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I will try and make this post as readable as possible but I am in a state right now. Late tonight/tomorrow morning starts the seventh anniversary for me. I was starting to feel anxious last night and my fiancee asked if it was getting better or worse. She was trying to help but I feel like I've...

I haven't been here in a long while. I was doing really well. I guess if I'm trying to be fair to myself I'm doing pretty well in general compared to the places I've been and the stories I've heard from others. I go to work and function, I'm on new meds, which are finally giving me back the full...

Hello, I have been away from the forum for awhile. When things are going well, I can convince myself that I am better. Most of the time I have been doing fairly well, which used to make me feel guilty for coming here. For the last few weeks, I have been battling what I knew would be a very...

I had my third appointment with a psychiatrist/psychologist (?) today (the one that basically writes prescriptions). I took my partner again, but I did most of the talking this time. More importantly, this is the first time I didn't cry in the office. (I will admit a little bit beforehand, but...

I've read through a lot of this forum to try and get a handle on what exactly dissociation is. I wish I would have had this forum as a resource years ago when the trauma first happened, because I think a lot of the symptoms I experienced would have been clearer to me. As it is, I'm still trying...

I finally went to see a psychiatrist to get my meds refilled and up the dosage. I saw him once three months ago. He would only give me a month's supply so I would be forced to come back. I couldn't stop crying. At least this time I could look at him. I tried to explain that I was terrified of...

I don't know where to put this, but as it's work-related, I'll post it here. I'm alone from the holidays still so I have nobody to talk to about this. I'm 25 today and everything I feared as a kid and young adult about living in the real world is coming true. At this point I don't know if I'll...

Christmas is my favorite time of year. I always spend it with my family, and it's one of the few times I get to see my brother. Even after I moved to a new state, I made the trip back with my partner at Christmastime and then spent my birthday/New Year's with them (our families live in the same...

I promised my partner I would see a doctor because I have trouble walking and often can't breathe. I'm terrified of all doctors (the medical field is the biggest trigger for my PTSD). I hyperventilated before and after calling, and my voice was shaking leaving the message. They called back and...

I was thinking about something my mother said to me recently. She told me that she was surprised that I was still here. She was always worried that I would die young, as a child. No reason – I wasn’t sick or reckless or in danger. Apparently I was too good a person – a little light that she was...

Last night my partner told me she doesn't really understand PTSD or how I could have it. She too thinks it's for people from war/disasters/accidents/abuse. I feel even worse. She was trying to be loving and supportive, but admits she doesn't know how and can't understand why I'm having trouble...

Does anyone know what I mean? When it’s been some time after the original trauma(s) and you’ve dealt with parts of it and moved past some triggers, and think you might be healed, and then moments and events and days happen that make you question how much healing you’ve really done? For awhile...

Hi there. I've had PTSD for almost six years now - actually, one of the things that drove me to this site is the fact that the six-year anniversary is coming up in less than a week and I'm having more trouble dealing with it than usual. I thought I was getting better - and I suppose in many ways...