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So, I've recently just uncovered a new trauma memory about Sexual Assault I had in high school. This is before my college rape, and I had suppressed it for quite sometime. However, now that it is coming up again. I am going through the same reactions that I did when I found out about the rape. I...

I love you. I know exactly what you're talking about.

What does self-blame look like? And how do I stop internalizing the blame for my sexual assault? I know intellectually it wasn't my fault, however, some days I feel so much shame. And that just makes me feel angry and I have a lot of misplaced anger towards the world. It all makes me feel so...

My boyfriend comes back from vacation today, and I was feeling so amazing about seeing him. I had such a blast while he was gone and experienced no intense PTSD related symptoms. And then all last night, I had the worst nightmares. This morning I woke up crying, and I feel really sick. Although...

Gizmo, you sound a lot like me. When I was writing my undergraduate thesis and trying to wrap my head around what had happened to me. I would do hours and hours of research too. Reading Foucault, Marcus, Hegel, Marx you name it. Just so I could figure out a way to disprove or prove all of the...

@Kimberly Bogaczyk The beginning of my relationship has been hard. I have PTSD and we are the same way. We go from laughing and then all of the sudden I'll get triggered, and I'll want to break up to "flee." No matter how many times I try to leave this person and not because I don't love him. He...

Hello everyone. I just started using Pristiq to help with my PTSD symptoms. However, I am very nervous because of the irregularities and side-effects. The first couple of weeks I took Pristiq, I felt amazing and thought this was the drug for me. However, the other day I had a really bad...

@EveHarrington How would you suggest I work on it? Are there any success stories? Couples who have beaten and figured out PTSD. Couples who had a really rocky start because of the PTSD and ended up happy?

@Silver what do you mean?

I am currently in somatic therapy... However, I just don't know how to have a functional relationship. Being around my SO triggers me so much... I can hardly feel love, happiness or gratitude. It is the very rare precious moments, but I know I love him and I am willing to work through it.

Can someone at least tell me that PTSD relationships get better?

What Happened? I can’t express enough what it feels like to be raped. And the act of violence isn’t based on a sliding scale of which ‘sin’ is greater than the other. No, in the realm of sexual assault every sin is the same. Accepting my rape is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to go through...