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This would be a great thing to tell him - probably via email.

Like you're saying - someone's behavior being connected to their illness doesn't change the impact of the behavior. And it's very valid to factor in your own mental health management, when thinking about how much capacity you have for resilience when he's highly symptomatic. I think it's...

Are you looking for a word or term to describe the realization you had about the incident - Or a word/term for being occasionally bothered by this realization - ? Just asking for clarification.

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Feeling afraid that you won't be believed, and that it's too weird to talk about - these feelings are extremely normal and very common. I know that doesn't make anything feel better, but please know that this is not unusual, especially for abuse that is initiated inside the home, or by a...

I have been enjoying Abbott Elementary (us)

So, what you'll need to do is get a clearer understanding of whether you are dealing with PTSD from a single incident plus a lot of trauma from other incidents - or whether this is CPTSD - or whether you have a lot of trauma in your background exacerbating a mood disorder, that is worsening the...

Have you been working on your PTSD with any professionals?

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Welcome to the forum @FragileSoul. As others mentioned - the trauma diary can be a great place to write out your story. There is a public version, a members only version, and private. If you have specific questions, those typically belong in the rest of the forums; or, you can search for...

I have no idea why you'd think this is 'messaging'. I'm glad you have beaten your cognitive distortions. That's what your post indicates. What's really bizarre here is, you seem to understand exactly the point - which is that, to believe all of any one group is anything - that is a likely...

Recognized it in a person with PTSD? Or inside oneself as a supporter?

You're definitely not alone in this. And yeah, it's really f*cking frustrating when the more mentally well try and tell us that we are on a spectrum and there is a 'worse than this'. To the person in a mental health crisis, there is no worse than what is happening right then and there. It's...

If severing is the right thing for you to do, for your own recovery? Then you do it anyway. And you work on building the tools you need to support yourself. Part of building those eventually leads to making relationships outside yourself. Look, I didn't have anything in-place when I finally...

The best way to work on making connections like the kind you're describing is by integrating more into your 3-D life. For the mental health angle - NAMI is a great organization. Look up your local chapter, and find out if there are any groups that you'd feel comfortable going to. I do...

Strongly recommend you see a neurologist; it's extremely likely he will recommend you have a psychiatrist do a diagnostic consult as well. What you're describing makes me think of FND (Functional Neurological Disorder). It happens when the brain starts doing an extreme level of mis-firing...

one of the best resources to look through is the National Alliance on Mental Illness. You can access them by going to www.nami.org and then searching for your state and city. They maintain a great network of local affiliates, and that's where you'll find information on groups and other local...

Yeah - this is the landscape I live in. I'll be able to share more in the morning, but I wanted to at least let you know that you're absolutely not alone in navigating this. It helps me to always note how much of the depression I'm feeling is situational, vs. always with me. If I can...

Sitting with you, @EveHarrington.

I'm not sure that's true. Trauma can lead to PTSD, and recurring trauma can lead to CPTSD - but trauma can also result in increased resilience. I'd be interested in knowing whether there's any conclusive research around the idea that more trauma = greater likelihood of CPTSD occurring. We're...

@juliana - can I ask, are these events related to the ones you posted about when you first joined the forum (witnessing a crime, and problems with threats)?

Welcome to the forum, @312. You mentioned residential living in your title, can you share more about that?

OP - it's tempting to lock the thread, since you've basically admitted that you started trolling your own post. But I'll leave it open. @Charbella nailed it, here: Therapy isn't for everyone. Full stop. Figuring out how to work through this disorder is different for every individual...

Yep, I remember saying that - it's something I've learned, and remind myself of, often. I get it - and it IS an accomplishment. Both that you were able to hear what your mom was saying, AND that you were able to observe this happening: Thank you for sharing about this, Eve. I'm so glad to...

As @Freddyt said - there's no longer a chat function on the site. The amount of monitoring it required - members using it inappropriately, sometimes with real-life consequences - was too much for a volunteer staff to handle. But, I appreciate that it's missed; there were some members who...