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    Which Of My Meds Are Most Likely To Be The Cause Of My Weight Gain?

    I've gained a total of six pounds since taking: Sertraline - 150 mg Clonozepam - 0.5 mg Saphris - 10 mg I'm thinking it's the Saphris, since taking it at night makes me really hungry and makes me want to eat.
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    You Know, I Was About To Make A Topic Asking If Normal People Remembered Every Moment Of Their Lives

    Then I did a Google-search, and not only did it erase my worries about not being able to remember every second of my life, but it educated me about a type of person. The Google search brought up a Wikipedia article about people who possess a sort of autobiographical memory, like a photographic...
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    Is It Normal For Non-ptsd Victims To Keep A Journal?

    I've been self-conscious about keeping one because if I do keep one, it would be a sign that I would still need a journal to recover, that I'm reliant on it for help. Do people without PTSD keep journals/diaries, and is it considered normal? I'm not worried about it being discovered, but I am...
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    Is It Healthy To Not Forgive Your Offenders Or Keep Grudges?

    Not just for PTSD victims, but in general, I mean.
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    Can Anyone Tell Me If My Thinking Is Dangerous?

    At least once every day, I enter these states wherein everything I see and experience reminds me of the past. Eventually, I feel myself reliving my traumatic incidents, over and over in my head. My counselor once suggested that I try to relive these experiences differently, akin to what I would...
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    Is Weight Gain Normal For Someone Taking These Meds?

    Sertraline - 150 mg (once in the morning) Clonozepam - 0.5 mg (3x a day) Saphris - 10 mg (at bedtime)
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    I'm An Introvert And I'm Having A Hard Time Convincing I Need Other People In My Life.

    I have a therapist I can talk to every other week, but when I get into an episode on other days, I usually try to handle it by myself without other people's help. I keep trying to convince myself I don't need other people in my life to talk to, so I can prove I'm stronger than the illness I'm...
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    It's Generally A Bad Idea To Masturbate If You Have Ptsd, Right?

    On days that I do do it, I find that I relive more of my traumas than I would have had I not done it. If it's bad, how should I stop?
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    I Just Burned A Hate Letter To The Bullies At My High School And I Feel So Much Better.

    I go to college now, and I found that I just wanted to say the things I wanted to say to them, but couldn't. My memories and feelings were heavily repressed then, so getting them out just makes it so much better. Just wanted to share with you all.
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    Sometimes, When I'm Reading, I'm Finding It Hard To Keep Concentration.

    Like, the flashbacks constantly bombard me with unpleasant feelings when I'm trying so hard to concentrate on reading a chapter of my textbook. So I feel like I have to read it again because I couldn't keep my concentration, and that stunts my progress. It's really hard for me; sometimes I feel...
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    Other I found out from my psychiatrist that i also have schizophrenia.

    I know symptoms related to schizophrenia can appear when someone has PTSD, but I've been aware of these voices for six years. My PTSD started around two years ago, though, so I'm certain that it didn't cause me to have schizophrenic symptoms. But I do think the PTSD worsens it.
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    I'm Taking Subjects I Took Previously In High School.

    Biology, Algebra, and History are the subjects that irk me the most. Because when I relearn things in my college classes, it brings back memories of learning those same things in their high school equivalents. And when I think of that, I remember my experiences at high school and how unpleasant...
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    On The Days I Step Onto The Scale And See Increases In Weight, I Get Anxious And Self-conscious.

    People always teased me about my weight in high school. One of the most uncomfortable parts of their teasing is poking my 220 lb stomach. Whenever I would slap their hand to make them stop it, they would immediately withdraw it so their hands wouldn't get hit. They'd grin in triumph, and I...
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    Sometimes I Feel Like I Have Manic Depression When I Take My Meds.

    I'm on Sertraline, Clonozepam, and Saphris. It's usually like an hour before I have to take my Clonozepam, that I get really depressed. I usually just lay in bed until the memories stop coming. Then, like an hour after taking it, it feels like I can do anything. My doctor told me that Clonozepam...
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    I Had A Dream Last Night After Watching Frozen. *spoilers*

    I remember that someone was sealing up my memory, telling someone that if I ever recalled it, very bad things would happen. And then I consented to having this memory sealed up, and I continued on with life with an ache in the back of my head. I was so afraid that I would remember the memory...
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    Tonight, I Realized The Identity Of The Voice That's Been Haunting Me For The Last Year.

    It was my cousin, Albert. He was always mean to me, and he kept calling me fake whenever I tried to act nice; he tried to show that I wasn't a nice guy by always provoking me until I lost my temper. But the one thing I realize from this is that him calling me fake transcended into a mentality...
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    I Don't Know How To Describe It, But Sometimes I Have 'mini-seizures.'

    Like when I'm re-experiencing an event, I feel like part of my brain is pulsating. And it's like only a part of my brain that's pulsating, not all of it. I've been having these for a while, and I'm curious as to what this could mean. I haven't told anyone, because I didn't think anyone would be...
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    I'm Reading Harry Potter And I Can't Help Associate Some Of The Magic With My Own Life.

    Specifically: -Expecto Patronum (shown in third and fifth movies) against dementors -Occlumency, used to shut the mind off from unwanted mental intruders (introduced in fifth movie)
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    What To Do When Recalling A Repressed Memory And Afraid Of Forgetting It?

    Like this memory's so awful, your brain blocked it out of your conscious mind until now. But now that you've remembered it, you're afraid to lose it again. Is it natural for one to try to relive the memory in question so as to not forget? Especially for me, losing memories is scary. I remember...
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    Is It Excusable For A Therapist To Not Discuss The Patient's Memories If There Are Too Many?

    I've been bullied chronically in high school, and as a result, have many bad memories. When I started going to sessions with my therapist, we would always talk about keeping the memories under control, to gain power over them. She would sometimes talk about how my day was, irrelevant to my...
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    I Feel Like I Can't Talk To My Family About My Memories.

    The only one on whom I can rely for emotional comfort is my mother. I can talk to her about my memories, but she hardly speaks any English. She says to me in Chinese that she can understand what I'm saying in English, but whenever I ask her to repeat what I said in Chinese, she just nods as if...
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    Do Any Of You Have Triggers That Follow From Your Train Of Thought?

    Like if you see something that makes you think about something else, and then that something else reminds you of your trauma. Introverts like me do this all the time, and it's hard to not be triggered when I'm in my head. And it's only when I'm in my head that my train of thought triggers me...
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    I Had A Dream That I Had A Girlfriend, Whom I Cheated On.

    When I apologized, she cried and lunged herself into my arms. It made me feel so good. It made me feel like I was being unconditionally accepted, forgiven for the things I've done. But this was all in a dream. The latter thoughts are my insights on the dream. I think it told me that I have to...
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    Up Until Today, I Hadn't Understood The Meaning, The Feeling Of Dissociation.

    Now I do. I always feel like I'm in stuck in the past, forced to argue with people who've long departed my life. I take in my surroundings---I see it, but I don't actually perceive it, if that makes sense. Like say I'm looking at a clock that has its short arm to 6 and long arm to twelve. When...
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    Is It Normal For Someone To Become Bad At English Because Of Ptsd?

    I ask because ever since the tramautic events have happened, I've started to notice that I've been making a lot of spelling and grammar mistakes. I often have to double-check what I write. Granted, I've always had to, but I feel like it's more meticulous to check for those mistakes. Maybe it's...
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