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It seems I'm not alone in this fearing of tomorrow thing. It feels shitty. I'm constantly reminding myself that it's just now that needs to matter and try to reel myself back in the present. It's just so challenging sometimes to live in the present, to just be there, even if I know it's a safe...

Thanks, just got the book on audible, appreciate the insight. Been looking for my next book so great timing for me.

you don't need to compare your trauma with others, yours is just as important. It's really hard when you are feeling that enough is enough already especially when you feel so alone and that trying just isn't working. It is working, you might just not see it. Reaching out here is trying, building...

what I meant to say was you could be even more stressed than you even think you are however this did stop for me at some point. I feel bad for you. It's so scary that when you do realize it isn't real you still can't stop yourself and it stresses you out even more that you can't stop. And you...

When i was in my abusive relationship always at night while trying so desperately to fall asleep, worst case scenarios would come to mind and i would visualize terrible things. I am sorry your having to go through this, maybe talk to your doctor and talking to a therapist could also be helpful...

Yes, you are not alone. Are you seeing a therapist at all? I used to do this exact thing actually. More in a bit...

Sorry about what you are going through. I was in an abusive relationship for a long time. It took me a few times to leave him and years of therapy. I would take it seriously and if you don't feel safe, contact the center so you know what to do or make an escape plan. Therapy might help you see...

relate to the cat, watching things online, having a cat that does this or all of the above, lol...all of the above! I like watching Simon and his cat on YouTube. Funny short videos on black and white cartoon.

Chava, really relating right now. It has been very difficult to just be.

you are really kind, I like it

I think it may be because I feel nervous about my EMDR therapy starting in a few days but i know it's time.

Chava, sounds like my story nearly exactly. When I had this latest concussion that wasn't related to abuse at all, shit flooded me and I start EMDR in a few days. I think I just figured out why I feels so much more difficult to feel happy today.

thank you Ghosty

I don't know why it's so difficult to be happy today. I have everything I want to be happy and yet today I just want to sleep the day away instead of being with loved ones who want to be with me. I feel zombiefied on the outside and so many broken thoughts on the inside. I almost feel like I'm...

ugh I'm glad its not me in my dreams. I hate it. I wake up feeling awful.

this is shitty, my sister has been dating someone that for many years I've been struggling with yet feeling bad for him too. I feel bad for, trying so hard to help him like I did in a previous bad relationship. His trauma pushes him in a dark place where he can't even function around people...

I would've lost my shit too. I'm sorry. I'm glad you are posting. Been through some tough stuff too. Sucks. For me, I keep pushing on, trying to see something to look forward to. Feeling pretty depressed this weekend but I know I'm not alone and i need to know that. There are things i have to do...

I think the man you ran into may have triggered some past trauma? I started having the same things happen to me just after I had a concussion over a year ago. If I didn't go see a psychiatrist and therapist I don't know where I would be today, I need them still. I really just recently started my...

accept

thanks for caring

it took me a long time to find what my safe place was and then I just recently realized that it was my home. For the first time ever in my life, my home is the safest place that I could be.

I don't feel like crying but it feels like I need to cry. I feel nervous, scared, and nauseous. I haven't cut since high school but I keep thinking about it cuz wouldn't it feel better than this, no I know better and won't. But I'm worried. Taking meds as prescribed doesn't feel enough for me...

why isn't that rape? I spent 8 years with an abusive sadistic asshole and it took me that long to find an escape route. I too would wake up and he would be on top of me, inside me. I wondered how and why i didn't wake up right away. It sickened me. It was rape. I was also raped as a young...

I still, not often now, self medicate with medications but I'm still learning through challenges encountered and feel I have learned good tools to cope since I have stopped using regularly. I am fortunate to be able to take more pills than prescribed only now and then somehow and not do it every...