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Ok so last week, I had an awful nightmare. Since starting Prazosin, the nightmares really went down to zero but now that I've been at the same dose for a while a few dreams creep in here and there. Well, this one was a doozy. I woke up from it feeling awful, but more noticeable than that was...

I used to be an electrical storm ready to strike at any moment. My startle response was so high that I would run from Effexor brain zaps. People on the highway used to scare me by the way they drove, getting too close, driving too fast, etc. Sounds and lights, talking or yelling would send me...

I've been with my therapist for a while now, say.. 11 years. She's a stellar person, and I consider her a friend. The back story is that the clinic where I met her and began sessions basically closed and didn't alert any of the patients to get new therapists and psychiatrists. So, we were...

I didn't even know this existed as a term. Why was I afraid of the plane, but not to fly? Why did I pass out on a ferris wheel only when it began to move? Why I can't look at a wind turbine without feeling like I have to hide? Such a strange phobia. The fear of large objects, but for most...

It's like.. you can tell someone about it with words and the words go into the air and away from you but writing it in black and white is really playing on my fear of commitment. As an infant, I would have multiple seizures and become very ill. This was puzzling to the pediatricians because...

To be honest, I didn't know a forum/community like this existed, but I'm glad I stumbled upon it. My name is Jen and I'm 35. I have an old toothless cat, a very sadistic new kitten, freshwater catfishes by the score, a quasi-old mother in good condition, and a small human boy that apparently...