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Thank you for this thread. My son is convinced that this is the last option for him/her. I’m looking forward to learning from all of you as a result of you starting this thread so that I can support him/her in anyway I can. Best wishes as you move forward using all the modalities available for...

Thank you alfie for all of your sharing and encouragement to all of us. We all appreciate every contribution you make here. This was beautiful. Hoping and pray that you continue to bless people with your story and your healing journey and that you are blessed for sharing. Thank you so much. I am...

I don’t know where I would be without this forum. I know, definitely meant to be among my people, those who have lived it and understand it, some worse than I’ve had, brings so much peace and comfort and healing. So glad you found us. So glad I found this. Looking forward to hanging out with you...

Thank you for being here and for sharing your faith with all of us. I only came to the Lord at the age of 33 which is the very age our Lord was when he died for us. I feel privileged. God is faithful. God is all of those things that you shared. It sounds like a Psalm and I was looking for the...

Welcome! So glad you found us. Thank you for sharing all of that with us. You are among friends, here who have walked similar paths. So sorry for everything you’ve been through, but so encouraged by how resilient you have been. Thank you for sharing all of that. I’m so glad that you are in a...

I’m so sorry to hear about all of this. When I first got sick, it took years to get a diagnosis from lupus. In the meantime, I went through many doctors that said it’s all in my head. That’s so infuriating. You know what’s going on in your body, but if they can’t find anything in the blood work...

I know exactly what you’re talking about. Usually my session goes to the very end and I can’t stop talking. My therapist barely gets a chance to get a word in. But it’s like I have so much I need to get out and she’s trained to help with that. It has been helping anyway, even if we’re not...

So glad you found this forum. Welcome! Everyone here gets it. You’re among friends who are walking alongside one another. Hope it helps you as much as it helps me. Enjoy.

When we have something that’s confronting, I have learned that it’s best to sandwiches between two positives. We speak our truth, but as gently as possible, so as to consider the other person’s feelings as well. This is a professional relationship between you and your therapist. I will be hoping...

We are all here for you. Please continue to reach out to us. We understand and we won’t judge. There is hope. Just reach out here. The people here have helped me tremendously. It is a safe place.

Wishing you well, Susan with your quest to explore this. Hoping and praying that it’s done in a safe way for you. I myself have many gaps in my memory, but I have come to the place where I’d rather not know. I am not sure that I have enough life left to be able to process all of my trauma...

Praying for you as you sort it out. I have recently experienced just what alfie mentioned. One door was closing, and it was really hard, but the next day, a new door opened it was absolutely perfect, much better than the original. I’ll be praying for you as you’re sorted out. 🙏

I appreciate all of these responses here for you Ecdysis. I think this is all very good input. I am very familiar with suicidal ideation and suicide attempts and actual suicide. It’s been a part of my life nearly all of my life. That’s just to give you my backstory to share my take on it. In any...

That’s perfect. My providers have not had a team approach. Thanks for the good info. Have a good day.

Thank you very much alfie for your response. It’s very helpful when we have so much to sort out to hear from others who understand all of this. My son is on the spectrum, undiagnosed. He is highly intelligent and excels in Tech and photography. Anything else is a struggle for him. As he was...

I feel for you. With my last psychiatrist it took 2 years to find a combination of meds that would stabilize me enough to function. It is a hard road to find a good psychiatrist and find the right combination that works with your body. Each of our bodies are different. The majority have...

Thank you for posting Theasylumsystem. I know exactly what you’re talking about. In my last session with my previous therapist that I worked with for 10 years he was arguing with me and telling me that what I was saying was not true and looking up evidence to prove that he’s right. I know what I...

This sensory overload that you are all describing, is it from autism or ptsd or both? I recently learned that in autism it is a common trait. I am recognizing that I tend to overreact or shut down when this happens to me. Trying to discern whether I may be dealing with undiagnosed autism or...

Absolutely! Two of my children have had a gift of crafting a story from beginning to end. Amazes me. My brain works in pieces that have to be put together in some sort of order later. I remember when writing essays in school that’s how it always worked for me. And I’m not creative, more factual...

I don’t know specifically, but it’s worth doing a Google search. Hope you find the help you’re looking for.

Welcome back. I’m one of the newbies here. I have had sciatica on two separate times. Both times I received physical therapy and it resolved the issue from a herniated disc. Something to look into. I warn you, just like all therapists are not be beneficial, all physical therapists are not...

Thank you, whiteraven for shedding some light on that for me. ❤️ Thank you for your humor. Arfi arf arf! 🤣 It is so valuable. I wish I had such a gift. I’ve always been so serious and sometimes too intense. I appreciate others’ humor, but I struggled to construct it myself. Thanks for lightning...

I’m so sorry for that ominous diagnosis. Having suffered for nearly 25 years from multiple incurable physical conditions, and nearly facing death multiple times, I understand. I guess as things develop, we all have to be lab rats in the process, as arfie describes. I’m thankful for the...

It seems that many of us have been diagnosed and re-diagnosed and misdiagnosed and been accordingly mistreated for all of our ailments. I recently saw a post by arfie describing just this. I have often thought and would like to know your thoughts on whether most, if not all mental illness stems...

Predators are dangerous and they are pathological liars and manipulators . They are careful in choosing their victims, and they choose people who are vulnerable and innocent. They take advantage of their innocence and they destroy it. If you are concerned at all about your friend, it might be...