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Hi - thank you for your post, especially sharing some examples from your own experience. I really appreciate it... "IT" I think terrified an entire generation...that film is brutal...especially for young children...clowns...dude... The "non-response" back is very familiar. I take your point...

Hi Shimmerz - no worries, I hadn't taken it that way... Yes - I am strongly someone who "calls things out" if they seem wrong. I do this regularly across environments...maybe part of that stems from having never really feeling "allowed" to do that when I was seeing things that seemed 'wrong'...

Precisely!!!! lmao.

I don't doubt that has caused issues. But I couldn't keep pretending anymore. Who the F#@k tells his daughter that hitting her mother is "cathartic"? And when I tried flipping the argument - I said "if my partner hit me, wouldn't you have a problem with that?" - to which he responded with "not...

This is gold-dust...literally made me laugh out loud...well then, @FridayJones - are you gonna behave then and pop your pills every morning...??! Ha. Thank you for making me laugh.

As someone who is English...trust me, you're English is probably better than most of the natives... :) By "we" my T meant myself, brother and sister should have been taken into care. The more physically violent stuff was typically reserved for my brother (e.g. he got chased up three flights of...

I can top that distance...I'm on the other side of the planet...ha! I know this may sound odd...but I don't want to believe that they're scapegoating me...I genuinely do love my family, especially close to my siblings...it's just really hard not to think you're going insane when there's...

Hi - I agree, but I think she knows that I don't want/like to talk about it. This is for a number of reasons: 1. What, am i supposed to say "well the T says the reason I'm so f*cked up is because you abused us as children"? Can't say that...don't want to upset her or start WW3. 2. When I...

Yep...that's basically it....?!

I am trying to...I saw two therapists over the last 18 months...bit patchy at times either because I needed a break, or because I ran out of money. So I'm not purer than the driven snow...but I am trying. Yeah...agree with this. This is where things are confusing - because if it's her worry and...

Hi Renestal, Thank you for your reply. Very kind of you. I can't travel to the UK from Australia (cannot afford the ticket...and I'm literally run out of money). My Mum has always repressed/bottled up/flat out denied anything that is upsetting. I wouldn't be surprised if she does have...

Thanks @DogwoodTree - look forward to hearing your views. Cheers

Hi, thank you for replying. The feedback I received over the course of the last 18 months is that my depression etc started due to what my previous T described as emotional and physical child abuse. She said we should have been taken into care on a temporary basis until my Father learned to...

Hi @seedling - thanks for responding. Yeah, I probably didn't really explain myself well...but yes, it's upsetting that her concern about my "state" is causing her to be that upset. I don't know if it's any kind of "ploy" - my parents would certainly like me to move country, and live with...

Hi Bear with me - this is a surreal situation even by my standards... I have a history of chronic severe depression and 3 suicide attempts. I live in another country from my family. I woke up the other morning to 12 missed calls from my siblings and text messages saying that my Mum is...

Hi @Saetva - I can understand the concept behind it too...but when we've tried doing this exercise previously, frankly it came across as repulsive, morbid and really upsetting. I am not a violent person, never have been. The idea of being violent to people I care about makes me feel sick. If...

Hi Anonymous... Thank you for your reply...I can hear where you're coming from. Part of me is thinking now...is he saying I don't have PTSD? Is he saying it's something else? The book isn't about trauma, its about inner ways of thinking and feeling. I want "answers" as to what is wrong with...

Hey all, Does anyone know what this is?? Has anyone else used it? My T recommended that I read this book...seems this is the thing he's been trying to do...including the part where he asks me to imagine/fantasise about beating my father (?!)... Has anyone read this book? It seems like a...

Hey, perhaps a cultural difference within the medical profession - however, at the end of the day - they cannot force you to undergo a procedure you do not want. It's as simple as that. And any Doctor has to respect that. Period. A lot of people get pressured and bullied into things they don't...

Hmmm...is mandating a pelvic exam a U.S. thing? I was never required to undergo any such thing in order to get the pill in the UK or Australia...just as well because I would have a very similar reaction (I cried getting a bikini wax and it wasn't the pain!)

The story continues...my questions to him were: 1. All of these "examples" I have of where things have gone wrong and I end up getting smashed (in all the different areas of life) - am I being unreasonable to find these things so upsetting? 2. Is this number/breadth of "stuff" normal for people...

Hi @FridayJones - I've not asked him this yet...as I've just sort of had this epiphany randomly. I wanted to see if others may see this as being the primary goal of this somatic feeling stuff... re: the poo in my hair - how ever did you know!? I'm mercifully not that extreme. I just generally...

Hi everyone, So, I've started seeing my T again (post nightmare of avoiding involuntary hospitalisation by the skin of my teeth)... I feel like something is starting to dawn on me (always was a slow learner)... Item 1: Feeling feelings Over the months that we did work on the somatic...

Yeah very rude, though somehow I don't think they give a flying. If I hadn't opened the door, or told them to go away, most likely they'd just call the cops back. So no choice really. It's St Vincents in Darlinghurst. I can only imagine what the inpatient unit is like there. Most likely a...

hi everyone, they did turn up, on Wednesday evening about 8pm. No call in advance - they literally turned up at my house (!!) which I find quite disturbing. They did seem nice. I had to omit certain things. They said they will speak to my T when he's back in Sydney on monday and see if he's...