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Why don't you try one doc? I have asked a few doctors who have tried to prescribe me medication, whether they or anyone in their families have ever taken anti-depressants - I've had some interesting responses. Some react as if I have affronted them. It's as if they are offended by the...

Undiagnosed Fictional Characters - Anakin Skywalker Psychological Assessment Notes Name Anakin Skywalker - Wants to be called Darth - (possible alternate personality ???) History - Childhood neglect (involved in child labour racket) - Witnessed death of mother as teenager - Was...

Hi Liz I cycle; do push-ups; chin-up, and sometimes run. I pull the punching bag out when I'm really pissed off, and for a while I was experimenting with my own brand of tai-chi. Thankyou for the advice about my dog. It is a complicated relationship that we have. It does not help that she...

You're right. I'm not 'touchy-feely'. I'm more of a look, but dont touch-y feely type.

You know you have PTSD when... 1. ...you have more emergency helpline numbers in your phonebook than friends, 2. ...you consider Born on the Fourth of July a 'feel good movie', 3. ...you see your psychiatrist, your psychologist and your GP more than you see your family, 4...

I'm so depressed... 1. ...I joined a support group for depression and they kicked me out - they said I was 'dragging them down', 2. ...I took an ecstasy pill and tried to hang myself, 3. ...I watched Schindler's List and it actually cheered me up, 4. ...I ordered a...

Scaridycat Interesting that you should mention 'something trying to eat you alive'. I had a night terror recently where there was something, like a giant leach, latched on to my back, draining the energy out of my body. For the weeks that followed, I felt considerably weaker, more clouded...

Liz Thankyou for your suggestions. I sit out in the sun each morning while I have my breakfast; I exercise a couple of times a week; I think I've read more about PTSD than most of the professionals I've come across, and I have a dog - though sometimes I'm sure I've seen the disabling look of...

My view of psychs is a bit tainted. I got ****ed over by a few when I was in the military. I also ended up in a three month relationship with one just before I discharged - she told me during our second session that she didn't think she'd be able to help me and that I 'should probably find a...

Clydiechick, The simple answer to your question is, no - I'm not seeking help. I've never found 'help' very helpful. I managed and mismanaged my anxiety for ten years before my fall from grace. I'd developed my own strategies and disciplines which served me pretty well. If I hadn't gotten...

Hi Sara It sounds as though you have been preyed upon by some pretty vile people from a young age, with your mother enabling it to happen, instead of protecting you as she was supposed to. As kids we are incredibly vulnerable, and there are so many twisted, corrupted opportunists in the...

Hi Clydiechick I am ex-military, and I was working as a child protection field officer when my breakdown started. In my experience, PTSD is a phenomenon of loss. Sometimes, seemingly endless loss. The feeling of impotence, and futility is overwhelming, as parts of your self; your...

Hi AmberEyes I'm glad that I was able to make you feel a bit better. When I read your post, I imagine you living in the middle of the woods somewhere (woodstove; driving into town) like the setting for a Grimms fairytale. I realise this probably isn't the case, but if you are kind of...

Hi everyone Thanks for the support and sympatico, and the suicide deterrences - I wasn't actually planning on killing myself, but they may come in handy in the future.

Hi AmberEyes Having read all of your posts, I have to say that more than anything else, your exSO (I'm not sure what SO stands for) sounds like a major dickhead. Putting aside whatever psychological illness he is supposed to suffer with, he is obviously someone who takes pleasure in...

No offence, but I can't tell you how sick I am of being told that I 'urgently need to seek medical attention'. I've seen my share of doctors over the past year and a half. The majority don't know shit about PTSD. There knee jerk reaction is to prescribe medication. Before, I became ill I used...

Hi I am ghost. I have adopted the name ghost, because that is what I feel like. I feel as if I am no longer really alive, and that I am no longer fully in the world. I feel that my connections with other human beings have been severed. Two years ago I was vibrant; passionate; enthusiastic...

Hi Candice The title of your post drew my attention - 'My Life is Destroyed'. That thought occurs to me about a hundred times a day. My life is also destroyed. Glad to hear there is someone else out there in the same situation.