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Hi Garblefraz, Welcome, I understand what it is like naturally social but not wanting to be social. It is hard isn't it? Take care. I found volunteering at a computer job really helpful as I didn't have to look at anyone, other jobs like taking pets for walks was also very relaxing if you...

With my therapist I work on what comes up at the time. As I get over one thing, another thing will come up and PTSD sought of evolves I have have found. The things I was afraid of one month, were different to the things the next month.

Good memories of someone I once loved that taught me I could make my own damn sunshine. My husband who I love very much who I run to after every disaster. My son who is just to me amazing Knowing even when the world is so evil and full of so much pain, I can still make my own damn sunshine...

I like the shower caps, I'm contributing one And this one just sought of I found in the search for shower caps:devilish: :D

If this was me, I would pursue trying to get to the bottom of the flashbacks through linking. For instance, I could never work, as the dissacotiation was too strong. So I have done therapy where the psychologist 'linked" things together. Linking brings back the grief and emotions and memories...

I would keep it it to a minimum if it were me. Toxic comes to mind. You have to heal. And that involves stepping back from co-dependent relatives of your abusers. The guilt tripping is emotional blackmail, and from what you said it sounds like something that would set me off to never speaking...

It's ok to feel fear. I was completely dissacotiated when I did my final year graduation speech in front of a panel of lecturers. My fear was of people. But I graduated with a degree. So it is amazing what you can do with PTSD. It helped that I had availble something silly to offset it. I...

I don't like my own grammar. Does that count?

The editing on the site can be a trigger for PTSD symptoms some I think, but that it isn't the site's fault what triggers we have. I think just manage it like other triggers, accept something is going on to make it a trigger, that is isn't personal and move on. I have a trigger of not being...

Welcome, I do a similar thing. Rages common in PTSD. My rages didn't start coming out until the 10th year of therapy.I generally yell and scream and swear in a quiet room to myself. I would bang my head. It did not feel like me doing it. It came from my trauma, my violent dad going into a rage...

Wow. You dealt with that so calmly and well. Does it really matter what his family think? They sounds like people to keep in an outer orbit. This is going to be a bit forward so ignore it if you like. It worried me you were worried your self talk when your husband was locked out of the...

I use to also feel like you Chincho. My real self at 5 was a very social creature who found energy in being a happy little friend to everyone. I seemed to draw people to me. My mum and dad over years with bad abuse and isolation and violence that came after I made friends made me develop a...

lol. If PTSD came with a David Tennant, I'd line up for PTSD!:)

For the wonderful Nicolette

I know what you feel like, trying to drive around a cicuit is so frustrating isn't it when the same roadblocks keep coming up. Progress with PTSD is like half a snails pace. It is good sometimes to look back and see where you have come from I think. That helps me feel better sometimes...

For me any horror movie is a trigger and Lord of the Rings. That creature in Lord of the Rings is a trigger. Horror movies just capture that same feeling I felt like living with my family on a daily basis. Lord of the flies is another one.

A type 2 diabetic is where the insulin receptors on the cells do not work well making the insulin bounce off. Insulin enables energy in the bloodstream to feed the cells. If the insulin isn't there, the cells starve as no insulin helps the energy get into the bloodstream.Insulin resistance is...

lol. :unsure: I watched Harry Potter and related it to PTSD too. Although I thought of the horcruxes like personality dissacotiations.

wow way to go : ) That sounds awesome.

I can relate as I do also have many personalities. I am aware of them. My psychologist told me I had personalites 1 year ago and it crushed me. It took me a while to accept it. Personalites are dissocotiave states, like blanking out. Sometimes they can be moods, where you are aware of them...

The happiest people in the world that smile a lot can have been hurt a lot. And that is that they fight back from pain by loving like they having been hurt. That is they are hurt, but they love like they haven't anyway. And they inspires other people to be happier better people when people are...

just the little things Enraging people by going slow scanning items at the checkout, and putting the electricity bill up by running the heater high.not really, sleeping in for 5 minutes in the comfy warm bed, making people happy, doing a hem on tracksuit pants, eating cheesecake, and the...

I generally find any life that comes about has been the result of tricking myself out of my PTSD. I am a magician. For eg I have a PTSD where working brings on the PTSD. But my psychologist says that I tricked myself into working hard on my PTSD. I have a thing about I can't work, but...

Hi John Welcome, it can be hard to live with trauma, hope you find some similarities on the forum.

When I grew up, I couldnt' say anything for fear of my life. It all got suppressed. Then I started say to someone this happened to me when I was 21 which was really hard thing I have done. Then I told another person. After telling two people then it feels like I couldn't stop talking about it...