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    Self Therapy (cbt) - Book

    For anyne wanting to dabble in self administration of CBT, I highly recommend this book. Dead Link Removed One of the greatest realisations this book gave me is the concept of self esteem and how developmental trauma relate. This book lightly touchs on why the loss of sense of self happens due...
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    How To Tell If Your Therapist Is Working For You.

    Hi, Wondering if anyone has advice on this? I've done over ten sessions with my therapist and I have this feeling we haven't even started yet...also when I've asked what type of therapy my T has in store for me, he doesn't define what were going to try out...... or methods or the type of...
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    BPD Bpd triggers

    I was Diagnosed with PTSD 4-5 Months ago and have been in therapy since . This was due to developmental trauma. The timing couldn't be worse as I'm now going through an excruciating break up and in reflection have had terrible anger (way higher than in the past), abandonment issues and literally...
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    Emotional Affair

    As the fabric of my relationship has unravelled rapidly since my diagnosis I find out my partner has been getting closer to a guy she dated years ago. I express my unease at the fact that she's getting closer to another male precisely as we drift apart... Lack of healthy regard etc. She defends...
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    Is This An Example Of A Flashback?

    Driving down the highway I come to pass a truck , as this occurs I experience vivid imagery of the truck out of control taking me out, almost like quick screenshots from a movie. I'm not flashing "back" though, as I've never had a motor vehicle accident nor a close call with a truck. This could...
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    Why Is It Relationships Are Tested When One Starts Therapy?

    I've been told ( I guess anecdotally) but obviously through experience, that often relationships crash when someone with PTSD starts therapy. Apart from the obvious reasons (like perhaps going backwards whilst working through it) why is this opinion so readily held amongst people? Is it that...
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    The Supposed See-saw

    Hi all, I'm curious as to the prevalence of those here to vacillate in and out of depression. I was diagnosed with PTSD around 3 months ago, have had about 7 therapy sessions since. I'm predominantly a Flight type person, am highly functional and have sustained myself by remaining adrenalised...
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