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    Childhood Progress- text from mom

    I have always basically "regressed?" whenever I talk to my parents. My mom texted me and acted like she always has. But I didn't feel anxious or helpless or afraid or in any way like I did when I was a child. I did respond, but I saw directly the foolishness and self-agarandizing and took it for...
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    Childhood Hobbies

    I've always had problems doing things that were not productive, at least after I quit drugs (even then drugs was the only non-productive thing I did). I feel like I'm wasting time if I'm not either working or doing some kind of volunteer work. Everyone I know including my therapist thinks I need...
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    Childhood Is this normal?

    By "normal" I meant not related to trauma. Like a "regular?" person would have this occur too at something that reminded them of something bad. Based on what you're saying this IS something that is a symptom of PTSD? My (non-therapist) boyfriend said that it was flashbacks, but I understand...
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    Childhood Is this normal?

    If I see anything that was around prior to my 18th birthday (brand of juice, a building, opening of a TV show, etc) I don't like it, I want it to go away, and I feel the need to fight it. I don't act on this, because I'm an adult, and because I have no idea how one would defend oneself from a...
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    Childhood Child trauma "not enough"

    I don't think that people wonder if "regular" things are enough to justify what happened to us. Like, I don't think you sit around thinking, "this one time it rained when I wanted to go to the park- does that justify my ptsd?" If you are questioning whether something was bad enough- it is. Also...
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    Sufferer Newly diagnosed. 17 years of physical abuse.

    Ok, I can deal with that. Its still annoying, but if I can get to mostly zero, I'll be ok. I know it'll be work- I was expecting that before the diagnosis. But when she said "incurable" I was just like: so I'm working for nothing? But it seems like I'm working for 99% from what you're saying.
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    Sufferer Newly diagnosed. 17 years of physical abuse.

    I was diagnosed with PTSD two therapy sessions ago. I have been going to this therapist for about half a year. I went before when I stopped drinking about four years ago. Its funny how they never look to see if maybe you have some other mental issues and that's why you feel compelled to drink a...
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