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All I can do is relate and glad that you survived the weekend. My mother in law is a nightmare and my husband sticks his head in the sand when there is a conflict. I am super grateful that she lives in another state and I only have to see her once a year. She'll be here this weekend too and...

I am so sorry that happened to you. It must have been awful and extremely painful to experience that kind of violence from someone you trusted. I relate to the raging part, my husband choked me during a psychotic episode and the anger is the hardest thing to conquer. It took me three years...

So sorry about your injury, it must be extremely painful. When I am in a spiral I go to one of my coping skills which is to take things one minute at a time. I hibernate at first. Then I get up from the curl and turn on the TV. If I can watch 5 minutes then I increase the time. If I'm able...

My daughters are also my motivation and their activities help keep me out of my head. I recently discovered that window shopping, going to a movie by myself, binge watching on Netflix are some good distractions.

Hi Zoogal, I was wondering if you were able to pull yourself out your flashback moment. Those moments are the worse for me because I feel frozen from the memory. The thing that pulls me out is my phone too. I have a game on it that is a great distraction and then I remember the saying I...

Yes, I am doing EMDR.

I apologize for this rant. I figured if I write it down I will be calmer. I had a joint therapy session with my husband and I decided to tell him about the rape trauma. I wanted to make him understand that affection and physical touch is off limits especially since he was another part of my...

I want to thank you for your service and I admire your courage to ask for help to get you through another day.

I relate, had the same problem with my own violators today. Distraction and burning off anger energy works to stop immediate reaction to slap the offender, but for me it doesn't do much to change how I feel when someone crosses my boundaries. There has to be some middle ground. For example...

Thanks for speaking up, glad I'm not the only one who is disgusted. The whole thing makes me sick to my stomach. It's worse when I hear all the justification for this despicable nonsense.

This is an email I wrote to my therapist that I would like to share. It was one of many low points in desperation and a rare moment of honesty regarding this PTSD symptom that I can't seem conquer. "Had a real scary moment today, very scary thought. While visiting my parents, I was in my dad's...

Thanks for all the kind and supportive responses. Taking care of my own needs and asking for it is a work in progress. To answer sun seeker's question, the only support I have is from my therapist and it's only for 1 hour once a week. I have been told that it's unhealthy and I tend to agree a...

I understand that I am supposed to help myself get through symptoms like a champ. I can't expect others to hold my hand when I'm in a bad spot. I wanted to know if anyone wishes to have someone to comfort you while processing traumatic experiences? I know that one of my biggest wishes is that...

I can relate to most of these challenges. I have two daughters ages 12 and 8 and it takes every ounce of energy to give them a somewhat normal living environment. It's extremely difficult when nightmares get intense and I don't sleep much. However, I've learned over the past year that I need...

I have been on the forum for awhile but never posted before now. Not sure if this topic belongs here. I can't sleep, PTSD is here. I'm afraid I will have flashbacks of the rape in front of the nurses and doctors and afraid I'm going to lose it. The rapist is going through my mind constantly...

I had that problem today. My therapist saved my life and I am so grateful. Then he says things that trigger me and it makes so angry that I want to yell and scream at him. I do recognize that I really want to throttle the person who hurt me and not my therapist. It drives me crazy. I'm glad...

Right now I'm in that spot too. Then I think of how much I am loved by my girls and how I don't want them to grow up as orrphans. It helps to have their beautiful faces in my head. Thank you for sharing, I know how difficult it is to have one of these days.

I have many reasons myself for giving in to the urges. Basically from the overwhelming anxiety and thinking the pain is better from the outside then inside. Its hard to talk it over with my therapist as well. What helps me get through it is the 15 minute strategy. I tell myself that I can go...

Hi, I am new and this is my first post. I just want you to know that you are not alone with your situation. One of my first trauma experiences was being raped and I made the same decision to not go through the pregnancy. You are so brave to share the experience on this forum. Thank you for...