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I'd also encourage you not to see counseling as a one-shot thing. Life happens in the meantime. There are setbacks and obstacles. Very few people breeze through therapy without ever needing to consider medication. There's nothing wrong with at least asking for the info.

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@D-sweet it was the thought of being called upon to show emotional support. I was 23 back then, and emotional situations were awkward. I just didn't care about other people's problems. I avoided him for a few days, then I felt bad about that, so I just didn't call again.

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That’s a very individual thing. Several factors are involved, from brain chemistry to stress level to the details of your trauma. Some people stay on antidepressants throughout therapy. Others avoid them altogether. I’d say ask your counselor.

What I do in the day, even the morning, affects how I sleep at night. The cumulative effect of the day's intake has a huge impact on my nerves at night. No kind of sleeping pill overcomes that. I've tried every remedy under the sun, from prescriptions to Chinese herbs, and nothing brings me down...

Friday is absolutely right. Read Friday's post again and let it sink in. It's like a person with a sprained ankle at the basketball court. They want to be included and play with their friends and feel alive again, so they push themselves to get out there. They try to play through the pain, but...

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When a friend asks what you find sexy in a man, and you say stuff like “self-regulation”

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You can develop a phobia of nightmares, but I don't think nightmares can give you trauma per se. Especially if you know they're just dreams. Some people experience things they believe are real overnight, and those can be traumatic. But if you know it's fiction, not so much.

I'm 42, and I can confirm there was a shift at 40. When I'm doing housework, I'll dust a table and forget 10 seconds later. Have to backtrack to make sure I did it. At the store I have to stop and regroup every 30 seconds. I can't even hold a thought long enough to walk to that aisle and get it...

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I have siblings who I haven't seen in literal decades. Some of them are badly disordered. One of my brothers is schizophrenic; we've had one coherent conversation in the past 20 years. My family is a wasteland of drug abuse, homelessness, gang involvement, partners dead or in prison, etc. These...

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@Aprilshowers I beat the nightmares in 2017. I'd usually wake up just as the person/being was grabbing me. But one night the dream didn't end. The guy came up and grabbed me as usual, but then it continued.... and he didn't have an actual plan. So I punched him, and he folded. After that I still...

I'm no expert but I agree with Olive. It can really hurt to go there, and a comment that's too on-point can feel like salt in the wound. We can be fickle with trauma. We're offended when a comment doesn't seem understanding enough, and we're offended when a comment is too exquisite. Did your T...

Hello Brett. Welcome. Yeah the military has no chill, pretty much in every country. Hope you're getting the help you need.

Yes I see. Lately I’ve noticed I tell myself, don’t get carried away and clean the whole house because you’ll tire out quicker than you think. I shuffle my chores like laundry and such so I don’t have too many tasks in one day.

That cup thing is so true! That’s exactly what it’s like! I’m on my last nerve, and unwanted stress makes it pop.

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