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Hi everyone! Over the past year, my night terrors have finally subsided. This is the first time in a decade that I've been able to have (mostly) restful nights. Some nights I still wake up with a nervous stomach, but I haven't been getting the visual, terrifying dreams that were once very...

Hi. I wanted to share an article for discussion. The Independent has a piece that came out today called "Sex abuse victim in her 20s allowed by doctors to choose euthanasia due to 'incurable' PTSD" At my worst, I remember feeling an almost "logical" desire to commit suicide. It became an...

Hi everyone. I'm curious about your experiences with managing the monetary costs of treating PTSD. I am making my best effort to invest in myself by going to the doctor when I need to, visiting a therapist every week and taking medication (hopefully just for the time being!) While I see the...

I imagine this has been brought up in other posts ... so redirect me if necessary. I'm afraid to have an honest conversation with my therapist about suicidal ideation. I've told her that I experience this but that I have no intention of killing myself. These feelings generally come in waves...

I am the youngest of 6 children, all of whom were severely abused. At least in my mind, the oldest were beaten the most, exposed the most to drugs, sexually violated the most ... But I am the one with PTSD. I am the one who couldn't handle it. Many times while they were being beaten, I had to...

Hi everyone. This question may seem basic, but I am struggling to grasp what it actually means to "recover" from PTSD. I have read in many articles that recovery from PTSD is possible, but I've been in it for so long, I have to admit that I don't even know what that means or what that would feel...

Hi everyone. I started a thread a couple weeks ago about the value of talk therapy (that I felt it wasn't helping and that maybe I could go it alone.) I kept hesitating on how to respond, so I thought I'd start a new thread, about trading one coping mechanism for another. I'd like to hear about...

Hi everyone. I hope you are having a wonderful start to the week! I've quickly gathered that many PTSD sufferers out there are dissatisfied with their therapist. I am one of them, but I am feeling doubts about what to do, or if I should return at all. In March, I started taking Paxil and...

Hi everyone. I hope you are all having a great day. I am on here because I am going through a great deal of pain and recently beginning to understand what PTSD is. I have been living with symptoms since I was a teen, but just recently discovered that my symptoms are from PTSD. I am now 26. I...