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I guess I thought I was just an un lucky coworker of an incredibly gifted gaslighter, a real pos that couldnt admit he had fallen in a lake if he was drowning, more likely to blame all of the people in dry clothes for ganging up and pushing him in. It turns out he is far from skilled, he is...

I hope we can share our experiences with this form of abuse, and help each other understand this form of trauma and the lifetime affects we carry from it. Thanks to all who make positive efforts towards all of our healing here.

Bad things happen and my disorder makes them feel catastrophic, cataclysmic. A distortion, but a feeling nonetheless. I think i was supposed to be trying for a more measured and appropriate response to the bad things that happen and somewhere along the path to mental health my aim got jostled...

After the covid pandemic I ended up seeing telehealth providers like most of us. My very good therapist suggested that I see an in-person provider and get a psychiatrist on board also and I did. My in person provider is also very good and it feels like a good fit. My Psychiatrist just wanted to...

has anyone been able to avoid divorce by just living seperately in the same home? i have no problem with being platonic and faithful to my vowes, I have so many hobbies and interests and projects that being free of my responsibility (Felt by me) to be a part of her life will allow me to do more...

I have been lied to all of my life. We all have. People try to sway our beliefs, control our actions, get us to do what they want us to do. I’m an adult, lies should be like the weather, like traffic, like any other negative thing that happens to us that we cant control any part of except our...

So, I recently received a new knee, and have been prescribed opiate pain relief. All of my life opiates have been a source of great upheaval and terrible nightmares. I admit, i get the jollies too, and if i didnt know better than to let it, opiates could be a drug of choice. No worries, not...

Baseball fans know what the end game is. Your team is behind, you are getting into the last at bats you have, you start substituting players that can't play defense when they are in the field but get on base when at bat, you pull a good pitcher early to get the closer in and keep the opposing...

I am hopeful but realistically pessimistic that there are groups meeting, somewhere, anywhere, for mutual support and discourse regarding our disorder. Along the lines of an AA meeting at best, along the lines of a chatroom at least, something less anonymous than this resource, but providing...

I have to state upfront that I am a victim posting in the supporter's section because that's where I think I will get the answers to my questions. I know I am pretty much limited in how I can help my wife, that she has to heal alone and I can at best be supportive of her and patient with her...

I am a firm believer in the stock set up for most things, run it as it came from the factory is usually the most reliable way to go. That applied to my beard when it grew in, and pretty much my hair length, most of the time. Working around machinery has required a shorter cut for most of the...

I keep finding myself ready to physically attack bad drivers. I seldom get the opportunity, most of the time it is a bad pass and off they go or tailgate me until I find a block and turn off and go around or a nice widespot I can stop and check emails on and they are off to tailgate someone...

I guess it makes sense, but I cannot wrap my head around how it can be a science-based assertion that stress causes shorter lives. There are so many other factors. How many were included in a group, how many were thrown as outliers? A guy has a stressful life and never has enough time to do what...

I am doing the shopping for something I know not of thing. Long Story I don't need to tell, I am going to be caring for someone that is also new to wheelchairs. Neither of us have ever been in one other than the somewhat ceremonial ride to the car when leaving a hospital. (why do they do that?)...

National Public Radio is broadcasting a story about the use of controlled substances for PTSD treatment. If you can Access NPR online you should be able to find it. I was aware that there were studies about the use of ketamine and MDMA ,also Psyllocybin and THC. Anyone who isn't going to listen...

I would say that the major disease or disorder in my life so far has been PTSD and the years of misdiagnosis preceding it. Second would be all of the traumatic injuries and the ensuing surgeries, maybe down the list is hepatitis C and the wonderful treatment that was available circa 2005 and a...

I am seeing a counselor (Psychologist) that is using a therapy he calls "brains potting". It involves a lot of EMDR similar techniques with the addition of letting my eyes wander from left to right slowly with guidance and seeing where a particular thought or emotion or memory feels the...

I have recently slipped from pre diabetes into type 2 with daily injections of a non insulin medication. How does your Diabetes affect your PTSD symptoms, and vice versa? I have found that physical pain will often accompany a bad event in my PTSD world, and wonder if that has to do with the...

I am living with daily pain that isn't associated with an injury or a surgery or a physical illness and it scares me that it is so deep and so associated with my stress levels. I have been physically exhausted by my job over the past 6 months and by my failing relationship with my wife for the...

Just some basic background- I am PTSD sufferer, childhood abuse, physical trauma, EMS first responder. She is also childhood abuse and crime victim PTSD sufferer. We have a thirty year marriage that has been rough but has produced great kids and is still hanging on but by a thread. Worse over...

This weekend marks an anniversary. Kids involved, death of both parents, pretty horrible. My worst thing that I remember now is the huge number of spectators. Literally hundreds. They all saw the scene unfold from start to finish including me not starting on one victim and reluctantly helping on...

Ashwagandha is actually recommended by my health insurance company for lots of things, I am using it mostly to settle an irritable and damaged digestive system but see lots of applications. Can anyone tell me about their experiences with it? I know it is common in India, and I have a friend...

Have to post this, it is so important. I just tied my major traumas all together and it is so simple now. I am excited and want to share! I was a normal kid, happy and doing well in school with friends and an extended family when my mom died. I was 11. In his grief my father returned to the...

It has been 4 days so far, this time. I saw a dump truck slide around a corner coming at me probably doing 60 MPH. He should have been at 45, tops. the corner is marked 45 mph. He managed to Keep it upright and on the road and I had plenty of time to stop, in fact I didn't need to stop. He...

I am currently taking some time away from my long term counselor and seeing someone about anger management specifically. I know that my anger is from deep and harmful levels of frustration coming from every angle in my life. I know that my frustration is the result of my disorder and the things...