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I like to use my skills with others who have skills (even though I am not presently in a group) or want to learn....it keeps my skills fresh.

Part II of my exercise: Taking the list of traits from pre accident (which is who I liked) and seeing how much they match up with who I am today. My DBT therapist loved this idea. :) I had an aha moment when I saw the positive traits were still there, as that is what others saw in me. Yet the...

My non judgmental exercise: How can I learn who I am in a non judgmental way? After my accident I became a different person....someone I didn't know or like. So my way of trying to figure out who I am again was this assignment that I came up with. FRIENDSHIP 101 In an attempt to discover my...

There are DBT groups where one can learn the techniques and skills and although I cannot speak on behalf of the ones outside of my area in the US; here in the South East the groups run once a week for eight weeks and you must commit for at least one eight week round and many have been in for a...

Then, you need to LOOK at your trigger. Do something that makes you feel uncomfortable but not something that will bring on a full blown panic episode so you can reduce the 50 to a 45 then write about how that felt and how proud you are that you made it thru that. Keep exposing yourself to...

I really like how similar we all are. I didn't do this before my PTSD either. It is a new phenomenon for me. I find that it is the old me pooping thru wanting to say yes and then the new me says wait, you're not ready for this yet. The challenge is to find situations that are just a bit...

Okay...welcome to my world! You know you have PTSD when..... You begin to wonder did I lose my mind this week or did I forget to wear panties! There were none in the drawer and I went to my hamper which was only half filled. I couldn't make any sense of it. So I sorted the laundry and...

I can't let him go. I can't. There must be some way to bring him back. Oh, I can't think about this now. I'll go crazy if I do. I'll think of it tomorrow. But I must think about it. I must think about it. What is there to do? What is there that matters? .....Tara.....Home! I'll go...

I accepted the independent study. I see what you are saying. I get it. It's just so difficult right now.

I was offered independent study for the last four weeks and initially I thought of it as her winning and after re thinking it, I told them I would like to revisit that idea. I am too stressed to even sit in her class.

Yes, everything is documented meticulously. Charges within the school were filed with office of equal opportunity. This is a state university in the south (USA). My grading is no longer being done by her. I am waiting on a full written report thru the OEO and I have told them I am considering...

I need advice, please. I have a very nasty professor who seems to be putting me on the defensive almost daily. Aside from my PTSD I have a physical disability from my trauma. Unfortunately, I look like nothing is wrong with me. She questions my disability daily causing my symptoms to be...

You know you have PTSD when.... -all of your sentences start with "I don't know if I told you this or not because my memory sucks" and you go on and they say yes, you said that three minutes ago (or yesterday) and you can't remember a single thing. -it bothers you terribly that you forgot your...

I wanna give each of you a nice big hug. You all add smiles and giggles to my life. Thank you. :)

OMG! This just happened to me and I ended up with one crown and one temporary fix. Haha. Thank goodness for dental insurance. Now I really am a princess and I have my crown to prove it!

:( I have a very nasty professor who seems to be putting me on the defensive almost daily. She is harassing me and affecting me in such a negative way. I don't know how to not let her get to me. I stayed home from class today just to de stress. Only four more weeks to go and then I may be able...

The darkside is hitting me again! I hate it.

Albatross, that's is awful! I am so sad that you had to experience that. No one should. However, I am glad you got th e help you needed. I hope in time you can move forward to the best of your ability and the negative space within you be ones smaller and smaller over time. I am sending you...

That was really kind of you to put thought into that. I appreciate your time. I don't kmow how to wrap my head around giving in and giving up. It feels like she would win. I did file harassment against her with the department of EEOC on campus as per the recommendations of disability services...

Okay, here's my two cents. If any of you have heard of TEAM IN TRAINING it is a endurance program through the Leukemia and Lymphoma society. They train you to run, walk, or run-walk a half marathon (13.1miles) or a full marathon (26.2 miles) as well as half iron man events and full iron man and...

OMG! This is so me. I just blew off a guy because he saw a future and did not understand that the furthest I could see is a week. :)

I have noticed that PTSD has gotten me into the habit of saying YES to many things my former self would like to do (dinners, karaoke, a date,) but my PTSD really means NO. Inevitably, I end up with anxiety and panic because I sad yes and then I have to figure a way out of it because I don't...

The cause of my last OD was a professor who didn't believe I had a disability or PTSD. I ended up breaking down in front of her humiliating myself. What a complete loss of control, body shaking, tears streaming. I reported her for harassment and now I feel like she is really pushing my...

. OMG!!! I did this this morning. Haha.

Here's one that happened recently... You know you have PTSD when you are sitting in a public rest room talking to your T and telling him your anxiety level was so high last night because you were angry at him at 3am but you were proud of yourself because you had a great conversation with him...