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Welcome Dirtgirl42! I feel like you are telling my own story. The meds do help you feel better and don't feel ashamed of needing medication right now. I hope that you are seeking therapy if you aren't in therapy yet. It's something about the 30 age group where it comes out or gets worse, at...

I did not have a problem at the funeral. Hooray. I kept it together. Though it sometimes felt that my Aunt's sadness was going to overwhelm me. I wish I had visited with her more and helped her instead of avoiding my family. The problem was on the ride home. My Aunt's oldest son died in a...

Actually, he is my uncle in law and we were not close. But for one thing, funerals are an uncomfortable place/time for me. Not only that, I'm afraid that my ex-Stepmonster will be there. My husband is going with me for support and I really appreciate him coming. I feel guilty for thinking all...

Mina, That is the best explanation I have heard yet. Popcorn kernels. You are exactly right. Having dropped some before and knowing how difficult it it is to pick them up one at a time and deal with them makes sooooo much sense to me. An A-HA moment. thanks

I have a trigger (among others) that I encounter sometimes that can cause me to extreme distress even though I have to hide it behind the professional face. People screaming at me or talking in a loud voice to me bother me. Today, I had an experience with someone screaming at me over the...

Way to go! You are stronger than I am.

The smell of cigarette smoke is a trigger for me. It brings back some bad stuff.

I think there is no treatment for sick people who abuse children. The cure is a bullet. Which leads to all other sorts of stuff that is best not mentioned. I love life and do my best each day to be positive and help others. I believe in "what goes around-comes around" theory. This alone has...

My first day out of the behavioral hospital, we went to the beach. I got up early the next morning and stood just in the edge of the waves and took a picture of my feet. To symbolize a new beginning. I put it in a wooden box with the sand and shells that I collected that day. When I am...

A great BIG welcome! Coming here and therapy is helping me. Keep at it.

Thanks for all the encouragement. My therapist thought that I should write letters to the abusers in my life as an assignment. I wouldn't mail them...just write them. That drive home was one of the worst. I had a panic attack when I got home. I got over it and then crawled into my bed and...

Welcome Jase1976, I think that the JW mindset causes extreme anxiety...(the world is going to end any minute). Since I was made to go to meetings when a teen, I know a little about it. I don't want to offend anyone who is Jehovah's Witness, but having been there, I have a valid opinion...

I have had a difficult time lately and now am able to see the light. Working with the Therapist made me aware of how early the PTSD started. My first memory is being held by my mom when a burglar broke in the house and she sprayed hairspray in his eyes. I was just a toddler but I remember...

Since one of my earliest memories of terror was in a small southern church where the "Preacher" had me come down to the pulpit and kneel while he screamed at me about going to hell and needing to be saved. I think I was four or five at the time. I can still feel the carpet on my knees and...

Welcome Lost Girl, You aren't alone. I suffer from the same fear and try to stay optomistic! Trust is a huge issue with me and I understand where you are coming from. I'm glad you found the site.

Hello everyone, I haven't posted in a while and couldn't even visit the site because of how painful everything was/is that I had to hibernate for a while. After a brief stay in a local behavioral health center and a couple of months of therapy, I feel strong enough to visit again. I am living...

I went to see my Brother-in-law at the hospital I used to work at today. As soon as I stepped in the door, I felt the tensing up. I was trying to talk myself out of it when someone's baby started crying. This is a BIG trigger for me. I kept myself together enough to go up to ICU and spend around...

Thanks for the welcome. I love to read anything really...from gardening to romances, paranormal stuff, you name it and I'll read it. I'm finding a lot of good info here. Thanks again.

My new Pdoc suggested a book to read called THE ANXIETY AND PHOBIA WORKBOOK by Bourne. I can't get past the first page. I have to get up and move around. I go back to it and try again but nothing progresses. Why do I do this? I could use some feedback. I want to be at least a little in to...

Anyone from around upstate South Carolina? I would like to find a friend who understands what I'm going through. Thanks!

We're in drought mode in SC. So even watering my container tomatoes makes me feel guilty. We had a 2 minute shower last night! We walked out in it to celebrate. Gardening has always been a "if I feel like it" kind of thing or I would lose interest. But this year, I have found out when I get...

Redtriskill, I too am new. I was in a emotional war during childhood and my recent trauma was work related. I'm a nurse. Your post is touching and don't feel bad because you were not in the "war". I feel like I am in a war against myself most days. Welcome and hope to read more of your...

Hi, I am new to the forum. As from my user name, you can see that I like to read....lots! I live in sunny and a currently hot SC (in the middle of a drought). I have been diagnosed with PTSD since 2004. I sought treatment at that time. However, I had to switch employment in order to save...