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I used to have something similar, except I felt awful from noon until 7. It was related to the timing of my medication.

I'm 16 & diagnosed with PTSD & Bipolar I. This past year I've noticed my mood is increasingly linked to the weather. When it's sunny out, I'm in a great mood & I have close to zero symptoms, just some mild anxiety that is manageable. Yesterday the weather was crappy & overcast. I was having...

Your story inspired me so much. You've been through hell & you're still fighting, which is something really special. You made me not want to give up. Thank you :) I can completely relate to the "dirty" feeling. I have also been through much sexual abuse, & I struggled with viewing myself...

I think talking out loud can be very therapeutic, sometimes your brain gets going & starts spilling out things you didn't realize were in there. As long as it's not interfering with the rest of your life, & as long as you're not replacing human contact with talking to yourself it should be okay :)

Hi, I'm Meg, & I'm a teenager who was also abused by females. 2 when I was a child, & one when I was in middle school. Would you mind sharing your story with me? I don't mean to seem nosy, it's just I rarely meet people who've been abused by women as well. It's okay if you're not ready to...

This reminded me of a girl I met a few months ago in a support group. She claimed to have "post dramatic stress disorder" (her words, verbatim) due to cyber stalking & sexual harassment online. I really don't know where I stand on this. To me, a traumatic event/s is something physical that...

You summed up all of my thoughts & feelings toward this subject exactly. The part about how people who self diagnose make us real sufferers be taken less seriously makes me especially angry. This happens with a lot of mental illnesses. It makes me furious.

Oh, & also- only try tapering off of ONE medication at a time. Trying to get rid of two or three will make be hell.

I completely relate.. I was on 250mg of Zoloft & while I was in a hospital, they tried removing it over the course of 2 weeks. I had such severe electric jolt symptoms, feeling like every time I move I was getting shocked & I'd lose my balance. It took me 6 months to get off of Zoloft. I only...

I have a close friend who has a severe personality disorder (Histrionic) so I can relate a little. The thing is with people with personality disorders, is that it's really hard to tell where to place boundaries. Yes they are mentally ill but they're adults, & at least need to make a solid...

I can't really help you much on visualizations, but I can help with your struggle with the gym. Gyms are MISERABLE places. I'm a high school athlete, & going to the gym makes me depressed. I totally respect that you're trying to be active & making an effort to work out though. Do...

Hi! I'm also a high school student with PTSD. I'm 16, a sophomore. I've had PTSD for a few years now but it's been hitting me really hard this school year. I stopped going to school from December-February. I started going back in during March, doing only half days. Even that got too...

I have no idea what your situation is, but I was just thinking about what she meant. In order to be a therapist, you have to be able to be an unstable person's steady rock. Maybe she just meant that you're not stable enough yourself yet to be that for someone else.

@franciemarnie I completely relate to your travel to Florida... I've often revisited the place where my assault, I guess sort of for soul searching purposes. Thank you so much for your posts- they've really helped me, especially knowing that other people had been through the same things I have.

@franciemarnie I think you nailed it. Thank you!

Be careful with what terminology you use if you go see a professional. Actually hearing voices is much different & a whole different problem. What you have is more of an obsession than a hallucination.

Every few months, I go through a phase where I bombard myself with triggers. I listen to music that reminds me of the incident, I look at photos from the summer it happened, I look at old Facebook posts, etc. When I was 13, one summer I was sexually assaulted in a pool while swimming with...

Is it the same kind of a voice that you hear when you think to yourself or read a book?

I haven't read all of the comments so I'm not sure if something similar to my thoughts has already been said. You've probably heard before that there is a thin line between love & hate. Sometimes the two get scrambled in our brains, especially in someone with PTSD. You said that you had a...

There's no right time for you to start feeling better. Let it happen on its own. Sometimes opening up can be so scary that your brain sort of shuts down for a little while afterwards. Every time I've been through this situation- depending on how much I said, it can take days or weeks for me to...

Many mental or even physical conditions can cause auditory hallucinations, not just schizophrenia. I have a friend who is otherwise perfectly stable but her severe depression caused her awful hallucinations, auditory, tactile & visual. My Bipolar disorder causes me hallucinations when I get...

I'm really not sure how to express my thoughts without offending you or anyone else, so I guess I'll just try my best. Although I understand & sympathize with your association between this man & your rapist, it's really unfair of you to say he was the cause of your rape... save the blame for...

My personal belief is that there's nothing wrong with safely using drugs & alcohol- up until the point that you start to use them as vices to help cope with emotions. Once you cross that boundary, like you said- it does more harm than good. I've struggled with substances in the past, &...

No one can really define "grieving" for you, as everyone does & feels it differently. It sounds like a difficult thing to cope with because it's sort of an ambiguous loss. You have lost him, but he's still physically there, alive- you just can't have him. With ambiguous losses there's always...

These are definitely better questions for him. Everyone's PTSD is different. I have PTSD from sexual abuse; touching only makes my symptoms worse- but I know other people who have PTSD from the same thing & love getting hugs when they're anxious. The most concerning thing I read in this is...