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I wasn't abused by anyone in the church but I do struggle a lot with my christian faith, I don't have any answers for you are not alone in your struggle.

You can do it, like the others are saying, pace yourself, be aware of your self care and don't let others tell you what you need, you know that better than anyone. I did my master's program, with ptsd, as a single mom, with two kids. I only worked part-time so our circumstances are different...

Several things that I use to assist with headaches (primarily migraine but works for all) instead of heat ice on forehead and back of the neck, magnesium, this can help with the tension as well as it is know for treating muscle cramps and spasms. Other supplements that are generally used for...

@barefoot this is something that I am trying to work on and I recently picked up a book on this actual topic and have been trying to read it but it is difficult for me as the author is the same age and has many of the same trauma experiences as I do and as she uses these as examples it is hard...

Just because he prescribes doesn't mean you have to fill the prescription or take the medication. I have disagreed with my doctors medical and psychiatric in the past and when they wrote prescriptions or called them in I didn't fill/pick them up. The doctor can't force you to take the meds and...

Today I am grateful to have both of my children with me at MY home together for a holiday. The three of us have not had the opportunity to spend a holiday together at home since before I filed for divorce in 2006. We have been together but always at someone else’s home and with other people the...

I struggle with emotional dissociation in every aspect of my life I miss so many things this way but I have not been able to truly break through. After a decade of therapy and two T that have been amazingly patient with me helped me in my struggle I am feeling the physical side of emotions...

Yes I do have a good relationship with the majority of my bosses, I report to a board so not just one person. As for why I have to tell, in my field the hiring process for position at my level are public, which includes interviews to which the public is invited, press releases and news stories...

I have been offered a job interview for a position that would allow me to return to the area I lived before taking my current job. It is a similar position to my current, possibly a little higher pay, maybe less responsibility but very similar. I am trying to figure out how to tell my...

@Muttly it much I can say, struggling myself though better today and the last few weeks. You can get through this, you are strong and resilient. Your animals love you and need you. Just want you to know we are here, we hear you and you will get through this.

Reading a book, old school, paper in my hands turning the pages Turkey or Ham for holiday main dish?

It comes out of no where and it is like I am drowning. Depression that deep dark hole that sucks you in pulling you down and down further with each breath and I don't know what started it, I thought I was doing okay. The stores have put the holiday decorations out, the Christmas music is...

unless you want to end up in a cycle of contact, no contact, contact and confuse the situation I would just let it go. This is just my opinion but contacting him to apologize can just muddy the water.

@Dizzy you are not alone. I left my most abuser/husband and divorced in 2008. I had two kids a substantial trauma history and was a mess I put on weight I lost weight and the first time someone expressed interest in me I panicked and put the weight back on ( I think my brain saw it as a...

@PreciousChild I am working on the distortion through CPT worksheets with my T. It is tough as this abuse was the "index" trauma as my T calls it, the primary cause of my ptsd. We are working on identifying alternative thoughts which are easy to develop hell to try and believe. I am not there...

This is one of my distortions that I uncovered during my last three weeks of intensive work with my T. I was sexually abused by an older brother that was a type 1 diabetic that due to his own refusal to accept his condition ended up in a coma and having a stroke. I never told anyone in my...

Well the vacation is drawing to an end and I am hoping that things can progress with this guy when I return. Honestly though I am a bit concerned as the night before I left and then on a couple of occasions early on during my vacation we exchanged several very steamy texts and both seemed to be...

@Lavenderlady11 I don't know you, you don't know me and well honestly you don't know this guy either but IME you can't have sexy online and platonic offline, it is just too many mixed messages. I say this because I am struggling with a similar situation. Just started seeing someone (3 dates so...

The visiting and telephone hours are different because the times that they are not in groups or individual therapy are different for the ED program and the Trauma program. As they are for hairdryers and straighteners, the ED patient rooms are locked all day because the ED patients are not...

@DaisyGerberas like @Spottedzebra said they are housed in the same unit but the programs are separate programs, therapy and therapists. Don't let the fact that they are housed in the same unit scare you away from RO, the interaction between the two programs is limited to free time and the...

@Live2love a D.O. is a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine as opposed to the traditional M.D. Medical Doctor. Osteopathic doctors have the same amount of training as an M.D. but they believe that all parts of the body function together and influence each other. They also place an emphasis on the...

My mother gave me a love of reading, my dad a work ethic that no one will hand you success. My family in general the push to research and always investigate never just accept what you are told verify everything.

I think that this is an important distinction. Many people use addiction as an interchangeable word for dependence. Many patients develop dependency to benzos, ambien even adderall but the difference between that and addiction is as you said if the person is willing to do anything to get the...

Getting into the Halloween spirit with my nieces we watched Beetlejuice last night and tonight Hocus Pocus.

I take all of the above or have at one point or another. I have taken ambien daily for over a decade after several decades of major insomnia issues and many other holistic approaches taken. Even with the ambien I am lucky most days to get 6 hours of sleep, shutting my brain down for extended...