f#/ing pain to...

Why do they take them away then? I know social services doesn't do what they are supposed to. I have witnessed it in close family members

I know. I used to be a super positive Pollyanna and look at the world in a positive way despite everything that happened to me. I was sooo resilient that I was able to put up with a LOT of BS and still keep the peace and faithfully follow a f#%king cult that I believed in. I am bitter now and I...

I need inspiration. Something to open my mind up again to this time- real possibilities, not made up ones. I need something to nudge me, push me, motivation. An inspiring book. An interesting person. A place that feels magical and awakening. No more f!#king monotany. Nope. No more! No room for...

I'm tired. :( Very tired. Of everything. Of surviving. Of trying. I'm just so f!#king tired....! There is too much going on in our lives making them complicated. People getting offended, pointing fingers. I'm feeling judged, for what? I have no idea. Then comes self-condemnation for being a...

It's awesome that you feel good about your appearance. Mom's and dads that feel good about themselves are able to spread that positivity to their kids

I know Disney movies aren't realistic for anyone. I'm just using it as a relatable reference to the childish fantasies we have and read about in children's books, sometimes to escape abuse, and then when we get older we are faced with reality and unwanted intrusive thoughts, etc

Why should we have to suffer so much and why do we? What's the point? It's so crazy how much trauma messes with your head! Have you ever clung to the cute Disney fantasies in your mind of what life is supposed to be like as a child even if you endured abuse in your childhood but then when you...

I think it is so ironic and unfair that some of the best of, as innocent children, get targeted by such insane, mentally deranged adults who completely mess with our innocent lives and they continue to live out their lives while we are stuck for years and sometimes decades, in misery. We are the...