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    You Know You Have PTSD When...

    When you have what every other person in the city wants... a free downtown parking spot in a heated underground parkade, and you take the bus because you can't stand to drive down there.
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    What's Normal And What's Not?

    Hi Wolfie, If something is bothering you talk about it with your therapist. It doesn't matter if it is something you think someone else wouldn't think was traumatic or not, it is how you perceive it. If it is bothering you then it was traumatic to some degree, if it is confusing to you then...
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    Pumpkin Pie

    Hi Toria, I boiled my pumpkin for years but this year I did something different, I baked it. It is a lot easier and no straining. Just bake it at 350 F, (sorry I don't know what the conversion is) until it is tender. Just like baking squash, get rid of the stringy insides and seeds and you...
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    Ptsd Dog?

    You have said that your daughter fosters, is that guinea pigs? Have you thought of fostering a dog? Or if there is a rescue facility that has a program where the public volunteers to walk the dogs? That way you can expose your son to dogs and see how he reacts without having to make a long...
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    Supporter Mom Of A Ptsd Kid

    Hi. I have had PTSD for as long as I can remember but I didn't know it, I was only formally diagnosed this year and I am 49. I had nightmares and some flashbacks but I could not understand what they were. The trauma happened when I was 5. I hid it all behind being a loner and living in books...
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    Sexual Assault Terror In Childhood Sexual Abuse.

    Lazio, it is always difficult sharing even on a forum like this. It does help, every time that you do it has a little bit less of a hold on you. Thank you for sharing also. I know how terrifying that must have been for you. I am not sure if I was crying when I was let go but no one ever...
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    Trauma Reenactment Triangle

    @Valentino, thanks for this article. The statement I quoted is the whole point of working with this model. So often when we are caught up in any type of conflict we just react with a pre-existing learned response and I for one, want to learn other responses or maybe "reboot" my response...
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    Guest Speaker's Safety Video Was Not Okay For Me...

    Hi Orglethorp, It is very upsetting when you watch a video like that and realize that you know the people that have been affected and are familiar with where it happened. So many times we are insulated by the vastness of our country and it doesn't seem so real, even on a forum like this...
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    Current Weather

    It is -12 celcius (10 farenheit) and has been snowing for the past couple of days.
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    Poll 2013 Kris Kringle Gift Opening Time

    I didn't vote because it is early afternoon, anytime is good for me. :D
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    Help! Therapist Terminated Me For Dissociation/flashback In Session

    Have you thought about sending her an email telling her how you feel? At least be able to get some answers? I agree with the others that how she terminated the sessions was completely unprofessional. It could be that what she perceived was something different than what you know happened...
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    Problems At My Job

    I feel so bad that you are in this situation. There is no way to prove anything. You said you were moving in 3 or 4 months, could you remember that when things get bad? I don't know what the regulations are where you live, but here if you quit a job it is really hard to collect employment...
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    What Does Not Cause Ptsd?

    Spending an hour on your nails and smearing the last layer of polish.
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    Trauma Reenactment Triangle

    I think we are arguing the same point. It is best to get off the triangle all together and by recognizing our perception and making that change is the best way to go about it. The triangle can diagram fighting our self and our belief system or it can diagram our interaction and belief system...
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    Trauma Reenactment Triangle

    I think that is the point of the model. A person caught in that static image of themselves in the passive role, they are more likely to think that the only role they have in life is to do the same thing again and again. They get caught in a rut. They do what is familiar to them, the expected...
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