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My therapist has given me a hand written card for her vacations to serve as a transitional object for the last few years. Recently, she mentioned that she would like for me to consider ending this, but it will be up to me. I don’t rely on the cards as much as I used to, but having it helps me...

I might actually trust my therapist. Even my teenage part has been participating in a healthy way. Instead of focusing on my fears, I’ve been making an effort to look for the good and enjoy things.

Today, my coworker spilt water all over the floor as she tried to shove past me and our other coworker to get out the door. It was freezing outside and we had more work to do, so I grabbed her to keep her from running off and she scratched me!

This has happened to me twice. Once I was looking at a trauma and everything went black. Another time it was floating back and an entire year of my life is gone (age 6). It’s like that book in the library is in a locked cabinet.

My anxiety went sky high with a colonoscopy. I couldn’t understand it because I had done one of these before. The nurse asked me why I have ptsd. 😒. The thing they don’t realize is it really doesn’t matter why. The nervous system senses danger and takes off! I wish they would educate...

Maybe seek out a trauma therapist to help stabilize you? I’m guessing your kids may need one as well. Plus, I’m sure there is grief involved. Do you have parents that can help out? Lots of hard things that you are dealing with.

I actually did an emdr session on my fear of failing at Emdr and therapy. Lol. It helped. We are actually doing it a new way that is a combo of flash emdr and emd. That process seems to be most successful for me. The traditional emdr was too intense. We are working on getting my SUDS lower...

One of the questions on the discharge interview papers said “what can you think of as a reason to keep living” and she said, “my mom.” She is out now and seems like her old self. Her bloodwork showed high glucose (the reason we were leaving abilify to begin with). He told her that wouldn’t...

@Sideways she wants out so badly. This is double her normal meds. (Driving is out) They didn’t try anything new. We will have a family therapy before she comes home. We will take her up to school to get her pet fish and clothes. I want to see if she can finish online. And then bring her up...

Well, it’s looking like she may get out on Tuesday. We will have a family group therapy beforehand. She now seems stoned when I talk to her. They doubled her Effexor and abilify. Now 75 mg Effexor and 5 mg Abilify. Great on the Effexor (she’s been higher). Abilify is very concerning. She...

Omg. More problems. Morning nurses didn’t wake my d up for meds. Then they wrote on her chart that she refused. Then when she woke up and asked for her meds they refused and said it was too late. (Thyroid—which we know isn’t late). And her Effexor xr…. They tell me they can’t give it till...

@Friday She wants so badly to go back to school. What are your thoughts on her finishing 1st semester so that she can at least receive credit for those? After Thanksgiving, she only has a few weeks left. Her grades are B’s, C’s and one D. She might end up with a bad gpa after finals after...

Her previous experience was seeing a therapist every other week and a psychiatrist. She wasn’t suicidal, though she did take a bunch of Advil once. She has a very good relationship with her t. They had been terminated since May because she was doing great. This recent stuff came on from...

I have my regular Monday appointment. I also asked if we could schedule Tuesday (she’s off the rest of that week). The facility told me that she can request that the doctor sign a release. If he disagrees it goes to court. Court cases are running 2-3 weeks behind, so she would be stuck in...

I thought about that. If they released her today and she went back to school, I might be even more worried than I am now. If she was released into our care and we got her in an out-patient situation, I’d feel much better. We’ve gone through this with her before. She just crashed hard this...

My young college daughter, started cutting again, was contemplating downing some pills and chose 911 instead. She stayed in the ER alone all night and chose to be moved to a mental hospital. I find it odd that the ER gave her the choice but didn’t explain what she was getting herself into...

Happens to me. I’ve talked about it with my therapist a few times. The thing that I hate is that it will happen while doing emdr or discussing stuff in therapy. I feel fear. Don’t feel sexual at all, but it happens anyways.

I haven’t been in your specific situation, but many people have. You are not alone. I’m hoping that you can find some sort of positive focus and support as you wait to find the therapist that can help you process this mess. When I started therapy, I would cower in the corner of her room...

I’ve been trying to schedule my booster shot, but things keep happening. (I need a recovery window). Got a stomach virus this weekend and now sinus and ear pain. I hope I don’t have covid. 🙄

This is a dream house, not a real one that I can leave or move out of. It evolves in my dreams and is with me no matter where I live in real life. The weirdest part is how some rooms become safe over time, and I discover new rooms. I’m comfortable with the house, but not parts of it. My...

My monster is more of an ever changing mansion/house. There are ghosts of a very bad man who killed his entire family and the family members. I have dreamt of this for as long as I can remember. I’m not scared of the house, just very specific rooms.

I told my sister. She was kind and supportive. (That trauma had nothing to do with family). I became brave the following year and told my mom. A huge part of me wishes that I hadn't. I feel like my trauma hurt my mom. It hurt her that I didn’t tell her and then she says in hind site it was...

I agree with the “suicidal” part concept. My ideation can run really strong, but every so often, I’ll have a part of me that tries to create a plan—like a date. That is when I have to jump in and look for my rational self. The adult part that is in charge, because I don’t want suicide. I...

We hop around when present day stuff is affecting my functioning, but the root was emotional abandonment and partial neglect—not of the parents’ fault. The big T’s happened later.

@FauxLiz, I’m pretty sure that my T has dealt with my issue before, but maybe not a female client. I actually brought this stuff up because I was avoiding doing emdr on mommy issues. Only to realize that the shame I feel is related to my upbringing.