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  1. Ellabella44

    Ask a foreigner

    Yeah new Zealand brings hobbits to mind for me as well.
  2. Ellabella44

    Alternate ways to say you are seeing your therapist

    On a peace expedition. Like that a lot. Sounds like walking on a beautiful day to a healing garden
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    Alternate ways to say you are seeing your therapist

    Just got home from my therapist. Or as I call it : Swearing and Crying. So anyone have alternate descriptions for it?
  4. Ellabella44

    Insert Swearish Rant Here

    Why the f*ckitty f*ck does just seeing your picture on facebook shove me back so f*cking hard? I know I've been a bit overwhelmed with good things that are positive stress. But why the f*ck am I kicked so far like a football towards the wrong teams goal. I couldn't f*cking see straight all...
  5. Ellabella44

    Sexual Assault At What Age Did You Start Fantasizing About Sex?

    Early as well. May have been 6 or 7. Chased through house by two cousins screaming they were going to rape me at 8 or 9 ish. Another cousin kissed me around same time. All much older than I. And forced to abort At 18 by my parents. Strangely still into men. Happily married.
  6. Ellabella44

    Last movie or tv series you watched?

    I finally binged outlander. It was better than I expected. Can't wait for next season.
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    Have you come out on your PTSD?

    Get out the spray bottle. Lol
  8. Ellabella44

    Photography Club

    Smokey (grey) and Cinnabon.
  9. Ellabella44

    Have you come out on your PTSD?

    Yes I've talked about it. I've been quiet about things for decades and after my delayed onset I have behaviors I can't hide. Most things I had a few years ago ( putting my fist to my forehead when anxious) have settled down with practice and meds. I still have that amateur karate startle...
  10. Ellabella44

    Medical Asthma, trauma, and shame

    I have asthma as well. I am reactive to certain cleaners, some flowers, humidity and extreme cold. I have been wearing one of those surgical masks with the charcoal to filter my air when I need to go out in weather that starts an attack. I don't know if carrying one for emergencies would help...
  11. Ellabella44

    You Know You Have PTSD When...

    When someone using one of those singing meditation bowls sets off your system like a fire alarm instead of being soothing. When someone you don't know eagerly wants to ask you for directions and this possibly kind but lost person becomes a threat for just singling you out and approaching. "Its...
  12. Ellabella44

    You Know You Have PTSD When...

    When horror films are not as scary as your childhood is too you.
  13. Ellabella44

    Write what you want your life to look like

    I want to find a job situation that I can handle. The right place is somewhere. In working with a disability office to find one.
  14. Ellabella44

    Affirmations!! say something nice about yourself!

    I am a good caregiver to my husband and children I'm told I have a great imagination I am trying to get myself out of my own way so I can be a functional adult
  15. Ellabella44

    My parents got to me again

    I've been no contact with them for 5 years. I've been doing ok most of the time but if I see a picture of them on facebook I spiral down. I loose my shit entirely. Last year it was my brothers wedding and I didn't feel as bad as I am this time. I tried holding together but the strain of that...
  16. Ellabella44

    What do you do with the pain of not wanting to exist?

    Its ok. Be gentle on yourself. This is just a time that you need more than just yourself to get through. Nothing to be ashamed of. We all need whatever works. You are being a bad a** for asking for help. I find for myself that asking for help is very hard. And here you are, you asked for...
  17. Ellabella44

    This is an a**hole of a disease!!!!

    What keeps me trying is seeing all of the events that happened after my attempt years ago. I've seen events within my current family ( husband and kids) that they needed me for. The one to be their best help was me. If I'd gone through with it, they would have gone through those events alone...
  18. Ellabella44

    What do you do with the pain of not wanting to exist?

    I'm going through that right now. Its why I came back today. I'm mixing binging non alcohic beer to stay sober. ( unhealthy I know but it keeps me from screwing my sobriety) Meditating. Reflecting on how far I have come from where I started. Remembering last time I felt this bad I made it...
  19. Ellabella44

    Family secret - disclosing abuse from within

    great article. I have been struggling with whether to tell and confront. My mother has been through alot, and though she was my main abuser, I am reluctant to tell because It might leave her without a support system. My husband’s family knows what happened to me since I decided I dont want to...
  20. Ellabella44

    Alcohol & drug addiction with ptsd

    my traumas are from early childhood to early adulthood. looking back i just had a ghost of ptsd and suppressed everything. id always been a heavy social drinker. when i had a breakdown a few years ago all i could see was everything that happened to me. And this also come with fragments of myself...
  21. Ellabella44

    Been Found By A Rescue Dog

    Thank you so much for updating us on Hank. He SOOOO deserved that steak and then some!! Several hugs and good boys for him. Huge hugs to both of you!! You both definately belong together!! Lucky boy that his needs are understood and met to give him the confidence to be a dog. Good for...
  22. Ellabella44

    Other Coping After The Us Election.

    hoping I can talk Monday. Really need to go to therapy for several reasons. Im reminded of my father, and I would not feel safe if my father was president. In such a circumstance I would fear for my children and myself for several reasons. thankfully my brother and I decided not to see him...
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    Other Coping After The Us Election.

    sigh at least we still have meds. I think id be more anxious without them and without the respiratory infection I have today.
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    News I Want To Vote For Mickey Mouse In The Us/satire And Humor Responses Only

    Hmm Sam and Dean. Now theres a prez and vp you could get behind... and watch leave.. in slow motion.... ;) Things would of course go to hell for a while, but eventually straighten out. Proven track record.
  25. Ellabella44

    Every Damn Thing Sounds Like Criticism These Days

    id say for accomodations possibly some flexability with assignments. Can things be broken up into parts which the schools now call chunking. I am thinking of this partly because many of us struggle to read something that is a wall of text. For example : assignment 1 is a short research...
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