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i can so relate to this! my family is all happy and enjoying the holidays while i'm borderline on the streets! do any of them care? only a few of them and the rest either don't or even care.

@joeylittle no car. I've contacted other agencies in the area and there's nothing they can really do. I have to pray that this one shelter has room for me or I snag a job by then. which is unlikely

@Em C. you mean crash on random people's couches? yeah not happening :eek:

the dreaded day has come that I have been given an exit date from the shelter I stay at. I have to be gone by the 9th of January. I have to pray that this other shelter has room for me or I'm f*cked. and I WILL NOT leave on the streets. everything I've been working for, college, volunteering at...

when a child touches another child sexually it's usually cuz they themselves are being exposed to sexual behavior.

this is an interesting thread! i don't like calling my abuser as "my mom". i prefer perpatrator or mommie dearest or call her by her first name. i think its easier for us to do this. We dont want any connection with our abusers

I sure wouldn't be comfortable doing in public in front of everyone. but that's just me.

know what? screw it. I've only saw breastfeeding maybe once in my life and I thought it was weird. I was adopted so I was bottle fed. I feel it should be done privately in a restroom or something.

i'll keep my opinions to myself from now on I suppose. don't want to offend anyone else

I agree. its like seeing someone give a blowjob in public in my opinion

nope! Best decision I ever made

@Rumors I walk to the library and there is wifi in some places here. and I wasn't kick out, I left

i was raised in a so called "Christian" family as well. went to church every Sunday and Wednesday, did devotions, prayed before meals, etc. we did everything people would expect from a Christian family. My dad is a good man but he was just as much of a victim of mommie dearest as the rest of us...

I don't know if it's because I'm in denial about my symptoms or if I'm just procrastinating. I guess it could be a little bit of both? I had my mental assessment back in September and my symptoms have gotten worse. I keep telling myself "you're f*cking homeless! it's just normal stress. it'll...

@digger I just wanna know if it goes against a child's instinct to be touched a certain way

So after replying to a post regarding sexual abuse i got the idea for this thread. I've never been a victim of sexual abuse (thank you Jesus) but i still knew the difference between an appropriate touch and an non appropriate touch. strangly my parents never told me but i still sorta knew. do...

a lot of us can relate. we tend to minimize our trauma because that's our brain's way of being able to cope. if it doesn't seem that bad then it's not traumatizing. unfortunatley what happened yo you WAS traumatizing and it DOES affect you. you were violated when that happened. no if, ands, or...

how many of you use insomnia to your advantage? I'm a college student so when I can't sleep I stay up and study. ;)

when i'm not having nightmares, i have these weird dreams that involve some aspect of my trauma. They usually involve me spending time with my abuser or other family members. Last night i dreamed about fondeling with pieces of wood my mother used to beat me and my sibilings with. how many of you...

Don't ever blame blame yourself. you did not deserved to be abused and you do no deserve PTSD. sadly men being the victims is an epidemic and they need a voice. us woman finally got a voice and now it your turn. Im sorry for what you've been through and hopefully you will find a woman who will...

omg I thought it was just me! it burns my butt when people call me "too sensitive". well damn! sorry for being a caring and emotional human being!

I think it has to do with the satisfaction of being able to catch the "bad guys" or some people pursue that career just to make themselves look like heroes. there are good cops and bad cops. I also agree that it has something to do with power. some cops love being jerks and will hand out tickets...

@afuneralinmybrain I seem to kill people in my dreams too.

I too am suffering from a tooth ache due to an infection from tooth abscess. what you need to do is get some peroxide to clean out the infection and take ibuprofen to help with the pain. My PTSD causes physical pain as well. I have chronic aches in the muscles of my legs and occasionally my...

I'm also an adoptee. unfortunatley my trauma came from one of my adopted parents. Both of my birthparents are cocaine addicts and my birthfather was involved with an armed robbery. i was adopted when i was an infant and my brother was only a year old