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There are a couple of other threads on here. About it. 5-HTP is found in the vitamin section at most grocery stores. It can help to fight depression, sleeplessness, and anxiety.

I dissociate and I had my hypnotherapist show me EFT. It helps but I don't find it helping for dissociation. It helps to lower the anxiety a little bit, but by no means a substantial amount. I have to use a lot of other coping mechanism to stay functional- talk therapy, daily exercise, eating...

I get overwhelmed with making the "about you" section too and avoid putting in information on those sites.... I only put information that I feel comfortable on dating sites.

Glad you notice a positive difference!

I use it when I need it. Actually, I didn't need to take it all during the summer. Last month, I was just getting more and more depressed and nothing was working (I exercise a lot and eat very healthy). I took the 5-HTP one pill a day for a week and I feel a lot better. If I am having a lot of...

I have a co-worker who introduced me to fried eggs and peanut butter. Just fry the eggs as normal and then put a spoonful of peanut on top. I tried it and it really is good. And look at all the protein you get!

I have been seeing my therapist for 1 and a half. I can tell my trust has grown over the last year and a half. But it is still hard. At least I no longer cancel or postpone my sessions and I do talk more in sessions than in the beginning. Just give it time. Trust takes a lot of time to grow...

T: "You need to try to get more sleep. Can you imagine getting 7 or 8 hours of sleep a night? What would you do with all the extra energy?" Me: "wait....7 or 8 hours a night? This is at one time right? Not over the course of a week?"

I would be interested in joining it too. I'm in SC.

T asks: "Do you believe you are capable of doing anything?" Me: "What do you mean?" T: "That your mind has unlimited capabilities?" Me: "Is this a trick question?" T: "Getting only four hours of sleep per night can make you psychotic." Me: "You know where I work right? The retail industry...

I agree with LizardViolet-- you need to disclose a little bit of your trauma to the hypnotherapist/psychologist. You don't need to tell them everything but just so they have a heads up that they are working with someone with PTSD.... Saffy----that is scary. Which is why when people look into...

Britt--Yeah, than it sounds like you might not have been hypnotized. Usually there is a time distortion when you are. An hour can pass and it only feels like 5 minutes has gone by. When I was under hypnosis most of the time I could hear what the therapist was saying most of the time...

People with PTSD are hard to hypnotize. The only reason I was able to because I ended up completely dissociated the first session. So my subconscious was already in full sign and basically dissociation is a form of hypnotism. If I don't dissociate as much as I do, I highly doubt I would have...

Well, no one can give you a probable...but as long as the changing habits don't relate or remind you of your traumas you should be good. If you go through with it still find a hypnotherapist/psychologist specialized working with PTSD patients even though you won't be addressing the trauma...

Also, make sure the hypnotherapist you work with is also a psychologist and hopefully specialized in trauma therapy. I wouldn't want to work with a hypnotherapist who doesn't understand trauma.

I've had hypnotherapy sessions to treat the different symptoms cause by the PTSD. It works to help relieve the stress, the obsessive thinking, it's helped to lessen the dissociation, and eliminated a lot of my sleep issues. However, it has no cured the PTSD itself and I am still doing CBT...

EFT really helps. It is hard to get into the habit of doing it, but once I did I noticed it lowered the anxiety levels.

Don't watch anything really for TV and movies. I'll watch YouTube videos that are funny. Almost anything else is too triggering.

I haven't thought about acupuncture, but hey give it a try. If it helps in anyway than it is a good thing. I do yoga and exercise as mentioned above to help keep me sane. I've had four hypnotherapy sessions in the last three months and that has helped tremendously. Took a lot of my anxiety...

I have been wondering about this as well. As I don't quite get how one can identify if they have processed the events as well.....

I'm using hypnotherapy in conjugation with my regular CBT therapy. The person I use for hypnotherapy is a psychologist and specializes in trauma. The hypnotherapy I started basically to help quell some of the anxiety. It has lowered by anxiety a bit and has helped control the obtrusive...

@Kers-- how do you bring yourself out of it? I am having a very hard time with it. I try a lot of the grounding techniques and nothing really works. The only thing I have found to work somewhat is coffee. The taste and I guess the warmth helps. It is frustrating to deal with.

I've just been fully realizing how often I do it as well. Not just in therapy, but in almost all aspects of life.

Yes, actually I experienced this a couple of times recently. The first time was two months ago while at work. For a five hour period I had no anxiety, no worries at all, no intrusive thoughts. I felt so great. Colors were brighter, I felt lighter, everything as louder. Then it went away. But...

I recently went to a psychologist who specializes in trauma and is also a certified hypnotherapist. That said, I went only to help relieve the anxiety- not deal specifically with trauma memories. Actually, the doctor used hypnotherapy to try to block/stop the obsessive thoughts and flashbacks...