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Hon I understand. I was on track for a joint honours (like an upscale double major with severe GPA reqs) when I finally crashed and burned. If I'd known more about resources available to me and hadn't been in denial, I would be looking into my master's now. But I ended up burning myself up in...

Actually according to the Journal of affective disorders, there is a definitive link in those who suffer repeated trauma PTSD-like those from war zones-with shrinkage in the hippocampus. It is those with single affector PTSD that show little if any variation. It has to do with a sustained...

As for the assessment I know why it bothers me, I just can't seem to grab hold of my triggers and turn them down right now. It's like there's a block my usual methods just keep smacking right into, as if I was throwing a water balloon high speed at a brick wall. I guess I'm hoping there are...

It's not just uncomfortable, I live in a house with my husband and two others. My mood swings became so sudden and so very overwhelming that I was going from laughing to crying to enraged. Not just sad and happy, but it got to extremes that switched around like you'd given a tv remote to a...

It *is* an actual injury. Your brain suffers physical symptoms as a result. Your hippocampus shrinks. It *is* an actual physical ailment. Illness can work as well, but calling it a mental illness a lot of people have misunderstood as meaning that the "illness" is purely "mental"-when it very...

Not sure how to type this out without it becoming a novel. I'll try and touch on salient points. I went to get an assessment today because of rapid almost violent mood swings (violent in degree not in action) that hit me over christmas for no reason I, nor my husband can think of. It's been...

Ground crew-that's part of what some of us are trying to change with the idea of equality. Men should be free to be emotional, to express themselves, dress and adorn themselves as they wish, to not feel ashamed of being made a victim, or any of the rest of those things that "Be a Man" entails...

Sea_lady you need to let some of those things slide by. You have far too much on your plate from what you've pointed out. And getting another furbaby would certainly help. Some of us can even help with ideas on how to keep them at their healthiest. Having a pet is excellent therapy and stress...

When I was about four years old my parents brought me to a daycare and left. I hated it there. I remember one time I crawled under a tabled and sobbed and the only thing I would say is "I want to go home" I still remember it vividly. I didn't mean the house where I lived then, nor would I...

Just because you don't have someone *now* doesn't mean you won't ever have anyone. In fact I'm willing to bet there are those in your life who would dearly miss you should you pass. It sounds more like you're overwhelmed right now, more than anything else. Put your major decisions aside...

You can do it!!! <3

I hope that your new therapist can help you hon. If not remember, there are a lot of them out there, and among them is one who's right for you. :)

Potentially. I'd keep it in mind. While waking narcolepsy is rare, it can be brought on by prolonged periods of insufficient sleep quality. My husband's doing fine, he hasn't tried to swat at the spiders coming from the ceiling in almost a year now :P (we actually joke about it now-though I'm...

By all means. I mean sometimes as participants, we can find it hard to tell when it is or isn't abuse, and getting a third person involved can help. Especially if it was sexual in nature, double that if it was done by someone you cared about (most assaults are). I still grapple with some of...

I was a fellow's rebound after I got him out of an abuse situation that had been going on for years. It was-complicated (and did not end well because of all the issues surrounding it). When he was in it, he laughed it off, she laughed at him and he only complained as a half joke. She was sucker...

As soon as you realize it, apologize and then stop and count in your head. I babble when anxious and I've had to do this before. The counting slows my breath and heart rate and gives me time to listen rather than blurting things out.

Movement out of the corner of your eye, your peripheral vision making objects out of regular things, those are called "illusions" and they're pretty common. I have them when I'm tired sometimes-like seeing a pile of laundry and thinking it's one of the cats sitting nearby. It's nothing to be too...

Definitely get a sleep study done. It does sound like you could have apnea-and if you're concerned about the device (I had a test done recently and also have a very very hard time getting to sleep) they have different pieces you can use if one doesn't feel comfortable or is too intrusive. My...

From what I understand it's one part of the number of symptoms and tendancies of those who have PTSD (as well as other illnesses).

I usually have what I call my "mental backburner" it's what handles all the stuff I'm not fulling thinking about but my brain is still ruminating on. I'll have my upfront crazy tangents, and then in the back, some problem or issue is just puttering along until it hits a point to let me know that...

I was wondering if you might be codep. It happens a lot in folks who have dealt with trauma-they make a person a safety line and it just grows from there. I didn't want to suggest it until you had spoken to someone though. It sounds like you're on the right track to identifying and working on...

Me too Gia-so very much. The results of that particularly nasty toxic sentiment can be utterly heartbreaking. I can only hope with some of the acceptance we are moving towards that it will, one day, be seen for the destructive statement it is.

She's certainly understand it-but it may be more focused than just on grief itself. As for life being short-I've always had an odd perception of time, to me, 100years is far too short. Years rush by so fast, I rarely even pay attention to days unless I have specific dates to keep in mind. So...

I went through ten years where every year I lost someone who meant something to me, one year I lost two. It drove me a little off the reservation in a lot of ways. Repeated deaths can do that, especially if you're not giving yourself space and time to grieve and you lack support in your process...

Oh! Hm... That is definitely a therapist issue then :P Trauma therapist? I'm not sure, depends on what you mean by meeting your emotional needs and "hanging on".