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:tup::tup::tup::tup::tup::tup: I'm so glad this place was a help to you. I also appreciate being around others who understand what it's like. It's a wondeful feeling to know you are both recieving and giving help just by sharing your story.

Thank you for your concern :) It's hard to explain. 2 Motrin is how much you need for a normal night's sleep (presumably), but I didn't want just a normal nights sleep, I wanted to fall asleep fast and hard and wake up too drowsy to feel tense or nervous the next day, so I took all the pills...

So, I had a rough time at art therapy group last night. It's difficult to explain, but I left feeling extremely tense with sweaty palms and that tight, trapped feeling in my head. I went back to my room in the hopes that I could find a way to calm myself down, but no such luck. Since I...

I gather from this post that your children and your surviving siblings are no longer in immediate danger. That was my primary concern, that someone in your family was still being actively abused. I am very sensitive to such issues since I would have suffered far less abuse in my own life had my...

My PTSD also comes from a childhood of abuse of all different types. I know the denial, I know the feeling of being completely convinced in your own mind that there was legitimatly nothing wrong with what happened. But I also know I would never be able to live with myself if I knew another...

Honestly I would encourage you to take self defense/martial arts class if only for the fact that it is excellent exercise and exercise is a fantastic tool for reducing anxiety of any and all sorts. It also is very empowering, it gives you that "pumped up" feeling. I have no doubt that exercise...

I resolved to give up drinking soda this year. I'm actually rather pleased with myself. Thus far I have been able to stick to it. Actually the thing I tell myself is that I'm "cutting back" on soda because if I say that I'm giving it up I will immediately start having cravings.

Thank you guys. It means a lot. I feel like I'm getting a little better each day, but it is a slow process. I just have to put my game face on. I totally agree with you though a3a2, having my right arm in a cast for several months was not as bad as being on crutches for a week. Hashi, I...

Some of them do, some of them don't. For some of them the best thing they can do to support me is keep their distance

So I've sprained my ankle. No, it wasn't at the gym, while riding a horse, while hiking up a mountain, it wasn't even a fall persay. I slipped down the stairs. Slipped!!! I mean, it could've at least been something a little more dignified. But no, I got stupid, was paying more attention to...

Don't be so hard on yourself. We all have our off days. Lord knows I've had days where I felt like my therapist and I rubbed each other the wrong way. Your T should understand that, that not every day is going to be a lightbulb moment.

Just speaking from my own experience, I think you might be clinging to some sort of hope/longing desire to get acknowledgement or acceptance from your parents. You say that everything in your life has been affected by them. If you are tying all your problems to them (not saying you would be...

Time heals nothing. It is what you do during that time that really makes the difference. Your brain has been wired, in way that is beyond your capacity to "will" away, to interpret men who resemble your ex as an imminent danger to your physical well being. You can compare it to people who...

I have PTSD as a result of child abuse and started experiencing severe symptoms in 6th grade. I went through my string of incompetent therapists including one idiot of a psychiatrist who, after talking to me all of maybe 20 minutes, put me on three different medications that made me feel like...

That's great! If you are able to feel well without them that is as much as anyone can ask for. I'm happy for you :)

It's not worth the risk. My chances of ending up in a toxic relationship are too high. I'm just not that motivated to look. I'll admit, occasionally I see an elderly couple still giggling and teasing each other like a couple of 16 year olds and I think about how wonderful it would be to have...

What you are feeling is natural. When I first started real therapy I seriously considered not eating breakfast on the days of my sessions because the anxiety made me feel like I was going to vomit. However I can tell you now it was worth it, beyond any and all doubt. I had a similar problem with...

It's horribly unfair, these kinds of things. Even if she has a legitimate reason it's okay for you to be upset about your t not taking your insurance. Even though you are feeling angry and sad about the whole thing, you also sound at least fairly confident in the progress you've made and your...

Exercise. I probably seem repetitive with how much I say this but exercise truly is the best form of stress relief, especially when stress starts to physically wear on you as it evidently is doing with you. The chemicals the brain releases after a good workout are virtually identical to those...

Good grief. I'm so irritated right now. I got an email from my professor yesterday saying he "needed me to come see him" over something that was "kind of urgent." I started flipping out as I often do when I get an indication something's wrong but I don't exactly what it is. I called him right...

I spent a semester and a half at a small college (thank heavens I transferred out) who's now-former chair of the department of education just last year was prosecuted for child rape, more specifically, rape of a child under the age of 10. It just makes me shiver to think I walked right past that...

Timbit, that's EXACTLY how I feel a lot of the time. It's strange, for so long I had no problem with being alone. It was actually my preference. My favorite place was alone in my room with the door locked in front of my computer with headphones on. Now, as I'm beginning to heal, I'm becoming...

Looking back on my past experiences with therapists and thinking about what I would ask if I had to do it over, I would ask how does that T interact with someone who is new to the therapy versus someone who is more accustomed to it, if there's any difference at all. I would also inquire about...

Don't worry Sazza. That's what we are all here for, to listen to eachother b*tch and moan. I've vented on here plenty of times and make no apology for it. You shouldn't either. My mood has taken an abrupt turn for the worse recently as well. I'm inclined to think it's been influenced be the...

It is never too late to turn things around. Never. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. There is beauty in the world. There is joy. There are ways you can feel happy. It is going to take a little bit of effort on your part, but once you take that first step the rest will seem easy. Do you like...