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Hi, I am so sorry to read your story and hear of your trauma. What your friends brother did is a violation to you and no matter what you or he was doing ( I have experimented with many drugs back in the day :) ) there is no excuse for what he did. Most likely you have had time to process it and...

I’m very lucky. My T will move to the chair beside me if I’m having a panic attack and will place her hand gently on mine during the peak or sometimes will place her hand gently on my shoulder for a moment. She has also rubbed my back, held my hair and placed her hand on my forehead while I...

Oh Tracy I hope your pain has eased a little today. Has your doctor prescribed you painkillers? I would recommend discussing ponstan with her as I find it definitely helps. It does not relieve them completely but I can function and they become very mild. I take them 2 days before I am due, I’m...

What a great thread. Thank you so much for making it. I get horrendous period pain. The cramps are so bad I can find myself on all 4’s rocking and crying with a hot water bottle. My poor husband now knows to make sure I have lots of painkillers. He works in the medical field so he k owe what...

Welcome Scubarr, I joined this forum about 2 months ago and it has really had a very positive affect for me. So many great people that understand and experience what I go through. It’s very empowering. I wish you the best of luck and welcome.

Hi, Has anyone ever asked their T for a double session or to extend the session from 50 to 90 minutes? I’ve been with my T for 8 months. She is very good and we have built up good trust and boundaries. However I have not been full honest with her and have 3 major things to do with my trauma...

I k ownthis will sound mad and childish but I don’t care it sometimes works for me. Helps with the fear and anxiety when I wake up but I sleep with a little teddy monkey. I have had him since I was 12. He is not even a great looking teddy so never knew why I am so attached to him but I find...

I completely understand this. My main trauma was at 14. Attack from a stranger. I have suffered since the with being afraid at night. Waking up and thinking I’m the only one awake is the worst as I lay there listening to my breathing. I’m 30 now and married so the waking up in the night doesn’t...

Hi Emerald, I am so sorry to read your story. You are incredibly brave. Can I ask how old you were when this happened and have you ever told anybody?

Wow Ragdoll Circus thank you so much. That is very detailed, well written and very much appreciated. You have given so great tips and I will be sure to discuss it all with my T. She has already got the name of the head detective I would first speak with so now it is just a matter of weighing up...

Hi nowthisisme, No I live in Ireland and there is no statue of limitation at all thankfully. And there certainly wouldn’t want to be after everything that came out about the church and it’s abuse recently! Aside from that, it is good you have the evidence to back you up but I’m sorry we have...

I am not sure if this is the right place to report this so please feel free to move it if necessary. I need some advice please. Back story, main cause of my PTSD is from being raped and assaulted by a stranger at the age of 14. My parents owned a boat we would go to at weekends and he also had...

Hi Miss_Basilisk, Did you report your assault yet? and if so how did it go? I am currently considering reporting mine, my T is gently pushing me towards making a report. My problem ius that it happened 14 years ago and I dont know his name but I do know other details about him that would help...

Hi All, I just wanted to post a positive message. After 6 months of intensive therapy - CBT and talk therapy for PTSD, OCD and Panic disorder, I finally feel like we are getting somewhere. I have felt stuck for so long and the PTSD was in full swing I just couldn't control nightmares...

I find I cannot cry at all. I feel it building up inside me, I hope for the tears but nothing. Just pressure and and a feeling I could explode or my chest is heavy. My T and I have been doing heavy processing and CBT but still nothing and I was feeling there was something wrong with me. I wasnt...

Im still working on it. Currently doing my 21st CBT session as I am very slow. It so hard to not disassociate from the pain. For me, I try to feel the pain or the emotion but then my brain just shuts my body down or makes me detached so its like its a story or it happened to someone else. My T...

Thanks Texcat. Were you on it long?

Hi, I am wondering if anyone else has an issue with not being able to cry? I feel so stuck and have all the urges to cry especially when in therapy but I just cant. I sometimes cry after being intimate with my husband and have had two major panic attacks before going to my T's office which...

Thank you so much everyone. I feel a bit better about my situation.. basically not as abnormal as I was feeling. This forum is becoming a life saver and the support on it for everyone is amazing. My T is amazing. When I am sick and tell her how mortified I am and that it is beyond embarrassing...

Hi All, Yesterday I went to a psychiatrist after my T felt we needed more assistance. It went better than I had expected, I have never been to a psychiatrist before. I have OCD and PTSD. He recommended I take Sertraline for the next 3 months, nothing long term its just to help me through CBT...

Hi, I am looking for some comfort today. My anxiery is at an extreme high. I've been doing intense CBT and processing with a great T the past 6 motnhs and feel I am getting better and my husband has told me he can definitely see a change. The problem is when I feel I am getting better something...

Thank you so much everyone for your responses. I am so glad I have finally signed up here. I suppose I need to be more patient but I just feel like I am failing when I am still having such anxiety and getting so emotional, yet I rarely cry, most of the time its before I go to my T's and she will...

That is really interesting TexCat and it really is putting my anxiety at ease slightly. I really thought I must be mentally disturbed to be feeling this way. Maybe its the only way I can allow myself to feel the pain, while I am with my husband so intimately. Doesn't make it easier though and...

Hi Liz, I am so sorry to hear your story. Mine is very similar to yours. I have only joined this group yesterday and am finsing so many people with similar issues to mine, which is relieving. I was assaulted and raped by a stranger at 14. Never told a soul until I was 21 when I told a Friend...

Thanks for the responses. It happens to me at most of my weekly sessions. I cant help but retch and vomit into my T's bin. Its so embarrassing and makes me feel so ashamed, like a child!!!! Sometimes I get myself so anxious that its going to happen that the panic atack kicks in before I even...