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whserenitynluv-I am really impressed but how helpful the therapy has been for you, it sounds very intense but that it is helping a lot. I wish doctors would look at diet and lifestyle choices more, I personally have found a significant reduction in depression from cutting out gluten and am...

My mom was/is a hoarder. She is still in denial about her illness and has a number of other psychiatric illnesses. When I was growing up, I would beg her to clean the house, it was so embarrassing, piles of papers, trash, all sorts of other crap and of yucky pests that flock to such a mess...

Thank you sheero22, I appreciate your response. Yes, it feels pretty unbearable to me now too. I am hoping the medication helps take the edge off. I am someone who doesn't like being on medication but if its either the medication or being driven to a suicide attempt, I'll take the meds...

I'm at the point where I feel like I am going to lose it. I have had significant stress lately-being subjected to road rage from another driver a few weeks ago, multiple ongoing arguments with my husband, a sibling who has been in the psych hospital multiple times recently, anniversary of a...

Sun seeker- I know it can be tough to find a therapist that is affordable and helpful- hope you find a good and caring therapist.

You aren't allowed to speak with a counselor? I don't know how that is even legal or enforceable but it sounds awful no matter what. I thought any school had to provide some counseling services but apparently they are using pastors as counselors. I wouldn't feel comfortable utilizing them as...

Have you tried a light box? I get depressed from the change in seasons and have been greatly helped by a light box, especially lately when the decrease in sunlight was so sudden in my part of the country. The key is it has to be bright, at least 10,000 lux and timed in the morning when you...

I would side with the therapist as well, it sounds so hopeless to hear your psychiatrist has said you can't be rehabilitated enough to have a job and a relationship. As others have mentioned, he has done all the interventions that he knows how to do and now you are working with a therapist with...

I have a few suggestions as a PTSD sufferer and also as an RN. :) How about a trial run (before surgery) of you staying at his house to see how things go. He may be resistant to this but if he finds that he really freaks out of this, better to find this out now so you two can figure out how...

Gosh, I can relate to this so much, for most of my family members, if someone is struggling or needs help, they are blamed for their failings or ignored. this is basically my mom -who has a diagnosed personality disorder. It is so frustrating and sad. When I have tried to write to my mom...

I've had a pretty awful month, including receiving a facebook request from a childhood bully. At first I was very shocked and then I felt powerful because I could just deny her if I wanted to. Even better, she has a public job and so if I reminded her what she had done to me and she takes...

Acupuncture has been really helpful to me in letting go of emotional pain, somatic memories, decreasing startle response, improving sleep and decreasing depressive symptoms. I am in the US and go to a community clinic, it's a group setting so everyone is in a recliner, it's several big rooms...

I can so relate to feeling like this. For years I beat up on myself because I wasn't able to fix this mental hell hole I was in and getting angry at myself never worked, it just made things worse. It was only after many years in my job after college that I was able to see I needed to focus on...

Leanne1- I don't have any brilliant advice for you in terms of how to get help but I agree with what others said about continuing to talk about it with your therapist. If she doesn't seem to get it, look around for a different therapist who does. I struggle with suicidal thoughts from time to...

I understand, my mom seems to be untroubled by what she as done to me, has not apologized in a sincere way and lacks any sort of empathy. It must be very difficult to live in the same house as your parents. I wonder how much living with your parents is triggering your suicidal thoughts, I...

I couldn't agree more, very well said.

desiderata- Thank you for posting, I appreciate it very much. Yes, I think my husbands behavior is childish sometimes. I sort of know it is not ok for him to emotionally twist me in knots and maybe I set a higher standard for myself because I have has extensive therapy and he hasn't?

I used to have this pelvic pain for years, there wasn't a medical explanation for what is going on. It felt like an ice block on fire and I believe it was body memories that were processing. It made me feel crazy but my therapist assured me it was my body processing the memories. Acupuncture...

Hashi- the marriage counselor is pretty good. She really emphasizes taking a lot of responsibility for managing your own feelings before coming to the other person. Maybe my expectations aren't realistic, he started counseling earlier this year and it has been effective to some degree, I think...

I try to tell myself that I will be ok, that I can tolerate this even though it will be painful but I just can't make myself believe that yet. I am working on it. I hope you are not offended but your example is painful and humerus at the same time, maybe because it seems to mirror my...

I had another awful fight with my husband. Every few months he gets very mad during an argument, says the way I am treating him is a global way I treat him and says I need to change or he is done. We have arguments maybe weekly but things are good in between. Last night it was about him...

Vanessa- I can really relate to your post. There have been so many times I felt like I should feel better than I do. Just recently, I was able to get off my medications after being in therapy most of my adult life and I thought I should just be thrilled every day because it has been something...

I really appreciate everyone commenting on my post. It helped given me strength to get through my day and not beat myself up so much. I have one last day of training tomorrow. Hopefully it won't be so scary now that it is mostly over.

Thank you for the replies. JEK- yes, I am so sick of PTSD affecting life goals and I am tired of the up and down. Seedling-I am wondering why I thought I could handle so much, I feel sad.

I was doing a lot better a few months ago and asked my boss for training in another department. I was all excited because I really never had a lot of energy to take on new things before and was eager to feel more engaged in life. Of course when the training started, I wasn't in as good of...