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Many events. Violence and accidents, some abuse I hesitate to mention after reading other accounts. I had some close calls as an adult too, lifetime member of unexpected events club.

I also had good results. It helped me reorder events to give context to all the stuff that happened and pointed squarely to the prime trauma. I did find the process a bit more "bandage off FAST", but I may have been at other therapies for years before we got to the good one. The skill of the...

I have no memory of any dream, one that wakes me or not, so the context of my night mare eludes me. I got the cool complex kind of ptsd, so that makes it possible for night mares to come from many memories. I asked my therapist if I should try to piece together the dreams for analysis, she said...

Yes, I will not stand up for a man abusing a woman or anybody abusing a kid. Regardless of how richly he deserved it, tiger woods blow to the head met the criteria for domestic violence. Had he not perjured himself trying to save the relationship, the outcome would have been very different...

I don't know the situation with the ER guy, but from personel experiance, the man's story is always suspect and the woman is assumed to be the victim. Just like the cultural bias that triggers cops to shoot people of color, there is a cultural bias on gender. (I hope the guy in the ER that gives...

My condolences. My exe had child molest on her list of traumas, it was bad for her. It saddens me to hear of such abuse. You are brave to face it.

Maybe you could study borderline personality disorder. They have a shocking array if disorders and may be more suited to the highly troubled protagonist? you propose. My exe could be a good source.... I would suggest Kevlar if you meet in person....

How many shrinks does it take to change a light bulb? Only one, but the light bulb has to want to change. There is no page in the DSM marked normal. It does not exist. So if they are at the shrink and they want to change, the thing bothering them is hard to talk about. Yes, everybody should have...

I never got to learn how to form normal and healthy personal relationships... Thats a missing piece I think. I'm hip to the had it with therapy. Once I found effective therapy things got better. That's what I hope for you, effective therapy. Did you try EMDR? Opened my eyes. Eastern philosophy...

Your not over it. What a horrendous tale! I wish I were of the Christian faithas their hell seems most appropriate for this vulgar imatation of a man. You got real issues with childhood. I hope you can find the right therapy. I'm sure it exists.

Stream line that plot. And an eating disorder?

Wow! Awful! So sorry. So, at some point in therapy, we found mom was my abuser. I was living far away at the time so when I went home, I was to talk to mom about this. Mom is a bit of a rageaholic and I avoid anger so it looked to be a new trauma for me! Now, the nature of my abuse was not...

Go to Sunday assembly dot com I was just there and they said there were 18 in England, I hoer you find one. Community is healthy!

Yes, I come from a respectable family. I spent a lot of time worrying about appearance in the world and in particular from my family's perspective. That added a lot of stress to an already stressed environment for me. So, maybe it's okay to put non supportive relationships into a less important...

Getting dissociative. watched tv most of the day yesterday. depression is growing. I did get a call, contract to perm in the space ship buisness. Means I get to be re-exposed to aviation where i was for the big stressor. Gotta tweak or twork my resume to make me sound like an aviation genius to...

LOL! I see we have many common ideas. In truth, my dog has done more for me than god. (sorry theists, you must hear the rest of the story...) But the organized religions have a place. They offer community which is why I was hanging out with the UU's. I am now attending a group called Sunday...

One of my more significant adverse reactions was one Sunday morning, one of my service buddies lured me to church with the thought there might be women there. It was a reasonable assumption so I rode over on my very loude motorcycle. So the service followed that framiliar pattern church's all...

The severity and length of your tramu shock and sadden me. So sorry that happened. My exe had a similar childhood. Stepfather. She did not fare as well, boarder line personality disorder. I am happy you "just" have PTSD. Really, it could be worse!

I need another dog. Fluke brought me much joy after we got him calmed him down from his first four months of pure hell. He lived a long happy life with me and my son. When I woke up at night, he was there, pointing in if it was a dream. Pointing out if there was a real threat. He was a companion...

You might have got him to feel....something....and he doesn't know what to do with it. So the turtle pulled his head back in, he is self isolating. Thanks for caring.

I refuse drugs also. This is not the VA way, so it has been a battle. I do workout and try to be mindful and am doing at least as well as drugs would have. I'm afraid of side effects of drugs. This goes for the type2 diabetics as well, no drugs. This makes the tag team of doctors nuts. They...

He's okay if you want a really long thankless project. If he reaches out talk, that would be nice. Help if he asks and you can. Leave him alone, he did ask for that, clumsily.

It sounds horrible. Please stay with recovery. Your story touched a nerve with me, divide your story by at lest ten and you have an idea of my story. My sympathies.

Oh good. My diagnosis includes PTSD & mdd, so my angry outbursts are excusable? I'll copy my exe, this will fix everything!!!

No discussion of religion could be complete without a recommendation for the "the Life of Bryan" movie by Monty python. That and "Dogma" illustrate the way people corrupt and distort enlightened philosophy with personal ambition.