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When I'm under a lot of stress, I have to take this little red stuffed animal with me. It has the number 10 on it. Which is part of my address. When I see that, I can picture my livingroom, and then I know how to get home. I call that little teddy my 5-4-3-2-1 game. It helps to ground me to...

It seems you and I are destined to talk tonight. I have lived with dissociation for more years than you have been alive. It's good to know you are aware you are doing it. Believe it or not, that is a good sign. Many people with PTSD dissociate. I suggest you write down in a journal each time...

Here are some more things to do to bring self back into calmness when anxious: 1. Write down in a journal all of the things or people that could be stimulating your anxiety. You should also record any foods you eat that could be triggering the episodes. Eliminate that which is causing your...

I am sort of bummed today. My physical therapist said I'm back to less than 50% healed again. I must have overdone, and have to rest that tendon for a few days before I try to do anything else. Rest, Ibuprofen, and ice packs again until Monday when he comes back. sigh. I had planned on cleaning...

surviving_it_all, I want you to know that we all get it. I want you to do something with me. I want you to answer some questions with me, okay? Fill in the blanks: Right now I am feeling _________________ (insert name of the current emotions, usually fear) And I am sensing in my body...

I had a foster brother who used to sleep walk all the time. He had a bad habit of urinating in the floor heater. We had to record him doing it, because he didn't believe us. He used to also put a record on and listen to it during his sleep. Just silly stuff. Good luck on finding out what is...

For the past two days I've had a recurrence of the pain in my shoulder. My physical therapist came today, and said I have re-injured it by working it so much. So no working it for four days, then going back to doing what I did before for 3 days, then doing a different type of exercise that is...

I'm hoping it will turn out to be a wonderful experience for you. Enjoy.

Carla, you have found a very good forum for that. Lots of wonderful, supportive people here. Did you get a chance to check out the wiki information pages yet? Anthony's information is logical, and written well. Sorry to hear you are one of us, but at least you found this forum. Which means...

Hi hostagesoul, Bless your heart, I know of what you speak. I've been there so many times myself. I'm embarrassed to tell you how many times I've tried to end both the mental and physical pain in my life. I won't go into detail on that, because I don't want to give you any ideas. I like what...

https://www.ptsdforum.org/c/threads/how-it-all-began.30110/page-29#post-526418 I do hope it answers your question.

Oh my, Yes! It was excruciatingly difficult. When I was young, I was groomed to become a different type of person. I wanted to go to school, they wanted me to serve men and women. I used to sneak out of the house and go to school. When I got caught, I was forced to stop, but once I got away...

For a few decades now, I have been only seeing therapists when the need arises. Back when I was seeing them full time, they didn't have the CBT/DBT like they do now. I wish they had. Since reading up on them, since I've been here, I honestly believe I would have been able to work a lot longer...

Oh my. I used to do some typing for the Welsh Wills project. Not an easy language for sure.

HI Don't trip, Welcome to the PTSD Forum. I like your daughter's nick name for you. LOL. Cute. Be sure to put some double space between your paragraphs. It makes it easier to read. I'm rather old, and when I was young, they called my personality disorder Multiple Personality Disorder...

If I count that high, I have to take off my shoes and socks. Giggle

I used to do that when I was having a hard time being in the world. For me, it was the only to get my peace back. I would pack my back pack, my sleeping bag, some matches, a hatchet, a rifle and some shells (just for protection), then head to the mountains. I'd stay until I felt ready to go...

Hi there, Have you been diagnosed with PTSD, or are you just curious? I recommend you check out the home page, wiki pages. They can give you the best information.

I suggest you weight the pro's and con's of going. Really ponder how you would feel either way. Guilt over not going. What level of anxiety on going? I have gone sometimes, to have to leave during the thing. That was not a bad thing for me. At least I had made the effort to do it. Then again...

Hi, Welcome to the PTSD Forum. If I may, I'd like to recommend a book to you. I know it can help. "Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal," by Belleruth Naparstek. Many times I get into that "I feel sorry for me, who do you feel sorry for?" rut. Then, I do a wake up shake...

((( Ice_Fire )))), What are you going to do for yourself today? I do hope you can go for a walk today.

I like the one where we are like a fine tapestry. Many different colors are represented. The weaver is a perfectionist, yet always allows at least one flaw to show that nothing is perfect. Think how snobby you would have been if you were perfect, stenni. Now you wouldn't want that, would you...

I'm confused. Are these just random words? or do you type ten words, then ten more, then ten more? 10: wake, sleep, groggy, stupid, pain, aches, pee, yawn, stretch, go 20: dishes, laundry, fridge, fold, clothes, think, eat, drink, blood sugar, number, shoes, cold, heat, scriptures, study...

Trib, One hospital I was in during the 1960s closed, and yet in the late 1970s the records were opened and the place I went obtained them. They have even been able to dig up the records and x-rays from the 1950's, so ten or fifteen years is not all that long ago. LOL. Dust yourself off. Get a...

Hi Calen, Welcome to the PTSD Forum. Sorry to hear what you went through. You found a good place, with lots of caring, supportive people. I do hope you at least have a safe place to live now. If you live in the States, there are clinics that go by a sliding scale. You might also try to find a...