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    Death Bereavement ... ok, pet bereavement.

    Why beat up on yourself? I LOVE both my cats and they are my family. Honor the loss of your friend and be okay with your feelings.
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    One Thing That Made You Smile Today?

    Just... WOW.
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    How do you deal with hurt?

    This was a great thread!
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    One Thing That Made You Smile Today?

    hike in the morning
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    Triggered, is it unreasonable expectation to want family not to talk about abusers around me?

    You're not in the wrong. Put some distance between you and your parents, however you can. Even if it's just focusing more on YOUR life.
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    One Thing That Made You Smile Today?

    Just a change of scenery, in a different town.
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    First responders and frontline healthcare providers

    I totally have this situation: I have work (I work for myself) where I mostly work from home.
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    Sufferer I Can’t Do This Anymore - Dx in 2019 due to sexual trauma & childhood abuse by stepmom

    You can also ask the prosecutor/police to add your family to the protected persons under the RO.
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    Sufferer I Can’t Do This Anymore - Dx in 2019 due to sexual trauma & childhood abuse by stepmom

    They can do something. If she is yelling at you, that is a violation of the RO, so is the contact via social media: she's not supposed to contact you. Make sure you document this and give it to the police. **I would talk to the police about this and read the RO carefully: most say no contact...
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    One Thing That Made You Smile Today?

    reading in the morning on weekends.
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    One Thing That Made You Smile Today?

    Eating better, I feel better.
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    One Thing That Made You Smile Today?

    I just feel better: I am tackling my problems, they are resolving. I am evolving up.
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    Sufferer Lifelong PTSD Coping with Massive Recent Trauma

    Welcome... this is a great community.
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    EMDR do you always work a memory to completion?

    Can you work on reconstructing a new reality around an old memory, or simple constructing a happy place so you don't have to revisit the painful memories? I would at the very least follow your instinct and move on to something else.
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    Other Battered woman's syndrome

    Glad you are sharing with us, and that you are deciding things for yourself.
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    What helps you feel safe, comforted and in control?

    You have your boyfriend, and his coming to be with you to look forward to. That's something. So sorry you are going through this time, though.
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    Boyfriends tattoo is a trigger for childhood trauma

    I have a Medusa "hat" and it is the best Halloween costume ever. You will find your way; maybe it won't be as easy as you think, maybe it will be easier! But I'm jealous of how great a boyfriend you have.
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    Why am I even alive?

    But look at you, functional enough to post to this group! Lots of us (me included) don't post when we're struggling a lot.
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    One Thing That Made You Smile Today?

    Got up super early ... how everything is quiet and peaceful in the dark.
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    Dom Violence Insight

    Welcome.
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    fear

    Thanks for posting, at least you can tell us when you're scared sh*tless. You are really doing great, I know it.
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    Addiction secret drinking of alcohol

    I think drinking alone *can* be a sign of you are relying on the alcohol to cope. I guess most of the population relies on alcohol. (I also have alcoholism in my family background.) For a while I didn't have a problem with it, then I did. I'd stop and start again. I stopped when I wasn't...
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