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I've never had a service dog of my own. But a good friend of mine, who works as a 911 dispatcher, trains service dogs for people with PTSD. Her newest dog has really picked things up fast, and definitely alerts on me when I am starting to slip into a flashback or dissociation. He crawls right...

I'm sorry you've been having such a rough time. Many of us here have significant sleep problems. I hope being here helps you to feel less alone.

I don't really monitor my caloric intake, but you bring up a good point. I may want to look more closely at that.

My diet is pretty good. Fresh fruit and some form of protein for breakfast, some complex carbs and protein for lunch, a protein shake for mid-afternoon, then a late supper after I work out of veggies and some form of protein. I loosely follow a plan laid out for my by the dietician after my...

@EveHarrington is right - it's far better to go inpatient voluntarily than to be forced into it. If you are voluntary and you find that it's really not helping, you can sign yourself out. If you're involuntary, you have no legal options other than to do what is court-mandated. Going inpatient...

I am currently doing trauma-focused CBT and exposure therapy. The exposure is rough - it's taking the worst things and choosing to put them in the front of your mind. It's difficult to do, painful, and triggering. It will be important to have good emotion regulation and grounding first. My...

So I take 20 mg of Zyprexa (olanzapine) every night at bed time, along with 20 mg of Prazosin, 200 mg of Trazodone, and 1 mg Lunesta. I take 5 mg of Zyprexa in the morning to help with the anxiety I wake up with as a result of all the nightmares. I've gained almost 20 pounds in the last three...

I used to take 100 mg of Vistaril every night to try to help me with sleep. It did absolutely nothing for me, other than helped a little with allergies in the spring. I talked to my doctor last winter about it, and we agreed that I'd stop taking it. I know it works well for some people, but...

@hodge Thanks! I am still on the Lunesta and still sleeping well with it. I've gotten used to the icky taste, and it only lasts a few hours into the day. I don't have any daytime sleepiness from it, which is great. My psychiatrist isn't a fan of sleep medication either, but in my case...

Hi Lex. Most therapists genuinely DO care, and they DO genuinely want to help. I think it would actually be helpful to you if you were to tell your current T about that therapist in high school. What she said to you is so very, very wrong.

Up and ready to go to the weekly Saturday black belts only workout. Problem is, I don't have to leave the house for another three hours yet...

@Florian7051 I do too. I was supposed to test two years ago, but ended up in the hospital battling a nasty leg abscess instead. Thank you @anthony . Remember, "Barrance, grasshoppa, barrance." THanks @Mal Content Thanks @EveHarrington

It will be a fight, one in which you will figuratively have to crawl on your hands and knees to win... but I believe you can come back. I help train officers in their close-quarters combat, and with weapons evasion. I've seen them drop down on the ground shaking, listened to them as they cry...

Welcome! I'm not a leo, not by any stretch of the imagination. I spend a lot of time with them, though, I help with training them to for REAL be able to win, and teaching them several ways out of any random fight. I admire you for wanting to pursue this,

I found out Saturday that I am for sure testing for my second degree black belt on May 21st. I am excited, but I am also nervous. I have a lot of preparation to do before then. I know I can do it, but it's going to take hard, consistent work on my part. I am responsible for 27 forms, also...

As someone who started to self harm at the age of 5, and didn't stop until 5 years ago, I know all too well what that feeling is like. The trick @Heather described works. You can do the ice cube on any part of your body. Just put pressure on the ice cube where ever it is that you want to feel...

The strongest, bravest, best and most admirable men I know are sensitive to others, sensitive about themselves, and have cried in front of me. Don't listen to that therapist. You don't need to "toughen up." Sounds like that therapist could use a good dose of "softening up."

Finding someone whose beliefs matched mine was one of my top priorities in finding a therapist. I couldn't care less what my psychiatrist believes. The only thing I want from her is knowledgeable medication dispensing. But my therapist? I am not strong enough (yet) to stand up to someone...

I've heard of it before. My knowledge is the same as what @joeylittle said, that there is no conclusive proof that it exists, and that it is a manifestation of delusions of parasitosis. That said, I know what it's like to have a physical illness and be told it's psychiatric. It feels...

Some things I suppressed, and some things I have always known. There's really no rhyme or reason to what I suppressed and what I didn't. It was always stuff that I desperately hid from the good half of my family, even though the symptoms were always there. I was asked point blank many times...

Cleaning my house is something I struggle with too. So I can understand the pressing need to change that. But I also have to prioritize - what glorifies God more? A clean house that nobody sees 95% of the time (because everyone we care about lives at least an hour away) or good mental health...

Miyuki... to be so uprooted when you were so young... to witness such horrible things being done to your mother when you were barely older than a baby yourself... to survive a suicide attempt... and so much more. You are SO strong and SO brave. And now you are fighting back and taking control...

For me, it's the opposite. We moved from a town of 86,000 to a town of 2,000. We know so many of the people we see around town, and I love it. We know all of our neighbors by name. We know our pharmacist (and our pharmacist knows us). We don't have to give our names to the receptionist when...

My Gramps has A-fib, as does my father, as do I. It's terrifying. I totally know what you mean about feeling like you are dying. It's possible to have PTSD following that sort of medical event. I hope you are able to get your symptoms under control. Have you seen a...

I can relate to what you are feeling. My best explanation is to use my martial arts as an example. I had my red belt at age 19. That is the last belt before black. My circumstances radically changed and I stopped going to classes. Eight years went by, where I didn't practice at all. Then I...