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Sounds like you and me both have pondered the big questions in depth sun seeker!! I think it is beyond a human's ability to comprehend the mystery of it all. I like that there is mystery. Science pretends to have all the answers, but really only for that which scientists can comprehend. Einstein...

I so identify sun seeker. Could you ask the angels something like, What do I need to know most in order to heal and move forward? Or what should my next step be in making a living? And please make it really obvious because I am not getting your symbolism. Ideally, where is your heart when you...

I feel for you. I have had periods like that. If it were me, I would double up on mindful meditation and asking your body/mind or higher self or who or whatever you identify with for ideas. And be open to the idea it might be a new area you hadn't considered. Sometimes I have found when the...

My shrink told me that is a dream people have when they are under unbearable stress, I had them when I was taking care of my mother when she was dying of cancer. They are awful. I also personally think it is about feelings of immense powerlessness and loss of strength.

Welcome!! So glad you found the forum!!

I wonder if, at first at least, it calms down the reptilian brain. I don't have OCD, but before I was diagnosed with PTSD and my body would be revving up for the equivalent of the Apocalypse, I would inwardly repeat a certain word over and over compulsively - and it wasn't a meaningful word -...

Your brother denies the reality of what happened, so he creates a different version and tries to fit you into it. But it's not real, it's a distortion, so it doesn't work. You would be cold if your father was kind and never abusive. You are in reality and reacting as someone in touch with...

I love the "hippie" stuff. I have tourmaline and also black obsidian. I got a jasper stone from my chiropractor recently. I sage almost every day. I am into spirit animals too. When one appeared to me in a dream once and touched my forehead, I didn't understand it. Didn't know there were...

Here's a trick I learned today for when my primitive brain, as usual, thinks I am about to be annihilated when I am not, and I wake sick with terror, nausea and numbness. The trick is to distract the primitive brain with a bigger emergency than the fake one it is registering. Lie down on the...

It always helped me to know: You didn't cause it. You can't control it. You can't cure it. My mother found sanity with Al-Anon. A great book to help anyone dealing with an alcoholic, or if you dealt with one growing up, is Codependent No More. The best time to talk is when they are hungover...

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Anytime @change. Just wanted to add one thing. A quick way to note how it effects your aroused sympathetic system is when you lie down to do the two you lie down for -- first note in seconds how long you are naturally inhaling and exhaling. When I am hyper, my breath is short and fast like a...

@change - Here are the names of the exercises he gave me: They are all called "Foundational Movement Practices". (That's for googling purposes.) Rock and Roll Dynamic Tension Walking Pose Seated Procedure Try and find them on the Internet. If you can't, let me know here or in Inbox and I will...

@change - As soon as I get my peepers open, I will go get the handouts and give the names of the exercises. They have to do - it seems - with the first chakra area or the area where you do crunches. A sort of exercise that repeatedly tells the primitive brain - we are not in fight or flight...

I googled hyper vigilance and found a thread on here. I began to read posts and was blown away. Thank God for MyPTSD. And Anthony!

Somatic therapy has helped me release a lot of trauma energy. (45-year old trauma.) I found something also recently quite by accident. I don't know if it would help you. For a couple years, I thought I kept retearing a gluteal muscle - as originally diagnosed. Last spring or early summer, the...

This is a long shot, but when I have a lot of emotion bottled up and am unaware it's coming to the surface or building down under, my hands sometimes shake. I guess you would only know if that is true for you if you find that it stops after you cry or safely express your anger. I am doing a lot...

I totally identify. For me, it usually happens when I am in pain and/or in a state of hyper vigilance. Something must be fixed and it must be fixed now! I can think of nothing else. I feel a little insane even, but the feeling is so real and urgent, it's nearly impossible to ignore or let...

Insides match the outsides when in real danger or courting danger. If I am not dissociating at some level, I am often in emergency mode. That creates a cognitive and visceral dissonance that becomes intolerable when life around me is normal and safe. I used to seek out (unconsciously) dangerous...

Oh my God. This shows who your mother is in a split second snapshot. She is unbelievable and...nuts? Who says that? No concept or feeling for your experience. How cruel I find her. I am sorry this happened but so glad you could cry and cry. I pray you can find some comfort. Your instincts were...

I find the fatigue and hypervigilance to be quite exhausting too. You have been thru trauma. Your body and brain responded normally to an abnormal situation. The way your brain works now is different, but I believe it can be significantly rebooted with the right trauma therapy. I hope you are...

It makes sense and is a good metaphor for the reality of your PTSD primitive brain (which perceives danger when there isn't necessarily any around you anymore), fighting your neocortex or conscious rational brain, which knows all is well. It is your senses versus your intellect at war. I hope...

Congrats!! Your book will help many people. Keep in mind too, you always have the option of selling online and making 70% profit while waiting to be picked up by a publisher. That's if you would like to get things moving earlier than the Big 5, etc. would have it. What a great accomplishment!

I just wanted to add to all the great comments a new thing I've been doing that is helping my body to relax. Especially since you mentioned abdominals. That's where I first note tension, esp. In re to anger. I've started doing Trauma Release Exercises from the DVD by Bercelli. He explains how...

Ditto on your back to the door thing. I had to buy a little laptop so I could sit where I could see the door. It is no failing. It's your primitive brain sensing danger (from bring triggered) and is trying to protect you. You cannot speak to the primitive brain because it only understands...