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The link it won't let me share explains a lot of how I feel. In my whole life, I've only ever had one therapist who didn't engage in behavior that I would consider "gaslighting," if it is defined the way the article describes. The only one who seemed outwardly to respect my feelings put me on a...

I have a link I want to share to explain myself better, but it says my post count is too low.

I'll look into that. Thanks.

I need the type of validation where my feelings aren't treated like the problem, where they are recognized as the most important part of who I am, vital to my survival and worthy of existing, and where I am not expected to be able to magically turn them off or change them at will. I need to...

Sorry. I forget, especially while still upset, that we are all different, and for someone whose brain really does work that way, such advice would possibly be useful instead of upsetting or destructive. It is definitely one of the problems I have had with finding therapy, though. They all base...

Therapy has always made it significantly worse and has never helped even slightly. One of the challenges is that I am very negatively affected by invalidation and victim blaming, and by anything that makes feelings an enemy to conquer. This is partly because I place a lot of importance on...

I found this forum while looking for help managing rages. They are like panic attacks, except with a strong leaning towards the fight response, and I feel completely helpless and terrified when they happen. I'm worried about it affecting my marriage negatively, as my husband seemed legitimately...