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Hello Lillibuth, I always thought that something was inherently wrong with me, that I must have needed medicine, or I was just too flawed to succeed. Then I sought therapy and learned that tragic things, assault and abuse wear down our defenses and deplete our coping skills. I applaud you for...

Thank you, our traumas have similarity in that my initial trauma was early childhood, and I found myself in an abusive relationship later in life. It is encouraging to be validated, that PTSD makes it hard to function in life.

Good morning all, I stumbled across this forum while looking for a listing of symptoms. I am recently diagnosed, but think I probably suffered from a similar issue for years, but was not allowed to get help. I am emerging from an abusive relationship that dredged up all of the old stuff that...