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Oh yeah, and @Tanishq is right.. Diary is the way to go, makes it much easier to find and refer to your older posts...

Well.. okay, yeah. That is an odd one. So you feel more comfortable with Persian culture and people. What's so bad about that? I mean.. I know that I feel extremely uneasy when surrounded by Christians, but feel very much at ease in a crowd of witches. Same thing with age. I don't like going out...

@mzander It can sometimes make a person feel inadequate when they can't get their partner there. And I've run into this problem as well. It can somtimes take a long time to get there for me. Which would be fine I guess, but we're talking 30 to 45 minutes or more. Contrary to popular belief...

Yeah, I have problems with this too. I don't have a problem with eye-contact really, that's never been an issue. But in terms of remembering their name or what we last talked about, that can be some real trouble. People don't like it when you have no idea who they are one week after having met...

I have troubles with the same things as well. I regularly put off brushing my teeth or taking a shower until an unspecified 'later' which can often end up being a few days. They are things that I continually battle with, even though they take such an insignificant amount of time. I'll often...

Okay, so there's this thing that I've been doing lately. It's taken years of work, but I'm really getting good at it now. I realized that my story was too long. Waaay too long. I am the sort that ruminates a lot. I would replay the stories of my traumas in my head, and put them into words...

I'd say yes. In my experience some people do notice in an animal sense when we are having troubles. They may not know exactly what's going on, but they know it's something. However, the bit that's been mentioned about self-centered jackasses who blunder through life without a care as to how they...

Sometimes it's like it is all happening all over again, sometimes it's just a passing image. It's gotten better as I've started working through it all. And you really weren't stupid. Stupid would be someone who didn't care at all, or enjoyed it. THAT is stupid. I think a lot of us feel shame...

Welcome... Yeah, there is a section dedicated to supporters and other folks who have somebody with PTSD in their lives. I think you'll find a lot that's helpful in there. If nothing else, this is a good place to vent about anything and everything related to it. We know lots of things about the...

@The Albatross ... Yeah, I know. I'm the only one that can fix my situation.. It's just.. blah. That's the problem with cultural studies.. You find out that value systems differ across the world and sometimes you wish you could escape the area that you're in. At least I do. I don't fit in too...

What @FridayJones said. Mountains are climbed one little step at a time. Nobody starts out on top, so celebrate every little step. Even if they seem endless, you will get higher up those slopes. :)

@Dana1010 I'm right there with you. I was also really socially awkward back when I was a kid. Hell, I still am now. And yes, people despised me for it. The thing is, looking back now I realize that I had friends when I was a kid, some really good ones, in fact. But I didn't appreciate them...

Lol... @Neverthesame .. Well, I know that at least some of me is older than 12.. But I know what you are saying. I deal with customers all the time who apparently think the world revolves around them, and I've seen a lot of childish stunts from these folks. I remember once at a little league...

Something that's been bothering me a lot lately is that I'm getting older. I'm pushing 40 now, but I don't feel like I should be. I feel younger, and certainly behave younger... or at least younger than I think I 'should' by societal standards. I'm rebuilding my life after a failed marriage...

First things first... Don't panic. Just try and cool off for right now... Second.. I'm careful about my friends too. There are some that I know are cool to hear what is really going on beyond "hey how you doing; yeah everything is fine"... But I try not to lean on them too heavily. I'm a...

I'm not sure how to answer. I mean.. in my case, I do believe that I am mentally ill. I go by the definition in the OED and it's pretty broad. I hate the stigma that comes with that though, because when most people hear the words 'mentally ill' they immediately think of criminals and homeless...

@Dana1010 I know the feeling. I get this whirlwind of voices from the past often. Not so much voices, but images.. of inconsequential things like you said.. People I don't even know, from mistakes that happened 15 years ago. They just pop up in my mind and distract me from getting any work...

I'm getting a lot better about the whole hate thing. I used to hate literally every single person on the planet. Those days are long gone. Hated my bullies and brother for much longer, but getting better about that. Hated women in general for what one did to me. Still in process. It would be a...

Hey @Dana1010 ... Trust me, I'm not that 'type' of PTSD survivor. Good lord you should have seen me 8 months ago. A shivering wreck. Seriously. It's only in recent times when I got out of some codependent relationships that I was able to start working on myself in such a way. Luck had a huge...

Thanks, guys. And @SabrinaB, I appreciate the concern, but right now I'm trying to really grind in the necessity of a structured life. I think it's the key to greater things, and since I've done it, I've found that my creativity is flourishing. My imagination is set free, because I'm not so...

So anyway... Well, so much has gone on that I wouldn't know where to start; so I'm just going to start wherever I can and see what happens. Okay so, since the last time I checked in, a lot has gone on. One of the biggest things is that I started organizing my life a lot more. I started using...

It's psychopathy, pure and simple. Trolls have been found to score high on personality traits involving psychopathy, narcissism, and particularly sadism. It boils down to the fact that trolls find pleasure in causing distress and torment to others, IE classic abusers.

@joeylittle I think my CPAP helped a lot since I didn't have any trouble breathing... I was under a great deal of stress at the time. Plus it was back when I was drinking, so I thought the lack of movement was just because I was so drunk. I don't even really remember being so afraid. It was...

I had a dream where two shadowy figures were standing over me, but I couldn't move to pull off my CPAP and look at them closer. Has anybody else ever had it?

Well.. I would see a doctor about it. I don't really know what to say that would be of any real help. I've been in that situation before and know just how overwhelming it can seem. Other than the doctor, all I can suggest is that you work on your schooling in small steps. No matter how big the...