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It's been a while since I've posted, although I drop in pretty regularly to see how folks are doing and to pick up advice here and there. I've been amazingly stable over the past couple of years - and I'm absolutely amazed at how I've weathered the last year of losses (my father, two pets and a...

Came across this today. I read his book and found a lot of it helpful in my own healing... Allegations of employee mistreatment roil renowned Brookline trauma center - The Boston Globe

I know a number of threads exist about chest pain and I debated about starting this one...I guess what I would like is some sympathy (awww...Stella...that sucks) and, if anyone has any knowledge to add - please do. Over the past 4-5 years, I have had random attacks of severe chest pain. Four...

When I was at probably my rock bottom in terms of suicidal ideation/intent/attempts, my therapist "used" guilt to try to keep me alive. Basically, he pulled the "kid" card - and was very much upfront about it - told me that I would damage them for life if I committed suicide (and he also told...

I was reading a couple of posts where it has come up about using "I" versus "we" and the one that was locked actually caused me to remember something that I hadn't remembered in years and years....and since the thread is locked, I am posting it here. Many many years ago (probably over 25...

For the past 3-4 months, I have experienced a definite lessening (to the point of extinction for some of them) of my PTSD symptoms and am questioning the diagnosis. When I expressed this to my therapist, he recognized my progress but pointed out that when I'm "triggered", we can tick off every...

I saw this on another forum...thoughts, discussion? http://pro.psychcentral.com/exhausted-woman/2015/08/14-safeguards-for-therapists-working-with-personality-disorders/

So this is probably not going to make sense - it is confusing to me. I have had this diagnosis for decades...figured it was just a label... Criterion A is "the person was exposed to: death, threatened death, actual or threatened serious injury, or actual or threatened sexual violence". I meet...

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this...I don't really want or need a discussion...just a place to vent and have witnesses. For background: In early March, I made a "no contact" agreement with myself regarding my ex. Basically this meant (and I conveyed this to ex) that I would...

No BJ for me (either as the gifter or receiver), but I just may have a steak and (for all you brits out there) a "jacket" potato!

I am currently on therapy "vacation" with an appointment scheduled in March to reassess what I want to do. I am still in a DBT skills group but will finish that up fairly soon. I had a "crisis" last October after being triggered in therapy (different therapist from the one I'm taking a...

I'm starting to think that individual therapy may not be the best thing for me...I find it shaming and triggering (my issues, not the therapist). I know there are a number of folks here who have not had success with individual therapy. If you are one of them, what have you done instead to move...

I am currently transitioning to a new therapist to work on gaining specific skills. The process has not been easy as I am/was very attached to my current/old therapist, so there’s some grieving going on. I’m also having to revisit my mental health “history”, which, on paper, makes me look like...

As part of my trauma work I've been keeping a journal and doing these writing exercises to work up to writing a trauma narrative. I have about 40 pages of stuff - emotions, symptoms, somewhat graphic descriptions of pieces of my traumas, the occasional rant... And because it's a lot of writing...

I've been struggling with some really painful transference - to the point where I was seriously considering ending therapy. Knowing intellectually that it is transference didn't help - just made things more tangled up. Then, last night, it finally sunk in. All of these feelings are real -...

In my "healing" journey, I've noticed this pattern of expanding then contracting. For example, I have a burst of productive therapy and start to feel better and begin to expand outward in my day-to-day life. I might make plans to socialize, reach out to people, try something new. And then...

Well…I’m finally taking the plunge – joined this group and am posting an introduction. It’s taken me a really long time to accept that I have PTSD. It was always easier to view myself as crazy…and there have been a number of diagnoses, which always had PTSD tagged on. I didn’t buy it – PTSD...