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Yes, apparently you can't train alert dogs. Whether it's physical or psychological response (which to the dogs are the same anyway). You train response dogs who then learn to take the shortcut of alerting you on their own. It's been really interesting.

@FridayJones and anyone else following this. So the idea is that in addition to the public access practice you sit down and share your trauma history in bite sized chunks with your dog. This means you know your dog has been told everything, but also means that your dog experiences your reaction...

I don't normally have to deal with anything that would be suspect and my understanding is for domestic flights small amounts in labeled bottles won't be questioned. http://blog.tsa.gov/2013/09/tsa-travel-tips-tuesday-traveling-with.html that has some basic info as well as a contact number for...

I was late to this, but :hug:s and I'm wishing you all the luck with your appointment tomorrow. I have to make an annual soon to get prescriptions and stuff and it's always an hour of me staring at the phone and having panic attacks. Never mind if there's actually something wrong, then all bets...

Thanks. I'm part of a few different forums and I've noticed that people often seem to expect something more akin to what one might find in day to day life face to face. With anonymity, all life's obligations, and our particular diagnosis.... It's never going to live up to that image. But it...

I tend to be reasonably honest verbally. I cover compulsive behavior (think eating half a pizza in my car parked around the block from home and throwing the box away in a communal trash can). And I have a very effective mask that's been built for survival. I'm hard to read, and I will change...

I don't know if it's helpful because I haven't doubted my diagnosis, but I do find myself constantly comparing and wondering if I'm "sick enough" to receive the help I'm seeking. Even therapy at times, but I'm in a program right now where I'm having a lot of doubt over whether I deserve the...

Interesting. I've changed what I wanted to say about three times reading down. I'm here to help. I'm not always actively posting, in fact I know I don't post as much as I would like to. Often, that's because I'm self-censoring. Especially as the talk about people being mean and short comes...

Exactly. I think this is sort of key. It's also good for self awareness to understand how you respond to the different types of abuse in your past, because it may matter in your healing. I found it easier to get over certain incidents, and when I dug further I found that some of what I just...

I strongly agree with @FridayJones. He's the only one who can tell you what he wants. If he doesn't know, then that gives you the opportunity to have a conversation to better understand him. For example "Alright, so if you are't responding, and I text you once a day would that be overwhelming...

Thank you @Lewa for pointing that out. While I understand that not everyone will benefit from trying to understand intent I find it's important for me as I heal and learn to interact with people and the world. The problem is that while some people are malicious not everyone who hurts others...

Yes. This has been a theme for me. I has brutally raped/tortured over a long period of time by people who did it just because they could do it. Because I wasn't their equal in their eyes, because they didn't have to respect me. They systematically broke me down with full intent to do so and took...

I've just recently started running seriously. I'm at about two weeks of good progress on making it a habit and I'm really noticing improvement so far. I'm going to be traveling again soon, so it should be interesting to see if I can keep it up away from the stability of home and the safety of my...

I'm getting the dog in transition, already moving, new jobs, mostly new friends and such. So I'm hoping that will help. I'm sort of considering the accommodation necessary for whatever job I find. But 'L' is also REALLY good so far about down stays. So I'm hoping it will go well. The program I'm...

This. And yet, if I were completely non-functioning, I wouldn't be able to care for him either. There's just a lot of negative self talk around this going on for me right now. Swinging back and forth from "I shouldn't need this level of assistance" to "what right do I have to have this help"...

I'm not sure where I'm at right now, just want a space to type some things out, also wondering if others can relate to any of this. I'm currently in the process of going through handler training with a service dog organization. I matched with a dog a little over a month ago, and I went to my...

Wow... I wonder what it would be like to have anyone who actually stuck around. I use a different name now, and I realized a couple weeks ago that only my parents have called me by my birth name in years. To the original point though, I'm horrible with boundaries. Truly awful at setting and...

I sometimes get a bit of anxiety over this, but honestly I think it's a leftover evolutionary predatory/prey thing for me more so than necessarily a trauma thing. I fear people, but if there aren't many people around, as in the woods then local large predators or doing some sort of injury to...

I was talking with my best friend (who I'm currently staying with) today, I was upset because I can't go to an annual event this year due to a conflict. Normally I teach there, and it's one of my only really safe spaces. I've taken on more leadership and teaching roles over the past 3 of 5 years...

I have to agree. So much wrong with how this was handled. But I also want to say that if you want to hold off for a while, find other people or pursue other options that's your choice. This is for you, and what's best for you is what needs to be happening. Working through things that are...

So a little background: I've mentioned a couple times I'm being placed with a service dog. I'm getting ready to go to a training orientation this weekend. Without giving too much information that could identify me or the organization, I was in a situation where I felt I was being isolated. The...

:hug:s If you'll have them Nighthawk. I just wanted to let you know you're in my thoughts. I hope you're able to be gentle with yourself, ground and self care, and that you feel better soon. I've had way too many of those nights myself. And it's even worse for me at least when I don't know where...

I have this on occasion. It seems like when I'm aware of something and am focusing on it I can feel it, but I'm always coming up to scrapes and bruises and even large cuts I get because I'm clumsy. And pretty often I only notice them because they're bleeding, or someone else asks me how I got...

@shimmerz of course we can PM :) I do inter-spiritual work, and for what it's worth 'the Divine' is also understood to be the inherent good in each of us. Some people need an external force to understand and connect with that, or they have been raised with that conceptualization. Some people...

So I can only speak from the perspective of someone in the US and I know many things are going to be different as far as laws go. Not meaning to offend, I'm sure you have the legal stuff down. Here, churches are one of the few places that can refuse to allow access to service dogs. I assume...