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The faster you get help the faster you'll begin to feel better. You cannot heal yourself and require the help of medical professionals. You can wait and let yourself get worse, but that might lead to spending more time in a hospital than you would if you went now. You're doing amazing already...

Two things that have helped me are to request everything in writing and to keep track of everything. I ask for the name and personal extention of every person I talk to. I also write down the times that I speak to them and what we discussed. Individuals working in organizations often react...

It took longer than I expected, because we got a sudden thunder storm, and I needed to shut everything up and clean up some water that got into the kitchen. And after I was 90% done with this, my soaking wet cat finally decided to come in. :laugh: A big thing that helps me is writing to...

What country do you live in? I was about to very enthusiastically write a post about how I deal with these feelings, but I want to make it more specific to you if I can.

When does he leave? You've sounded completely exhausted for a while now. The one thing that helps me when I'm feeling like that is to prioritize hibernation time and get away from all human beings and relax. If you have no energy and resources left, it is going to show when you're interacting...

That is absolutely terrible. Tbi is so common that it is really disapointing to hear that your therapist didn't seem to have any idea how to treat you. I really hope that they find you someone much better this time.

Seated yoga for seniors that focuses on the lower body is great for building up the strength and flexability that would make doing more difficult exercise possible. I liked leading those groups even back when I was in high school because it did feel really good to slowly stretch everything. If...

That book actually helped influence me to seek out a new therapist with more experience dealing with my specific issues. Reading it was a very scary experience for me, too. I kept recognizing more and more of myself in it as I read.

I think one source of confusion is that self-emdr has little on common with the emdr therapy you would receive from a therapist. Self-emdr is not as proven or successful as emdr, so you won't be getting the same benefits. At the same time, you would not have the same level of risk.

I have therapy once a week or every two weeks. Once a week, I attend a women's group. I'm always going to at least one other peer support group a week, but the type varies. I live somewhere that has a lot of peer support services, so I try to take advantage of that as much as I can.

Oh no, dog food news. I just love how they illustrate the story with images of completely different dog food brand than the one that is actually a problem. Or they'll use pictures of a common dry food when the one having issues is actually from a small brand of treats. I try harder to avoid...

I'm planning on starting to apply in a few months. My experience is similar to @Swift . My therapist actually thought I was already on it. Everyone involved in my care havebeen really enthusiastic about it. The more I talk about it with them the sillier I feel for ever having doubts, even...

I don't think so. I do think that they get to show it in a different way. My therapists have always seemed genuinely happy to celebrate my successes with me.

I'm switching back to weekly next week after going biweekly for the last few months. For me, I think it just fits better with my personality and style of communication. It's too easy for me to get overwhelmed by everything that I want to talk to my therapist. I'll forget things or be too...

I think I know exactly what you are talking about @SpiritSong and it's one of my more confusing symptoms. When it happens, there is no trigger at all. At least a few of the most memorable times that it has happened, I've just been laying in bed listening to music. It's like I've suddenly been...

Until I went back through some of your old posts, I was going to advise you not to. Looking back at posts giving examples of some of the patronizing things that your mother has done, your mother is already doing a lot of the things that I would fear that she would do if she knew about your...

Additionally, you can write something to bring with you to the emergency room, so you will not have the barrier of feeling like you are unable to vocalize how you are feeling.

I am sorry that you are going through this. I know I would be devastated if I was in your shoes. At the very least, you did get to have that final appointment with her and get her recommendation for your next therapist. I think it is great that you can use the tools she taught you to get...

Hmmm, diarrhea might work as an excuse for your extended family for your daughter's graduation. It's one of my big excuses. If your son is going, there are only so many questions they can ask him about your bowel movements. Your son's graduation will be harder since they're coming to you.

Thank you for this. Something that didn't click until I was typing this all out is that we've already reached the point that my therapist keeps warning me will happen as I am removing myself from a lot of our family's more unhealthy habits. When I told them that I was with a friend, they...

How often are you in contact with your extended family and how far away do they live? If you need an excuse to fool your family, this might be the best place to get suggestions.

I'm not unsympathetic about how scared they were for me, but I've been crying about this off and on for over twenty-four hours, so I'm going to guess that it might not show too much as I'm typing this up. Yesterday, a man stole my phone. It was sitting between me and a friend, and he reached...

I will tell anyone and everyone that I see on a somewhat regular basis that I'm in therapy. Fighting the stigma of mental illness is important to me, and it's something that I can do to help. I find that for every person that has a negative reaction that there is someone that was considering...

I can relate. I finally gave in and went to the emergency room the afternoon before my mother's wedding. It's a shitty decision to have to make. I think I would opt to go to inpatient. At a college graduation, you usually end up spending a lot more time with your family entertaining...

2 mile step aerobics class I might do some extra stretching later. It was my first time in this class, and my bad shoulder needed a little more of a warm-up.