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Junebug you're very kind :). I'm feeling like a total failure :(. I'm not really sure why, but it just happens, the ups and downs...I sure wish I could get off this roller coaster ha! Thanks for your support :).

Okay, I was thinking broadly about trauma, so yes, there are diagnostic standards for PTSD...thanks for clarifying that Hashi :) I guess I was thinking about my own recent traumas and they feel so different then others that I'm a little guarded about saying it has to be x or z, but that's me...

Justmehere it's all very interesting and definitely resonates with me! I will try to bring up with T :(. She was crabby, she explained it, but now I'm feeling abandoned and wanting to not like her first before she stops liking me ug argh, oh brother!

I have that same problem when I admit I have been diagnosed with PTSD :(. This one girl told me in a DBT group "oh ya, I had that, but now I'm past it and working on my BPD which is a life time very difficult road." Wow! I thought, she's not only cured from PTSD, but her problems are much more...

I have to agree that your name "ptsd solutions" is a little off-putting. Maybe I've missed something, but are you here looking for support and understanding? I can't image hanging on this site if I wasn't ...hum...well, all messed up ha, looking for answers, a sense of normalcy, and...

:( I'm sorry your in such a difficult situation! As for "- I mean would someone who is crazy know it?" I've repeatedly asked my T if I was crazy, and she has consistently said "no" and explained that crazy people don't think anything's wrong with them...so, as long as you ask yourself "am I...

Justmehere how did you know about the preoccupied attachment? I looked it up and you're right on :(

Welcome caterpillar :) There are no rules about what kind of traumas cause ptsd. I think your T is right when they say that ptsd happens when your coping skills are maxed out. A trauma therapist is certainly very helpful too! At some point you really need to debrief. Even though it's hard, it...

Thank you both for your feedback! It really does help to know others understand :). Now, I just need to figure out how to bring it up with my T, and try and bring up how intense it is :(. When I met with her the other day and she was crabby, I couldn't stop crying, and suddenly asked for the...

So, it's hard to put this into words, but when people get mad at me or are mean to me and I care/love them, I do everything I can to soothe them (hug them, tell them they were totally right to do whatever to me, little gifts, etc)! I'm this way with T, my friends, family, etc. I think I'm...

Thanks Justmehere! You made me smile :).

I totally get what you're saying, but I also get the other side of it too, but before going on, it sounds like your friend was not using appropriate confidentiality skills. That being said, I have a friend who's a pastor who counsels, and I am a teacher so there are times i might discuss...

Ya, trust is very hard for me :(. I will continue to practice trying to believe her :). I'm just so darn dependent on her and her guidance and support! I'm not accustomed to relying on others to help me and not turn on me or abandon me. I wish I weren't like that 😕. Thanks for all your feedback...

I just saw my T and I've been seeing her for about 3 1/2 years, I feel like she's sick of me and hearing about my stupid issues. I'm also not seeing her for 2 weeks which triggers my abandonment issues, and makes me feel more like she's tired of seeing me :(. This has come up before and she...

Thank you franciemarnie :)

Thank you all for your feedback! I told the T after that "I want to be who I was before!"(as a long term goal). She said that I needed to be realistic and another student said "well, you could learn to accept and love the 'new you'." But I don't want to be this "new me" :cry: but I guess that's...

Hello, I was in my DBT class today and they want us to work on listing our short and long term goals. I can come up with some short term goals, but it's like there's a giant void in my head for anything related to long-term goals! What is that all about? It's like I can't see anything in the...

I had 2 traumatic life-and-death experiences a couple years ago, they were 2 months apart and there was someone screaming both times. As I have been processing the experience with EMDR and my T, so often I hear screaming and it freaks me out! Then I started to realize it was also related to a...

You're right, Hashi, we were not meant to become stuck in the dull dark ache of grief :(. As I read your words, it breaks my heart for the two of us (and the rest of the people here). Also, you're right that grief is a process! Unfortunately, it is a "process" and that doesn't say how long or...

Interesting question! I have noticed that after a particularly difficult emdr sesson, where images and feelings are put in their proper place, i feel a strange and tremendous void! It's almost like I just got rid of this taunting, punishing, cruel friend that is with me every second of everyday...

Solara that's it! I can totally relate to the "I'm bad" thing!! What is DID treatment?

Oh boy! The punishment thing is very strong in me too! Even when I didn't do something that I can put my finger on, I feel I need to be punished :(. Weirdly, I think when I was a kid it was so much better once the punishment was done, BUT that doesn't mean I needed to be punished, I just wanted...

Yes, we are very fragile when we are feeling/thinking about not being able to bare much more! I totally understand this, and how frustrating it is! I think the frustrating part comes from, for me, that the thoughts of SI don't seem to be coming directly from my conscious mind! It's like there's...

Thanks for joining me in "freak-a-zoidness"! For some reason it gives a feeling of normalcy in the midst of abnormalcy :) ha! I keep thinking I should email my T because I have an event coming up on Saturday, where I will succeed or fail (I've written and illustrated a childrens book) and for...

Hahaha I meant I didn't recieve enough approval, got plenty of disapproval :(.