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A young lady confidently walked around the room while leading and explaining stress management to an audience with a raised glass of water. Everyone knew she was going to ask the ultimate question, 'half empty or half full?'... She fooled them all... "How heavy is this glass of water?" she...

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As some of you know i have had to stop marijuana use for legal reasons , i have been aware for years that smoking marijuana before bed , stopped any form of dreaming for me . However since i have stopped the nightmares and night terrors have started again. Its been horrible , i can cope with...

I recently became aware that i spend most of my time disassociated, i am aware i dissociate and have for many years , but im unaware of the negatives. I always thought i was spacing out or leaving the situation because the stress became to great, and recently my therapist who i have started...

i am having difficulties at the moment with flashbacks which has caused me to lash out at the only ones i have who are close. I have no one else anywhere near and it looks like xmas will be spent entirely alone. I want to see my kids but im feeling so vulnerable that i dont think i can cope...

i was doing well and woke up today and am having all sorts of trouble , i had a major interview yesterday and it was the third, its a good job with decent pay , however on thursday i got an email that i had to sit for 3 online programming tests. I also started a fill in job on Monday to tide me...

I recently made a decision to get a job, prior to this i felt incapable of working and the thought of being near people made me feel i wasn't ready. I decided to forge ahead regardless, but what feels strange is lately i seem to be able to keep things under control. I have had brief emotional...

Things have been really good lately and ive been grateful, but today i just seem off , i was offered a job in Nigeria last night , and having done it before , i knew my answer had to be no , throughout the night i struggled with it and it brought back a slew of bad memories - i have been...

I have been struggling for along time to gain a stable foothold , i had a good business but due to many moves because of my wife's position , i eventually grew tired of re-Establising the business all the time. This led to further depression and isolation and as much as i would try to get i...

Does anyone here walk into danger without realizing , i recently did and its has enormous ramifications, i find myself battling with it, im deeply embarrassed to the point i cannot really share it with anyone, and yet its ongoing with the perpetrator regularly hassling me, he has tried to build...

I recently became aware that my ptsd is a unusual form , in the sense that if i feel i have suffered an injustice, i will try to correct it , sadly it leads me into incredibly dangerous situations and takes all my energy to stop trying to fight, naturally my responses have led to a litany of...

I was diagnosed with ptsd a few years back , i have been working with a therapist in trying to get a handle on things, however the more we work the worse i have gotten. I recently seperated from my wife and moved into a new neighborhood. Well this neighborhood is a bit deadly , gangs , drugs etc...

I woke up this morning and found myself immediately going into emotional flashbacks , its been a constant battle for the past couple of weeks as the flashbacks only stop for short periods and i find myself constantly working on them to try and stop them, i ground myself , self talk, and do...

Oh boy off to Australia tommorow to see family , with everything that has been going on , i would pay anything to avoid it , im having enough trouble with flashbacks after i ended my marriage and now its step into trauma central , i love my family but like any family they have their...

I have been married to the same woman for 15 years , a few years back i was diagnosed with PTSD , I have had ptsd since a child due to physical and phsycological abuse , and then in later life through living in Africa for a time (alone) . My marriage has now collapsed but what hurts the most is...

Hi im new here , ive been dealing with my ptsd since it was diagnosed 4 yrs ago , and feeling like i am having no success at all, my marriage is on the rocks, we live seperately , due to 4 employment to different states moves in as many years with my wifes job, ive all but lost my business and...