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Hey everyone, I’m a Mental Health Nurse from Australia, working in forensic mental health. I’ve been in the field for about ten years, but only recently started turning the same compassion I’ve shown patients back toward myself. I was diagnosed with CPTSD and PTSD (at separate times for...

Thanks for explaining that @Freemartin. I had/have gaslighting too so maybe that's part of it for me as well. Hadn't thought about that as had just assumed inside would know that adult me is ok. But I suppose adult me gaslit myself too for decades so.... Yeah, this is where I get blended. Hard...

I chose to fight against an abusive workplace. Three of my workmates committed suicide. One died at work trying to meet a production quota. Hundreds were fired so that their pensions could be seized by the company prior to vesting. They were replaced by workers who then had no insurance. And...

Yes it is helpful actually :) I’ve never been able to successfully articulate the emotions and experiences I have been through, this has lead to several other issues thus my reason for being here. Thank you for explaining the next part. I am clearly in distress and asking these questions is...

Thanks @In the weeds . You too. Thanks MM. I think that's why I like work? Gives some validation. But also I think I'm totally replaceable and it doesn't quite help with the 'mattering' business. Thanks @anthony. Trying to work that through. 💯 Agree. And it gives comfort really , thinking...

...to get worse, before it gets better… so predictably… that most trauma therapists don’t actually DO trauma therapy with their clients for several months whilst teaching grounding techniques, stress management skills, etc. & making sure the client’s life itself is stable enough to absorb the...

...but regulated facts get you cleared. Practice this now: when anger surges, name it out loud—"this is trauma rage, not me"—then do 5-4-3-2-1 grounding (5 things you see, 4 you touch, etc.) to drop the intensity enough to think. That's from prolonged exposure basics: face the trigger without...

...ex and I'm struggling to find new interests. The fear, uncertainty and all the emotions our so overwhelming and hard to keep in check. I'm doing breathing exercises and grounding techniques but I'm still struggling, If anyone has experienced a similar time, I'd appreciate the advice or...

Thank you! You’re right. I have come a long way and having a bad dream again doesn’t negate all of my healing I’ve done. It was jarring but I know skills to help calm myself. I have my therapy next week so I can journal about this and talk about it with my therapist.

Do you know anything about grounding exercises?

I can relate to this, and I don’t think it’s a necessarily bad approach. But it is probably going to mean stepping up the self care a bit. Taking moments for yourself - lots of checking in through the day, and stepping out for a moment to give yourself air and a chance to get your breathing...

Based on this information: Hypoarousal vs. Hyperarousal | How to Identify Nervous System States I would describe my post-emdr existence as hypoaroused. I was shut down. I was calm. My body didn't feel like mine, and at times I didn't feel safe in my body. But I was not panicking or restless or...

...out what it feels like and what it is for you. And then working out what triggers it. And then working out how to manage it in terms of grounding and coming back again. And then, slowly, slowly, it doesn't happen as much. It's a long process. And it's pretty impressive really when you...

I am sorry to hear that and I'd imagine with ptsd it makes things harder... my grandma and yours situations were different. My mom (who I have a trauma bond with that im trying to break) did in a sense "raise" me. But my grandma was the one who actually loved me and treated me like a human. We...

I like the rooks, I mainly get jackdaws, crows and eurasian magpies, here. In other parts of town there are rooks, though. They seem to like more rural areas, like ravens. Have you seen photos of the other kinds of corvids across the world? Choughs are the closest to me, but there are a lot...

Dissociation when we’re having flashbacks is super common - flashbacks are a form of dissociation! Depersonalisation is a form of dissociation where we don’t feel real, or have out of body experiences. Grounding can help with that, especially finding a grounding technique that works for you.

Honestly, being a victim of sexual assault with little chances of ever getting justice has made me start to wish harm on my attacker. Not death but still stuff that would seriously injure him and leave permanently damage. I’m talking about things like hoping he gets hit by a bus a la Regina...

News is just so hard nowadays. I don't watch / pay any attention to legacy media. All of them are biased. Ground news is great, but mainly I go to independent sources, small outlets trying to be non-biased as possible, giving both sides of each issue.

No you're not a bad person considering you asked and nothing was forced and she did agree. Do you eat at all while drinking? It'll help a bit to stabilise. Or drinking water before alc helps too, less headache that way. Might add the fact that caffeine helps me to think more clearly and stay...

Of course it is… it is a statistical analysis. Stastiscally… your ex WILL attempt to kill you. That doesn’t mean they will. “Just” that the odds are in favor of drivers accelerating at green lights, yeast causing bread to rise, your ex trying to kill you, etc. Statistically? So was mine. And...

It is, I'm only living in the town because of him, his all I had here. And I feel like a fool for encouraging friendship with this women and trying to include her in our lives. All it's got me is heartbreak and depression. He said on the phone he understands how much it hurts me, I told him he...

Yes, I can see that; The honking of horns was not something I approved of at all. And yes, I think I posted above (or maybe just thought about it?) Viva Frei interviewing a front line worker who said that the trucks at the beginning were impeding emergency vehicle access. The bouncy castles...

No worries it makes sense. I was very thorough in filling out her intake forms, I sent her my psychological evaluation, and we discussed my trauma history in depth. Yet, she seemed surprised that I had disassociation. I forwarded my psychological evaluation document to her again because she...

I remember being a little kid and trying to explain disassociation symptoms to my mom. I asked her why she said she had never felt that way. Dance and exercise have helped me ground myself and be more connected to my body. But yes I often used to wish I didn't have a body.

Thank you. 🙏