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Vee, I tell this to people all the time. But I say "I wish you could experience my worst day for just one full day". It usually shocks them into reality. They say something like "why would you be so mean to me". For compassion! So we can all have understanding and compassion toward one another...

I was in an MVA and left with a physical disability in addition to my PTSD. I would like to connect with others who had a similar experience.

Thank you, Anthony. I will think about what you said and try to figure a way to start to become part of the community online. Asking for help is one of my biggest weaknesses. I have always been the one people come to for help not the one who needs it.

Anthony, how can we pick ourselves up and help ourselves if we are all we have? I have no support of friends or family. It is more than difficult to rely on only me for support when I am still trying to learn skills to get through each day. Right now this forum and my T is all I have. I am on...

Right on!

BlueAngel...I feel stupid too when I can't gather my thoughts or find the right words. Then I always feel a need to explain that I have PTSD and hat that means and I get uh huh's and oh reallys? Like I am making up some excuse or something for my loss of vocabulary. When I get angry with...

For me, people means socializing and that is something I am not comfortable with. I don't k ow about all of you but somehow I lost my words. I have a difficult time making my sentences and I end up saying it sounds like or I motion it out and I feel dumb when I am in conversation. Crowds for...

I have something I would like to share with everyone. I have been on a horrendous roller-coaster ride. I am partially disabled after MVA, no friends, no family support and am completely alone. Kinda pathetic, huh! Since Nov i have been on a downward spiral. Last night was really bad and I...

Thanks for that post! I feel exactly the same. So much of the time I put in a fake happy face and let people believe I am okay and then come home to my lonely space and break down alone. I don't want anyone to see me looking or feeling weak or needy or different. It hurts so much that I...

If I could change ONE thing about my PTSD.... I think I would change my SOCIAL PHOBIA. If I changed that, then I might have a support system for when I am in my dark space, I might smile more and fear less, I might walk taller and feel more confident. If I could be in any social situation, I...

I have a T I see weekly, a PA i see monthly, a psychiatrist I see sometimes, as well as a group with two therapists in it and everyone is in the same practice so they all work together if there is an issue. With that said, when I was seriously in a dark space and very SI I told the group T o...

My daughter Coffee...I love it in the morning Ummm...not much else I can't busy myself changing my avatar because I don't know how to make one!

Hi- I'm in NC too.

Thank you for your clarity. I learn best with visuals. I appreciate the hard work you put into this site.

I guess i am in a setback now. I have felt hopeless and alone. I don't know how to move out of it. I have no family or friends or support around me. Just me.

In DBT I learned to practice what is called OPPOSITE ACTION. Can you take the emotions you listed and then figure a way to make the opposite occur?

Here are some links for those of us who are SI. http://www.comh.ca/publications/resources/pub_cwst/CWST.pdf http://helpguide.org/mental/suicide_help.htm http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/

I think I hate this topic because it hits home for me. Last week I sat in my T's office and calmly and casually told him our goals do not match up. My goal is DEATH and his is helping me move forward. I wasn't upset or anything. He went next door to my psychiatrist and the two of them...

There are also some wonderful workbooks you can buy. If anyone wants to work on some DBT skills we can try and do that here informally. I think it would be a great way to help one another.

I love that song too!

A few more... -you plan an escape route for when the ambulance comes -oops, I think I forgot my other ones...give me a minute -GOT IT! Upon first being diagnosed you scream at the doctor while hysterically crying saying, "this is not PTSD! this is real!" -when you are in a public place with...

I would. Ot mind a trans continental relationship....haha

-When you go to Trader Joes with your grocer list on your Blackberry and forget to look at he blackberry and only come out with bananas just so you come out with something -when you start an argument with your carer and get side tracked looking at the cute ducks and begin to giggle and promptly...

I work with a DBT therapist and have gone through three rounds of DBT group. It has helped me tremendously. DBT was first described by Dr Linehan. It is a way of moving forward, recognizing negative patterns and correcting behaviors. I would be interested interested in chatting with others who...

My song is SMILE, by Uncle Kracker: You're better then the best I'm lucky just to linger in your light Cooler then the flip side of my pillow, that's right Completely unaware Nothing can compare to where you send me, Lets me know that it's ok, yeah it's ok And the moments where my good times...