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I'm in! Right before the deadline! I haven't done this before, but it sounds like fun.

What works well for you to make you laugh, Bloom?

I've not been on MSA much, mainly because many of the stories I read here hit very close to home; I'm normally on the PTSD forum, and have been for several years. However, I'm experiencing something that I think would be better directed here. I'm having what I'm pretty sure is a "body memory"...

Not only can I definitely say I've used reading as an escape, but I think it molded who I am for the positive. I didn't have much in the way of good parenting to learn my values from. Yet, I'm a person with a pretty strong moral compass. You would think, growing up with people who set such a...

I've actually had good luck with it, Sweet Pea. Quite good forthe anxiety in pparticular, and I find that I sleep much better on days I've gone to a class. I feel better as soon as the I rest session is through, like I've had the best nap EVER.If you have a class nnear you, I'd say its worth...

I did that too. But I've found the bad to cancel out the good, because the bad really is that bad, and the good was mostly used as a manipulation tactic. I've given up trying to sort through the tangled mess of a personality that is my father. I can't apply logic where it is clearly unwanted...

Why close it? You clarified the issue, so no worries. Okay, that being said, I understand. I've had to do some serious boundary setting with my own parents. The same idea pretty much applies, but if these aren't great people to begin with , then you can choose how kind you want to be. You...

Downloading, and I'll check it out. Have you guys seen the PTSD Coach app? I've got it on my Droid.

First off, I would say you need to decide where you want that boundary to be. If they are good, loving, stable and healthy parents who have your welfare at heart, it's hard to condemn them for being concerned about their child. A good parent would be, particularly if they know you've been...

Yea, I felt the same way. The, "How could I be such an IDIOT?" self talk was running rampant. If it makes you feel any better, I went to another COUNTRY with this friend. It took another part of the world to convince me. I had heard all about the job there, the friends there, the life they'd...

It took time. Like adjusting to a death, almost. The one thing this person had brought into my life that I hadn't been used to, was a LOT of attention. A lot of flattery, too. Which is probably exactly how this type of person weadles their way into peoples' lives. Heck, I had to change my cell...

You're not alone in falling prey to a narcissist. I had a friendship years ago that sounds similar to yours, and it took me far too long to see. I was embarrassed, humiliated, and feeling unable to trust my own judgement about people. I just wanted to say that reading your post reflected many...

Funny, that's the way I've come to see my parents. "Dead to me", as if they were already in the ground, when they are very much breathing. But they've chosen a path I won't follow, and I'm learning to accept them for the small, weak people that they are. Most days I'm pretty successful. The...

Exhausted.... without jumping to conclusions about a man I obviously don't know, I'm going to tell you that my ex did very much the same thing. I was a Navy wife, so he was gone for long stretches at a time, but when he was home, it wasn't even a possibility to go out with a group of friends...

Just thought I'd open a thread for this weekend's upcoming Father's Day holiday. It's a hard one for me, as my father is a source of trauma. I've learned to avoid Facebook, as I can't stand all the posts talking about everyone's great dad, and how much they appreciate them. The ones with...

Ummm... Yea. Big issue. I've had the diagnosis of PTSD for the same length of time as I've known my husband - 20 years. Until recently, I never had any reason to not trust him. On the contrary, he really helped me to be able to begin to trust again. But he made one really big goof in the last...

It's taken time for me to recognize the emotional neglect that I grew up with, and to call a spade a spade. When you grow up with it, sometimes it's hard to see it as not being normal. I remember my mother saying, "Jesus! Stop HANGING on me!" and I even remember her complaining to a neighbor...

Do you remember where in the book it was, Hashi? My hubs wears a zippered polar fleece vest to work sometimes, and that probably would have been my first thought. Some of the other firefighters he works with have them too. Personally, I think they look dorky, but they don't consult me. ;)

Good luck, Hon! Keep us posted!

I agree with that, KP. Sometimes I'm reading something else, so I'm not picking up on whatever the monthly selection is, but I've read multiple books now that I normally wouldn't have. I'm reading The Civil War, Book 1 (of 3) by Shelby Foote currently. Kinda like War and Peace in length. This...

Yep, exactly. Once we saw those other details, it picked up.

I agree. I found it slow to start off, and felt like it was dragging. Then things took a twist that I didn't expect, and I was glad I hung in there. Hope you find the same thing, Samantha. I'll be interested to hear your take on it.

I know this is an old post, but I wanted to update you guys. I was finally able to find a yoga nidra/ iRest class (the type I posted links about that is suposed to be particularly helpful for PTSD). The class I'm taking is an hour of "regular" yoga followed by a half hour of yoga nidra. It's...

I have sleep walked (slept walked? ) since I was a kid. I honestly can't think of any time I've ever been able to recall any part of the sleepwalking, except when I've woken up in the middle of an "excursion". Mostly these have happened when I'm in unusual surroundings. For example, I walked...

Great thread. I actually started one just pertaining to fiction in the book club forum, after reading 3 books where trauma and PTSD were part of the plot, but not really written about in a way that I appreciated. Hashi sent me a link to this thread. Thanks for the ideas for what to read , guys...