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Something I wish I had found MUCH sooner, PTSD Coach. It's an app that you can download on your phone created by a ptsd research organization and the VA. Basically, it has a list of symptoms to pick from (ex. Depression, anxiety, unable to connect, etc). Then it has you rate that symptom. It...

Omg. This is me. I've been struggling with this thought process for awhile now--being angry with myself for breaking, that I should have been strong enough to handle it. Other people go through horrible things and come out okay, so why couldn't I? I brought it up recently in one of my sessions...

I'm in the exact same place as you, and I'm terrified. I had a therapy session today where we talked about how often I dissociate and the amount of problems it creates. We've talked a lot about this topic before. Today she asked if I like all the clothes in my closet. I answered yes, and she...

I do this very same thing, and am kind of relieved to hear others with the same experience. When it happens, I become completely immobile-like can't lift a pinky finger. My ability to speak leaves first, and the loss of physical movement comes next. I can hear the responses I want to say in my...

I'm working on this/ grappling a lot lately. My life completely fell apart 3 years ago, and I was officially diagnosed with PTSD a yearcago. I went a really long time trying not to feel sorry for myself or focusing on it much at all. I think a large part of me believed things would really...

Yup, that helps a lot. I really have no idea whether that child is just an extention of myself or if she holds separate memories and takes over or not. And I'm not sure how or if I'd ever figure that out on my own. As hard as it is, I think I just need to the concern go. My therapist has been...

She's always been really distinct. Looks almost identical to what I did at that age, except her hair curly where mine was straight--not entirely sure why that difference is there but it is. I've noticed her all of my adult life and have tried to interact with her as far back as I can remember...

Oh God, I feel all over the place on this. I terribly want one, but at the same time am terrified of touch. Its too the point where she has to ask if she is sitting too close during emdr, because she notices I immediately tense up. She has just now started sitting in a chair closer to me instead...

I sooo want this! My therapist and I have just been talking about how I don't catch my anxiety creeping up until it's really too late. This would be so beneficial in teaching me to be more aware and connected to myself.

My therapist wanted to start much earlier, but I'm glad we didnt. I personally wouldn't do it until you feel completely comfortable and safe with your therapist. That doesn't really happen overnight. That, and I wasn't ready until the point where the exhaustion of dealing with the ptsd symptoms...

I've noticed I'm doing it, and that I'm scared of her even though she hasn't given me any reason to be. I think emdr might have something to do with it. We've finally hit some of the core issues. We're taking a break for a couple weeks cause I was/am having a really hard time with it. I know I...

I love this thread! Why on earth would you do this for a job?!?! I could never put someone through some of the torture sessions she has had me endure. ******What else do you know about me that I haven't told you????? Do you think there is more wrong with me than just ptsd? Why do I have...

Okay when doing inner child work/talking about inner child/ etc., is your inner child a separate entity in your head? Like mine is a little girl who hides under a table and refuses to come out. She's me, but when I was younger, probably preschool age. In the past, she has been horribly afraid...

This recently happened to a friend of mine. She said that she was getting really frustrated because she knew what she wanted to say, but the words were coming out all jumbled and she was slurring everything like she was drunk. She went to the doctor later about it, and they determined it had...

I looked at River Oaks for their ED program (not their PTSD program although I have both). In the end, I got lucky and my treatment team decided to hold off. Later, my therapist received a new client who had just gotten out of RO, for ED, and had a horrible experience-- seems to be a place...

I've just finished my first two EMDR sessions tackling big trauma. But both times, my mind keeps going back to things in my childhood instead of the event that caused my PTSD and what I actually want to work on. I'm trying to be patient. Last session, an image came up of my dad beating me in a...

Google the words "Resistance in Therapy". It has a slightly different connotation in psychology. Resistance in the therapy is seen as a normal part of the therapy process, and can actually be a positive sign. Too much resistance can be a bad thing since changes cant be made, too little...