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Hello, My therapist started talking about rewriting nightmares yesterday, and I decided I wanted to do try it by myself. However, I am struggling and won't be seeing my therapist again until the 3rd of September. A lot of my nightmares are replays of what was done to me when I was younger, so...

Hi, I am having a major knee operation next week, and will be in hospital for a few days and nights. I am absolutely terrified of being in hospital (some of my abuse was by a doctor, and occurred in a hospital). My therapist has suggested making a comfort box, so that when I am alone I can...

Has anyone ever remembered anything new, about their abuse, during a therapy session. We are just starting to look into the past and I know I have lots of things I don't remember, and I am scared about what will happen if this happens during a session. What has your therapist done if this has...

Hi, I have cptsd and I'm currently in therapy, which started last June. At the moment I have lots of things going on which are related to my abuse and are causing the police to be involved. As a result, I am having real issues with anxiety attacks, flashbacks, body memories, dissociation and...

I have been seeing my therapist for almost a year and I really struggle to tell her things I feel I need to, It took a while but I managed to ask her about sitting next to each other, on the floor, and she was really happy to do that and she came up with colouring during our sessions to try and...

Hi, I'm having knee reconstruction in July/August time. I am already having increased anxiety and flashbacks. My only experiences of being an Inpatient are from times when I ended up being severely injured or ill after being abused. When I was 6, i spent two months in hospital. One of my...

Hi all, I have just started therapy with someone who has trained in therapy for people who suffered childhood abuse and I really like her. I really want to talk and tell her things that were done to me, not in a lot of detail to begin with but maybe build on it in the future. When I try and...

Hi, I joined this site after reading various discussion pages about therapy and dissociation which I have found useful. I'm in my early twenties and live with the most amazing adoptive parents and my baby brother, he is not yet a year old and has helped me so much more than he can ever realise...