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Here’s a gift: A friend of mine makes it

Fascinating

The calm your way out of it idea is honestly super frustrating no matter what kind of panic you’re dealing with xP Hey but on a related note, have you checked for some kind of autoimmune disorder?

The thing that’s tricky about that, is that just because you don’t recognize what triggered it doesn’t mean something didn’t trigger it. It took me years to piece together what kinds of situations trigger me and why. I’ve heard that same explanation, but idk, like you can also have something...

Interesting experience. What I have called an “anxiety attack” for years, is like panic, crying, feeling the need to escape asap, terror, etc, but I realized within the past year that it’s more like a flashback. Sometimes I have calm ones but they are more disassociative, like being afraid of my...

I feel you on this. I don’t have ADHD, but going in for my psych eval, I was nervous of getting diagnosed with BPD or Bipolar or otherwise misdiagnosed. I thought I had autism, but I don’t. It is stressful and nerve racking and it takes a huge adjustment. I was diagnosed with PTSD (with...

I think it makes sense, it takes a lot of energy to eat and digest food.

I drink a lot of water too, don’t really have a reason why, I just started as a teenager, maybe because I was a dancer but still drink a ton of water everyday.

I should problem recap this in my trauma diary since I keep adding to this thread. But another observation: I feel completely comfortable with groups of children. Around adults, it depends, typically fine, sometimes I feel inferior. HOWEVER, only my peers bring out this fear/clown reaction...

Wow, so you must eat a lot of fruits and vegetables and grains, since you limit everything else. What about nuts?

Yeah makes sense. I think it’s the level of discomfort, generally cold makes you uncomfortable, junk food is “comfort food” just like how you said, for many people. Sorry to be nitpicking your examples, I’m doing it again 😂😂😂😂

Oh interesting idea

Yeah absolutely, hard to prove anything. The reason why McDonalds stays in business is because it’s fast and cheap, and junk food gives fast dopamine so you get high on “happiness” but it’s short term. No one eats McDonalds thinking it’s healthy. Just because something is better and healthier...

That’s wild, it’s amazing how much of a long lasting affect it’s had on your body and just how much a person can survive.

That’s amazing. Yeah everybody and every body is different. It’s important to recognize that. Thank you for sharing your experience with it

BPD was ruled out because I have avoidant personality disorder. BPD is relatively balanced with dependence and avoidance where I’m highly avoidant. I don’t have DID, I have trauma splitting though. I guess myself, I don’t know how to talk or express myself in a group without feeling threatened...

I started to put a disclaimer about eating disorders but couldn't figure out how to phrase it. You're absolutely right though, it's about balance, not about don't eat this, do eat this, but like balance this to this, but even that can be fuel in an eating-disordered mind. So it's tricky. I've...

Thank you! getting stuff for cheap is like the best lol

Oh yeah, I forgot that disclaimer xD a lot of reviews on the book definitely were bothered by the author's attitude of "Your mental disorder will magically be cured if you eat like this".

Hey, so I've seen a few posts about Keto and it's affect on mood. I wanted to recommend a book. It's called "This is Your Brain on Food - an Indispensible Guide to the Food that Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and More" by Uma Naidoo. It goes through several disorders and suggests a...

I'm thankful for my job. I started about a month ago, as a Sign Language Interpreter in Elementary School, and it was what I've wanted to do for a long time and finally "arrived". I feel like so fulfilled and so many of my skills are put to use. Then the smug part of me is thrilled that I'm...

Hi! Welcome to the forum. Sorry, you've been through so much. I think trauma can 'hide' in you for a long time and then you finally have a breakdown sometime later. You probably just didn't recognize it, or it was well 'hidden'. I was abused as a child for years, but I didn't have a breakdown...

It's nice to see someone else gets triggered by words. "I miss you" and "Promise me?". Those are the big ones for me. I think I have several more that I don't recognize as easily. I think it gets better with more exposure, especially while being aware. Don't try to stop the reaction, just let it...

I went (self referred so no therapist, professional, etc referred me, I did my own research and decided I wanted an evaluation) I did this because I knew I was dealing with hecka lot more than depression and anxiety (imo easy to self diagnose) but started to become aware there was more going on...

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