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Hey guys... I just got home from vacation, and on the 18th, me and my parents got into a MASSIVE fight. This is how it happened: I don't like sleeping in the dark and quiet because of my PTSD that's caused by severe bullying (loads of physical assaults, torment, basically assault). Anyways, I...

I'm seeing a new therapist (scratch that, he's a social worker) for my PTSD and TRD. Today was my first meeting with him, and we spent most of the session talking about cutting, and I didn't think it was in a healthy way. I understand he's providing information on why people usually do this, but...

Before I begin, I have PTSD from severe bullying (physical assaults, harassment, threats, etc). Recently, I am in a study for depression, and last week during my assessment I saw the psychiatrist and talked to him about my parents, and I felt bad about what I haven't said about my parents and my...

I'm on 50mg of Zoloft and I must say, I've been very forgetful in taking them regularly (mostly because I don't find they work at all for me anyways). I forgot about them for a week due to my late night work schedule, and ended up having intense diarrhea and vomiting. I thought it was the flu...

This title means two things, technically. Background story here and here. In recent days, I didn't have enough money for therapy, so I got a referral to a community health clinic to see their mental health team, and when I told my therapist about it, she laughed (to me it seemed...

I've been struggling a lot lately, because of these issues. Anyways, I had a hard time recognizing some things lately, mostly that my trauma has been compared to others. This is what gets me about trauma (sarcasm here), it's always that someone else has it worse. It's not just bullying to me...

I've been having a lot of flashbacks lately. In the past week, I've had at least 5 of them, which is pretty high for me. Most of them have been caused by the fact that my teeth are bleeding because of my wisdom teeth coming through. The dentists have warned it would be extremely rough on me to...

Well, it's official. I have ran out of money (both insurance and cash) to see my T. In the beginning, she had said that if I needed to, she would do a few pro bono sessions with me. In between then and now, she has started to work less hours, so she can't do pro bono anymore. I got a referral...

Sorry for the huge rant/lots of questions. I bolded the questions for you guys if you don't want to read all the mumbo jumbo in here. I'm not going to divulge too much information, but I was traumatized in my early teens (~11-14 years old), and I was never really taught how to properly handle...

Hey guys, so this is a bit long so bear with me. Feb 23rd, it was my birthday, and I asked this "friend" (C) if she wanted to come to dinner with me and my other friends, and she said she couldn't because she didn't have any money and didn't want to "just sit there and do nothing" because she...

Usually my sessions go great, but let's just say today went particularly horrible. I’m really frustrated with today’s therapy session, and at myself in general. My T asked about how I felt from reading from my "processing" book, and I told her I felt relieved, and she said there's another part...

Where do I begin? Well I am doing Trauma-Focused CBT (or I think she called it CPT for Cognitive Processing Therapy), and it's hard as hell. I was diagnosed with chronic PTSD (delayed onset - approx 6 years) and I'm 6 months into this therapy, and let me just say it's the hardest thing I've...

Where do I even begin? Tomorrow is my last day of this month on Sertraline (25mg) and I have to go back to my doctors to get a new prescription and have a follow-up. I haven't noticed much change for anything at all, and my therapist said I should be noticing a change by now. The only change I...

Hey.. I recently started Zoloft (25mg) about 4 days ago, and today when I took my dose at 6:30 am instead of 10 am, about an hour later I had a bad headache on only the right side of my head and I ended up vomiting 3 times at school. I was just wondering, if this is a side effect, how long will...

I feel like I've posted so many questions recently, but I hate talking/asking questions to anyone in my life, including my T and my family when these things happen. I'm currently in a "team work room" in my college, which is basically just a work room to study where you can book it alone. I'm...

Yesterday I had a therapy appointment I scheduled very last minute and I had been experiencing high anxiety all day (probably an 8/10 all day when I am usually a 4/10). Once I got there to my appointment, I had a panic attack in her office. It took me 30 minutes out of the 50 minutes we have per...

Where do I start? I guess with: hello! I'm new here. Okay so I was diagnosed in August, formally, with PTSD after years of therapy and running in circles of depression and anxiety. I'm totally new to PTSD (yes I know I have had ptsd now formally for 1-2 months but I've had it for years). If...