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My prior T asked me to actually pause and take a moment to consider the thought, and examine it. This works for me because I love learning things, I tend to overanalyze if anything else, so asking me to analyze more worked like a charm. That being said, it helps me externally in relating with...

hehehe I remember I was at an event in a rather large room, filled with people. I heard someone across the room ask a question, and when I answered it, it startled him so much, he jumped back, pushing into the wall. He couldn't understand how I heard him across the room, with everyone talking...

Yup. English joint honours student here (ex-my PTSD hit me halfway through my degree). Not being able to find the right word, or typing the wrong one or weird typos drive me up the wall! I know how to speak, how to write but some days it's like I completely forget everything. I think it might...

Not surprising with trauma. Work through it and realize he's a jerk. Chances are the people he's talking to already know he lives in a fantasy land of his own making. If it makes you feel better, half the time they're probably rolling their eyes inwardly. :P

Small world, no? I'm still not sure if I should try and "get back" a childhood or if I should just continue on. I've never gotten far enough with a qualified T to find out which is better. Honestly, the whole thing kind of puzzles me. Maybe I should start following you around the forum to see...

You did very well for someone for whom english isn't their first language. :) It's not surprising you're having these problems, do you have counsellors at the school you're studying at? If so, I would suggest talking to them. What you went through was very traumatic and sudden, you should find...

My father dealt with chronic suicidal depression. I'm upset that I didn't get time to be a child, but I'm not mad at him-how could you be angry at someone who was so sad they didn't want to live? Between trying to keep him happy and trying to deal with my mother's issues and her abuse, it feels...

My mother used to get mad at me because I'd have to check to see if I had tied my shoes. I'd go on "autopilot" to do routine things and just not remember that I did something or where I put stuff down. A recent thread helped me realize it wasn't that my memory was bad, it was that I was...

how do I sleep wired up to that? (sleep test) I bought stuff and made it to an appointment today-yay me! Should probably take my meds soon.... why am I more awake now than I was after I got up? Isn't that reversed? stupid ankle. ow.

I'm a daughter of someone who worked Emergency. She has other issues, but again, refuses to get help. She's retired and it's just .. bad, and my father has black chronic depression, he's medicated and better now, but it was pretty touch and go for several years. I understand the fear of...

Speaking as someone the system also failed (took my elder sibling out of the family and left me at six with them (and taking the blame), I can utterly understand. Definitely go to your therapist. If you're afraid of being recognized, what about taking a taxi? Maybe a large hoodie and some big...

Another bed-hider here. I read, or re read books, and stay in bed, if it's really bad, I try to sleep, because each day that passes is a day closer to feeling better and each day asleep is a day where I don't make possibly very bad decisions.

Someone on this community using anon posting to make rape apologist comments to a victim. *ragggggeeeee*

Have you tried either baking or sculpting? Both let you push, pull, cut and otherwise get out the feelings of destruction without it being on yourself. If you're at the point where you feel it's all building up under your skin, I suggest a punching bag, a knife to a cardboard box (oddly...

As someone who has dealt with another's addiction-there most certainly *is* betrayal in chemical addiction. And there is self esteem issues. You cannot trust them, they won't listen to you, you can't help them, you're going to lose them/you've lost them, they'd rather have drugs than you, etc...

I would suggest couple's counselling. Beyond that, as Muse stated, there's a lot of negative there, but not a lot of positive.

I think you both need to go to a sex therapist and seek some couple's counselling. Two people in a relationship having different sexual needs is not terribly unusual. He obviously has an issue, and you both need to work through what you find acceptable means for him to cope while he tries to...

Oooo! I forgot about craft store coupons. I'll pass that on to friend of mine who's looking into making one for herself on the cheap! Thanks!

Going to therapy when you're having "a day" or "a week" (or longer) is a huge achievement. You should, indeed, feel proud of yourself. I hope it gets better soon. <3

Yeah they will drain if you're serious, I'm glad to hear that you made it through :) Concussions are nasty business. I've only had two bad ones, but since all I got was the nausea, and temporary (minutes) of mild confusion (one of them seconds of unconsciousness), I didn't go in to get it...

I don't know if I'd quite call it that, but it is nice. Keep in mind that while on the bed, that weight is distributed pretty evenly. It's just making the bed and doing laundry (wet it's a bit much) that's rough. It was actually a coverlet my mother made and gave to me later because it was too...

I have a blanket made out of thick upholstery fabric-you know, the kind for really really heavy curtains that has kind of a slick feel to the hands? It's unbelievably heavy. It probably weighs close to twenty pounds (it's for a queen size bed). There are no weights in it, just a double thick...

I've had a couple bad ones, but nothing hospital quality. Ribs and skulls are two things they generally let heal on their own if they're not life threatening. It's just too close to want to start mucking around unless you absolutely have to. I expect there's a similar response with vertebrae...

This is why when anyone mentions "faking" it I try to point out how very difficult that would be. Too many people with PTSD fear that they *are* faking it because of the anxiety+depression component. No. If someone is going to fake a disability, PTSD would not be the one. It's far too complex...

You can always say that it's difficult to get a good night's sleep in a new place, and that the blanket helps. Or just that you use the weighted blanket for a better night's sleep. There are people who simply like heavier blankets for sleeping, and a lot of folks have problems trying to sleep...