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You guys being so harsh. I can picture the title '50 shades of PTSD' It will be a sellout.

I do, but you shouldn't feel that way. If she's decent she will have dealt with her own issues, she may not discuss details with you, but you sharing wont affect her personally. If they do, then she's in the wrong profession and you better keep looking for a therapist that HAS healed.

I was given a social worker to help me navigate the mental health system here when I was underage and homeless. She was an accompaniment to my psychiatrist visits for the next 8 years or so and visited me at home. She had experienced multiple traumas in her youth, and her total understanding...

Yeah most people see the paranoia on a totally different level than anxiety in general, but it is definitely part of anxiety for me. A full blown anxiety attack at my house ALWAYS consists of me being 100% convinced that everything my husband has ever told me was a total lie. Mine isn't an...

1. Loving a lazy Saturday. 2. Nervous about Mothers day tomorrow, was hoping one of my sisters would take the responsibility for our mothers gift, and the meal I know we will all have to live through for her, alas, they suck as bad as me, less than a day to go and no one has arranged anything...

Its really difficult at that age isn't it? This time will be easier, especially without the denial. Good luck, and if you need anything just ask :)

Welcome :) We are here for the same reasons it would appear, and have been diagnosed for around the same amount of time. Did you begin therapy then and stop, or never start at all? This is the best place to get yourself ready for therapy and healing. Talking it out with others who know...

Maybe he doesn't know that someone else has been there either? There are tonnes of possibilities other than the one you are focusing on. Dont make any assumptions without speaking to him, and you definitely need to tell him.

I just hope there are no children involved in this relationship. Please tell me you aren't a Mother :(

Exactly! People is sheep :(

I know right? Took me ages to wrap my head around that too lol Your democrats equals labor here and republicans equals liberal. Republicans are scary gun toting morons who should not be given ownership of a toilet brush let alone leadership of the most powerful nation in the world.

The average Aussie doesn't think about particular policies or changes they want implemented when they vote, except on the topic of economics. I can pretty much pick who will get in here based on the economy (which is ridiculous, the economy is driven by forces well beyond our PM or even...

I cant believe how many people actually like this guy and think him a worthy president. Umm what?

So I have this carpet thing too. Dont think my reaction to it is/was exactly like yours, much less intense. It just causes me to switch off emotionally, in which case therapy while triggered like that would have zero impact on me. I'm lucky in that the carpet in my instance was this...

From one Mother to another, I would do exactly the same for you regardless of how well we knew each other. Thats just how it works. But given your current location and recent experiences I can totally understand your hesitance and lack of trust. Unfortunately it would seem you dont have many...

Guess you have your answer then don't you? No one ever bothered to SHOW you how to care for others. You got some learning to do :) Here will be an awesome place to start. Find a random post. If it were you, what would you like to be told? Say it.

Really interesting. My friend was involved in a car accident age 6. It was pretty bad, enough so that she was awarded a million plus in compensation at age 21, when they finally finished putting her back together again (yes, literally a humpty dumpty reference, her face and head were...

Its so interesting that you say that about empathy needing to be taught. (sorry to veer this off course xray, feel free to tell me off if this isn't helpful to you) Wait... Never mind. Thinking about this post and my reply answered my own ponderings doh. I was going to say that I was not...

I used to HATE this question in therapy! Think it took about 4 years of searching to FIND a safe place I could identify in myself. Normal places, bed (oh hell no) arms of a loved one (wtf even IS that) a 'special place' all for me that I've kept secret (are you kidding me? There isn't even a...

Reading your OP I also wondered if perhaps your insecurities about how she might feel once you 'came clean' might cause you to inadvertently push her away a little? Add that to your further descriptions of her own issues and I feel more confident in saying thats a very likely possibility...

It'll be a crap load harder to get a diagnosis for autism as a young adult anyway, and there's no medication for it either so diagnosis isn't a necessity except for helping you go easier on yourself about your problems empathising. Maybe just mention the idea of autism at your next appointment...

Autism spectrum crossed my mind also while reading this, I have a close friend in his early 20's who struggled with behavioural issues, conforming, authority figures and the big one, empathy for others throughout his childhood until being diagnosed on the spectrum age 17. His manner is...

For me? A few reasons. Some because he had trusted me first with things that cause him to feel vulnerable. Some was a slip, I had intended to share yeah, but once I started it was like it wouldn't stop and before I knew it, id said it all. And lastly, perhaps most importantly, it was time...

Pretty awkward here.... Do you realise that BOTH sides misunderstood each others intentions in the first instance and that's the essential cause here? And that all parties tried to explain the misunderstanding and rectify it early on? So you expect others to recognise your hypervigilance and...

I'm sorry your Father was an asswipe to you :( Your story of hiding the weapon of fear reminded me of myself as a kid, thinking I was an absolute genius for feeding the pipe my Mother used on me to our dog, and so next time the cow wanted to beat me when she couldn't find it she flew into a...