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Thanks fairydust, wonderingwhy, and brucielucy for the warm welcome:D! I too hope that you all find what you need to heal. I will be around the forum and hope to see you there:wave: suzie q

Hello inichole!!! I've been on the forum since 09 and you are the first I've heard about that's close to me...Chattanooga. What town do you live in? It's great to hear from you..suzie q

Hey there Lucycat... I hear you about your control of alcohol intake. I agree with your T that it is your choice. I also believe in one day at a time because that is how I've lived for the last 15 years. I made that choice then and remake that choice every morning or every minute, whichever...

I would want the hyper-vigilance to disappear. I'm constantly looking for anything negative that may come my way. I haven't felt safe for so long. I'm constantly looking for someone to "screw me over". This includes mental, physical, and spiritual. Feel like I "have" to be prepared, like I...

I just finished reading this thread and wanted to say thank you to all the posters!!:D Everything that has been mentioned here is very familiar with me. Thanks for letting me know that I am not the only one...I have felt this way for many years:banghead:

I have recently been experiencing some symptoms that lead me to believe that I might have to do more trauma work concerning my past sexual abuse issues. I have worked hard over the years on them, but apparently something else needs to be processed. I remember the posts on another forum talking...

While I keep a very close eye on my eating habits (have eating disorder..don't eat ), I notice when I'm especially anxious, hypervigalent, sleep deprived, or depressed, my symptoms of PTSD increase. This causes me to stop eating altogether or just barely nibble. My appetite disappears and I...

Hope you and Anthony didn't take my post as anything other than my poor attempt at humor!!! The hubby and I also love each other deeply (otherwise we wouldn't still be together after 24 years of disfunction!) and often tease each other. I think humor, and a good sense of one, helps any...

My obsessive thinking.

Welcome Touch of grey, to the Forum!! I can relate to your daily feelings of anxiety, especially since you are processing your trauma. I agree that, "in doing the work", things in life can become very sensitive and uncomfortable. I too am a recovering addict and definately was (still am in...

Hello Angel2Write!! Welcome to the Forum.. Just wanted to say how refreshing it is to read someone's introduction like yours!! I know it is a scary and sometimes panicky feeling to reach out to unknown places and try to explain your feelings. You have done a wonderful job of letting us know...

OH MY GOD!!!!! There IS justice in this world. I saw your mood indicator a few minutes ago and knew something was up, so I immediately came here. There has got to be nothing better in this world than 1. Having the courage to follow up on some really scary abuse and having society validate...

I can relate to your intense need to get your memory back, or at least more improvement in your recall. I still have a memory block of the first seven years of my life. That used to drive me completely insane!!! How could I not remember something? I forced myself in therapy, read books on...

I don't know Nicolette, sounds like that "secret" man language that husbands learn when they don't want to say something that will get them in an argument with their wives! You know, like they know what they are saying (and with my hubby it's usually "you stupid girl") but you have problems...

My very first attempt at writing my trauma histories was in a rehab center. They told me to write memories in age order. I started with birth to 7 years, 7 to 11years, 12 to 15 yrs, 16 to 21, then every four years till current age. By keeping it in sections like that, I was able to go back...

Ow Lawdy, Heather!!! It hasn't been to long ago (maybe 7-8 months) since I had those huge, long, thick, stints taken out of both of my tubes! You are completely right when you say AHHHHHHHHhhhhh. When I saw them, I almost passed out. They were over 12" long with the wire circling at both...

Hello and welcome Cassie!! Please know that this forum supports thousands of members that have histories similar to our own. They may have slight differences in some areas, but the reactions and scars are the same. In my experience here, I found that the more I read the articles about PTSD in...

I'm always looking for that person, place, or thing that's gonna stick the cattle prod up my ass..... Feel like a confused, mindless freak that can't communicate with others that "look" like them. Communicates well with things "other" than their species, yet not sure of the answers received...

In my experience, the last word doesn't always win... I had to learn to agree to disagree and shut my trap! LOL Hard lesson for a control freak like me!!

Without the knowledge of my therapists common past, I don't think I would have been so willing to discuss ALL the details of some of my trauma. I didn't trust women to begin with, but her common threads to my trauma helped me with the anxiety of processing all the pain. As they say, who better...

What GREAT news!! It's so refreshing to hear of someone GOING BACK to work instead of NOT HAVING WORK. It's also wonderful to see what persistance and courage will do for you!! Never give up for what you know is the truth for you!!! Congrats and good luck back in the work force... suzie q

I've gone through my share of "bad therapist". I spent a lot of years in a very small town trying to find qualified people to help me. Some were just plain silly. How they got their education, I don't know. I do know it took some time to find ones that could help me with the issues "I was...

Now Anthony, why would they do that? We are so busy trying to take care of people who don't want to be taken care of, that to actually take some funds and lets say...feed the hungry..just that, feed the hungry! The hungry don't have money to eat let alone have money for let's say...a political...

As I have done many times over, you sound like you are playing the "what if" game in your head. I think you know what that game is all about...you know, I heard it in your last post. Unfortunately, what if has never worked in helping me sort things out in my emotions. It only feeds the...

I had to be really careful when I tried to put my dreams into a "past experience perspective". Early on, I found myself trying so hard to find my repressed memories (up to age 7) that my dreams drove me crazy. Literally, I started disassociating and losing time. Everything was confusing and I...