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I so relate to the reptilian comment- I often describe myself as an alien and feel like I'm in a video game- things feel so unreal and I feel so weird and wrong. Thank you for your words- I suppose that patience may really be the answer.

It sometimes feels like my anxiety spins me round in circles till I just feel confused and far away from everything and everyone

Not sure if this is a question or just needing to discuss my difficulties- (also not sure I'm in the right thread- apologies if not!) I have found that even though I have fully exited abuse, I'm no longer being trafficked or neglected or being in danger on a daily basis. I've been so for over a...

I have this issue, before 3-5 am I cannot sleep, and it changes, some days not sleeping at all. I've been this way since before I can remember. I know why, I think it's because of what would happen at night. But this habit has gotten in the way of me living a normal life for just as long.. I'm...

Thank you for this- I think I do often jump to really bad self hatred when I think about the bad things I did in the past- I am so perfectionist with my personality I often don’t speak to people or get close to anyone out of fear I may do something wrong.. and have bad social anxiety- so having...

Hello!! I haven’t been on here in a while- but felt I had nowhere else to talk about this so I decided to talk about it here. I reread messages from me and my ex and I can’t help but feel like I am terrible and awful. That I was just as bad as my ex and that I should never speak to anyone...

I know I’m supposed to be interviewing a new therapist but I’m not sure what to ask at our first session. What questions do you ask a new therapist to see if they’re a good fit for you? I apologize if this has been discussed before! I could not see anything

I think for a very very long time I have treated life like this video game. Like- it’s not actually real. And I think it makes sense I would derealize from life that much with everything I went to. But recently I’ve been having these exciting dreams with running away and scary people and I’ve...

I think- that very very young- I had to make very difficult decisions in order to survive. And I think the fact I was put in that position has seriously affected me I feel so bad about every decision I’ve had to make They all feel completely my fault, even though I understand I was a child put...

I’m gonna keep trying work through this pain and confusion and process it in creative healthy ways

I have often described my experience with PTSD as being in a cup, and that the cup is bubbled at the top. And I’m sitting in a little boat trying to keep the water out with a little bucket and it just barely works. But that any amount of additional stress causes the bubble to pop and spill over...

Thank you so much- this response is so incredibly reassuring-

This also brings up thoughts for me about my childhood, where I didn’t really have non sxual association with closeness. I didn’t really learn how to make friends or seek out that kind of touch support. I didn’t really learn anything, I’ve been realizing a lot how after my trfcing ended I relied...

Yes very much so- I wish she hadn’t asked me that question, and even when she did I only said I support her. Idk it’s just so hard to get a response like how she did and then not hear back. I am both touch repulsed and touch starved, it takes such a huge amount of trust for me to actually feel...

I also think- that I want to prove to myself that I can stay friends with someone even through an argument and nothing bad will happen to me.

A friend of mine came to me about her recent breakup- and- she says she believes that he will come back. She asked me if I believe it too, he has a habit of leaving her with no explanation or knowledge of when he’ll come back, and repeatedly stated he needed to leave at some point (and this time...

Thank you for this

I left my absv ex half a year ago, i have this hyperfixation on dating and relationships and i think it’s associated to my inappropriate relationships with others as a child. I didn’t learn much other than how to please an adult seeking that kind of relatiosnhip from a child. I just- I slap...

Hello! I’m new here and new to seeking this kind of support, I have CPTSD and DID which developed as a chldhd trffcking victim (sorry I can’t spell it out without panicking). I have serially entered bad spaces with bad people since my tfcing ended at age 9ish- I’m 20 almost 21- i left my last...