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I'm not sure. They do come over unannounced once in a while, sometimes to see my aunt, sometimes to see me. My mom calls pretty often. If I just dissappear or stop answering their calls they may just come to my house to see why.

My new therapist is really nice. We talked about getting my abuser (my father) out of my life for at least the next two months. She doesn't think I will make progress if I'm still in the abuse (which is a new concept for me, I thought the abuse stopped at 17). I am afraid to tell my parents...

It might seem like that because you don't need so much from them anymore, but my guess is that they might even care more, after having been through that huge journey with you.

I am having body memories, and I can't get them to stop using healthy modes, so without being able to contact my therapist I've resorted to living in my imagination for today. I seem spaced out to others, but really I'm imagining anything other than what I'm feeling. Anyone else been there?

I givery GabaSooth to my son. It helps with his anxiety, which is pretty intense .

I found out this weekend that I joined here first in 2008, and then came back in 2015 or 2016...I have no memory of any of this. So strange. Anyone else have memory issues like me?

OMG that is like you were writing my symptoms, not yours. You are not alone. A therapist would totally understand all of that because that is PTSD summarized.

I'm curious if anyone has any experience with sensorimotor psychotherapy? My new therapist does it, and it seems pretty interesting.

@bellbird I had intense anxiety for years. I still had it when I was on gabapentin. When she took me off of gabapentin I went into withdrawals from it, and had crazy anxiety, so we started the lyrica early, and after a few days of adjusting the dose my anxiety dropped, now I have none. It's...

My new therapist is cautioning against doing the study because it's experimental and her methods have been proven. Thoughts?

@somerandomguy my therapist has that book. Maybe I'll snag it.

@Still Standing I love parenting classes, actually. I practice attachment parenting and gentle parenting. LR Knost is my favorite parenting author. My son is a pretty good kid, but suffers from PTSD from a car accident, he's on the autism specturm, has sensory issues and OCD. He has high...

Does anyone find that parenting is particularly challenging with PTSD? I had a sleepless night and my son needed my attention this morning and I felt like I didn't have anything to give. I fake it, but I'm afraid it's not enough. If I am triggered during the day it's the same, or I have to...

@bellbird She had to increase my dose a few times, so maybe a week before I noticed it, and it got better with time. In the US insurance companies can give psychiatrists a hard time if they prescribe it for anything other than fibromialgia or pain. My doctor said that she would probably have...

@Still Standing thanks, it's the first medication I've ever taken that has worked, so I'm pretty glad, too.

Because it's the only one that treats anxiety. @EveHarrington because it's the only one that treats anxiety. She specifically prescribed it because of it's ability to help with anxiety. AND it has a short half-life so before I take the second dose I feel the anxiety a little

I take it for anxiety and it's a life saver.

Yes, I've only done it guided by my therapist.

I have learned to hate it, because all it does is calm me down in the moment, and then I just go right back to feeling how I was feeling before.

I'm trying to distract myself with chat. Yes, easier said than done. You do EFT? What does it help you with?

No, just the usual, call my therapist. I did, and she tried EFT with me and it did nothing, so she said she was going to sleep and to wake her if I needed her. Well, I needed her to do something BESIDES EFT FFS.

I cannot sleep because I am freaked out. If I close my eyes, what is going to happen? NOTHING but can I listen to that? Nope. Checking the lock, trying to close my eyes, nope won't happen, jaw clenched, muscles tight. Nothing about my body wants me to sleep. I'm scared, and that's all...

How long does that take? @Still Standing

Thanks @Justmehere. Progress and goals are new things for me. @Still Standing again, you're very supportive of me. Yes it is going to be hard. I fully expect to get what I need, to make progress. I can do it. It's scary as hell, but I can do it. @Justmehere also, she did say she gives...

LOL I suppose I could. That's pretty obvious. I should have seen that.