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That’s a great system!! Being able to select and reserve seats in advance and not wait in line! Awesome indeed. I’m not sure if that’s an option here, I’ll look. thanks!

Sorry, posted at the same time and no....nothing you wrote is stupid in my opinion

Very true @Mee had I not found this forum I would be far less informed and tolerant of the many different ways we are affected by ptsd. I would also be more stuck myself and less accepting that some days are just worse than others. Now that you mention cinema....I haven’t been in over 6 years...

Really great suggestions here! I also have had to work on this a lot, so thanks for asking for suggestions. As I understand it, there’s a bit of a time crunch for you. Boyo won’t be able to increase his skill set in time for this social outing, am I right? But he can set it as a goal to work...

I can very much relate and it’s a huge frustration for me. Especially since I think I had a really good memory even 10 years ago. I’m not yet the age to have even early onset dementia. Procedural memory is fine, but it’s events and people, tasks I need to complete often vanish unless I write...

You are so right! Shame....it's entirely useless, except....my mind keeps it running with the thought that with shame, I'll be safe. Now, logically, I know that shame won't keep me safe but I have difficulty separating myself from the concept that in a sense for me it does keep me safe. It's a...

Had a T session yesterday and had written an email to prompt us to discuss eye contact. Thankful to have a T that lets me do that cuz once I’m in that room (like so many others I would guess) things don’t always go smoothly! On the topic of eye contact, what I understood is that it’s a...

Makes sense that in order to survive things, our bodies and minds will turn off switches. Often the things that signal that process aren’t overtly apparent to us, and we find ourselves numb, disconnected, floating, not part of our bodies, blank, empty, etc I’m very used to that process in every...

This post makes so much sense to me, I can’t explain it well...but that fatigue and outward strength you describe, I get it. Chaos and devastation, not intended to bring a smile, but there it is. Not because of what’s happened or what’s to come, but because someone ‘expects’ a smile...

I’m thankful for you SRG, and for this space! Thanks for giving all you do every one. Some days you can, some you can’t. Thanks for being you.

Thanks everyone for your comments and own experience with eye contact. It’s amazing how something that makes you feel unusual as a human, when brought up here, makes so much sense to others and gives the sense of not being so alone with it. For me, I’d say it’s tied to shame....I guess at the...

forgot to post photos. Don’t seem good enough.... but will try.

Eye contact is typically something I don’t notice, I can hold gaze, I look away when I don’t need to engage (hellos in the hall, pleasantries). If I need my gaze to guide others, let them know I’ve got them, they can rely on me, I’m safe, eye contact is functional. Because they don’t need to...

Very much a difficult time, I do also understand that numb and the things we do to keep numb....I do the cutting, drinking, over commitment, self destruction....for some reason it makes living possible when you don’t see a point to it. But, and it may not resonate, but you are worth kindness...

The only place I have recently become aware that this is a problem for me is in therapy. If I'm symptomatic out in the world, sure, I get away from humans as fast as possible, distract myself, or dissociate - so it wouldn't be as apparent. When I'm working hard on trauma in therapy, it's...

When you do an internal investigation you’re not supposed to CC all the participants on an email thanking them for their involvement BEFORE you do the interview. If EVER! How do you expect honest interviews when everyone knows who’s being interviewed and the list isn’t very big for starters...

In addition to many stated so far, for me: Pocket knife always, my pocket rock I can touch when I need to check-in. Have a go bag on or near me at all times with basic trauma care, laptop for research or to conduct transactions, basic wilderness survival kit, flashlight, spare batteries, 550...

My brain isn't working at optimal strength lately......so forgive me but.... The support you really truly want to give to others is what you fear yourself.....That if someone were to catch on that you struggle, they'd call you out and you'd be ripped from the place that builds your worth and...

Yes....you can always say the wrong thing to someone who is suicidal, but saying anything at all is worth it because you never know what one thing you might say will help. The choice is theirs to make. Never believe it was part of your involvement. Always try. connect with the pain if you can...

I hear you and I say that’s the best we can hope for sometimes and I’m right with you on that! Day to day. Let me know if you go minute to minute and I’ll be here checking in more often! I have the same trouble as you with calming my nervous system after being around highly adrenalized people...

yes, that’s it. You nailed and @blackemerald1 nailed it. On multiple levels, and maybe that’s why I was confused by my reaction. I felt like I did as a kid, then as I did when I failed people in the military and my current job as a first responder. Those emotions just don’t get to share the...

Hey @Cypress, checking in....hope you’re doing alright

Not sure I’m understanding correctly @TruthSeeker.....the reaction I had recently with my supporter he never saw. It was all internal, so I don’t think amends there would make sense. Maybe rather than internalizing the situation I should have taken the risk to communicate and identify with him...

@HealingMama i just wanted to say thank you. I started reading your diary a few weeks ago and the way you are able to vent and express yourself has helped me to know it IS allowed. To be vulnerable and to share can be so difficult. Thanks.

@Cypress i thought about what you wrote.... It’s that, the cat behaved in a way that it needed to. Yes, that behaviour pisses (no pun intended ?) me off too because it’s our bedroom and neither of us wants to sleep on cat piss, it’s nasty! It’s how my supporter dealt with it, and it’s ME that...