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Being pregnant with PTSD is really tough. I know everyone reacts differently, but for the most part its incredibly hard for anyone with PTSD to handle. I am the victim of multiple sexual assaults, so that made mine extremely rough too. The shear hormones and emotion running through you during...

I agree with @Solara . I don't know how easy it is to find addresses in your country either, but I know in the US you can "Google" just about anybody and have there address and typically a landline phone number within seconds for free. If you pay a small fee you can find out a lot more. It may...

Wow, that's tough. I wish I had a better answer for you. When I was still in my abusive environment where the abusers were randomly showing up and stalking me, my therapist always said to just be extra alert. That doesn't really change much for someone with PTSD, obviously we're already hyper...

It sounds like you need to start with a protection order, you don't have to prove harm for one of those, just that you don't want them around you and they won't stop. Then if she shows up violating it, or continues to contact you electronically, it is illegal and the police can do something...

I agree about the reading @passerine . It helps me to read out loud and also to plan it to only read a couple pages at a time, then do something quick (move laundry or whatever). Then sit back down and read another page or two. Make sure to end at the end of a section, and just promise yourself...

@GettingBy - I think for the most part what you should get out of this is everyone is affected differently. Just because you have, or have had, every symptom on the list doesn't say much about your actual PTSD, just that you for sure have it.:( I tend to not even distinguish between symptoms...

@desiderata310 - I too become hyper vigilant during session. My old T that I just ended with had a conference room next to his office. On normal days no body would enter and I would hear it the entire time. Every once in awhile the door would close and it'd be SO loud. It through me straight...

They put a number on it because they have to. That way someone who just has nightmares, or another symptom, won't maybe fall into the criteria for PTSD, but they could still fall into the criteria for something else. All DSM conditions have criteria that are typically number like what you saw in...

Thank you so much @scout86 and @KwanYingirl . Tonight has been much harder as I think more and more about not being able to message him. Although I guess all I really wanted to say is that I'm still fine. For some reason it worries me that he won't know if I'm fine or not. He did email me back...

Well everybody. I sent my last email a few minutes ago. He did not agree to a phone call, but I wasn't holding out for that really. I cried when it was time to hit send, then waited a little bit, went back and hit send. I don't know what I'm feeling now. I don't really have this overwhelming...

@passerine - I can't tell you how much you sound like me. My house growing up was quite difficult as well. I always found "refuge" in school, to the point I hated winter (and other) breaks. I'm actually nervous to be done with school, because it's always been my way out.

I have not read the other posts just your initial one. I am a grad student too and have a test to study for tomorrow, this just popped up as I came on to check my notifications. I find school is a good get away from the rest of my life. My grad school is also 3 years, I just started after...

Thanks for you input @Solara I'm sure this could be my trauma speaking, but I do not feel like he overstepped. If anything, he was pretty clear on what email could and couldn't be. I do agree that emailing so much probably does create at least some of the emotion I'm feeling though. I'm not sure...

I have a lot of mine written down as well like you do. I did not read it to my last Therapist (I'm in transition between two) but I emailed a lot of it to him. I, like you, could not verbalize any of it. It helped A LOT. When he didn't freak out about it, I felt more normal. It also helped him...

Thank you @KwanYingirl. I did not work on trauma so much with this therapist either. We talked about, he knows more of what happened to me than anyone and I think he understands how its affecting me better than I do. Mostly though, like you said, he kind of just got me through graduation and...

I'm definitely at that "world ending" point. I haven't even said goodbye yet, and I know it's going to hurt even worse when that happens. I'm SO scared. I hope I get to where you are. I'm just tired of losing people and feeling abandoned...it seems that's been the point of my whole life is to be...

Thank you @scout86 ! I think I will ask him something like that. I don't think that will probably ever happen, but you never know. I hope you are right about there being more connections. I have done the first "intake" appointment with this new therapist he has been helping me get set up with...

@KwanYingirl - I do get that finding someone here is more convenient. I also moved states, but its like 5 hours away. I was actually already driving an hour and a half when I was regularly seeing him because that's how far away my school was from my house. I wish I could update him every 2 years...

Thank you everyone. I still just don't know how we get to Friday and in an email saying "goodbye". How do I not just want to send another email directly after screaming "come back"? It'd be one thing if he was leaving and there was ever the possibility that I would ever see or talk to him. Even...

I feel like I've somehow made a relationship mistake yet again. I started therapy, for the first time ever pretty much minus a couple involuntary experiences growing up, 8 months ago. Not very long, at least not compared to many posts I have read previously. It is a long story on how I worked...

@Atychiphobia - I'm glad not to be alone too.

I have not been on in quite awhile and came on today because I too am struggling with losing my support. My therapist, first one ever, the only person who knows any details about what's ever happened to me and is part of a very select few who know anything is getting a new job and can no longer...

I have not just walked out. But I know what urge you are speaking of. It happened to me on Tuesday, and I have no idea why. We were not discussing anything that was too difficult for me to discuss, but I got this overwhelming urge that I didn't want to be there at all anymore. I did the exact...

Thank you everyone! I apologize for not responding sooner. My oldest got bronchitis, and since he has asthma, that makes bronchitis in him a little bit worse than in other kids. 2 days later my youngest who's still a baby got pnemonia and was hospitalized. So then I was a 1 armed mom with 2 sick...

I had surgery this week on my shoulder. I actually had the same surgery 2 years ago on my other shoulder, so luckily I was not too concerned or worried before the surgery. I have 2 kids, one who doesn't walk yet, and I have to be tied up in a sling for 6 weeks so I was worried about taking care...