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Hi. I am new here too. I agree with She Cat. repressed memories can be tough. It can take years to remember and even then some of them may never surface. I have been in intensive therapy for most of my adult life. I am sure there are things I still don't remember about my childhood. I...

that was sooo funny I nearly wet myself!!!!!! :rofl:

That put a smile on my face. :thumbs-up Poor Bernard.....

Hi. :hello: I am new to this forum too and have found it immensely helpful. I really feel for you. I just came out of a phase of deep isolation. I had an injury and my work place refused to let me come back til I was 100%. and that was a long way into the future. my benefits started to...

Hello and welcome. I have not felt so alone since I've found this forum.

Hello and welcome. I am new to this forum and have found it such a great help. Take care :smile:

I am an expert phantom farter although I have never admitted this. (I see a few wrinkled up noses in shopping aisles). I try not to be but the end of the day It is far better out than in!

G day right back at you! he he

Wow! I am so inspired by what you shared. Thanks. Take care

Hi and welcome to the forum.

I am grateful for having the strength to honour my values despite them being different to to others. I am grateful for the relief, peace, and empowerment this has left me with. I feel lighter.

Hi there, I used to live in isolation. I never really understood why. I have come to understand now that I am healing that it is a self protection mechanism. I actually enjoy going out and connecting with others but when I am triggered I hide away and I think I am not good enough. I do...

Hi, thanks all for your welcomes and encouragement. Had a therapy session yesterday. it went disasterously at first and I tried to leave. T convinced me to stay and I am glad I did. we have decided emdr not suitable for me anymore - arousal and dissociation levels become too high and I shut...

Hi. I have trouble sleeping too. It sucks! I have noticed I am worse when my house mate has a man over. this is my trigger. I have intimacy issues too. I have realised that I become really stressed about the fact that I am not sleeping. not sure if this is a prob for you, but my incessant...

Thanks Jilly B. it really is a nice feeling knowing you are not alone. i have a therapy session today. I am thinking optimistically.

Hi my therapist uses ACt too. i find it great. where I live (Australia) there is a book called "The Happiness Trap" by Doctor Russ Harris. the author of the book you were talking about endorses this book I think. when I am not triggered ACt works well. I have not been able to use it very...

Happy Birthday! Good on you for allowing yourself to enjoy your birthday. Friends do add richnessto your life.

I am a lefty too and I have to say i have always been a bit clumsy and uncoordinated. and as an adult I am even worse. I Twitch and am unsteady on my feet too. It really sucks!!!!!

Hi I voted yes. I have had success in therapy with exposure therapy but it was years before this happened. at first it made me so unstable and my therapist told me maybe going back and accessing memories was not the way to help me. but no other model of therapy worked so in the end I continued...

Hi and welcome! thanks for your welcome. It is nice to feel I am not alone. not really sure how to instigate chat but would like to. also still having trouble figuring out how to post properly - I am not very computer literate. also not sure whether I reply under "quick reply" if I chat...

Hi. my pain is less because I have been owning parts of my life I feel embarrassed about by finally talking about them. I have also been talking about parts of my body and feelings I experience within my body. I have always felt this was "taboo" or not something people spoke about. I did this...

Hi Bcorn and welcome. I too am new to this forum. I am feeling particularily brave tonight so I might share a bit. I apparently have Ptsd (In a bit of denial today). at the very least I suffer from dissociation, the survival mechanism I learnt in childhood to cope with trauma and near death...

I used to read continually as a child. it was my escape. but as an adult I started to find it difficult to take in the words I read. like they were words with no meaning attached. Incidentally i found it difficult getting the right words out when I was talking too. Ihave noticed I have most...

Feeling A Bit Disheartened Hi. I have had ptsd for many years and have done a lot of hard work managing my triggers and owning my traumas rather than avoiding or dismissing or dissociating. I thought I was doing so well as I have even managed to not be triggered by things that would normally...

I have a couple of hobbies. I mosaic. I love making something whole out of something broken. I have also been taking piano lessons for the past year. I love having coffee with friends and walking my dog, so I guess these are hobbies too. I find I have to have lots of hobbies otherwise I...