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Throughout my adolescence, I've been in physical altercations with many kids, but with good reason. I know, I sound like some monster right now, but let me explain. When I was a child (ages 9-13), I was a skinny kid that was physically picked on consistently. One day, one of my main tormentors...

The abuser was my mother. I was taller and stronger than her by the age of 13, but the abuse continued on for years. I never hit her back, it didn't even cross my mind. Would you have hit your abuser back if you had the strength to overpower them?

As some of you know, my foster-grandpa (as I call him) was diagnosed with lung cancer a few years ago. Just a few weeks ago, we found out it is stage 3 now. He is very sick now, and his treatments aren't working. He's tried so many treatments, many of which were experimental. None of them are...

I didn't because I was afraid nobody would believe me, since she would just deny it. I was afraid people would view me as weak. I was afraid she would hurt me again if she found out I told, and then send me into foster care. If you didn't report, why not? If you did report, what happened as a...

Age 5, I wanted to be a rockstar or actor At ages 8-9, I wanted to be an archaeologist or scientist. I was fascinated by ancient ruins. When I was 10, I wanted to be an astronaut or a fighter pilot. From ages 11-12, I wanted to be a narwhal-taming explorer, or pro track athlete Age 13-14...

"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to goals, not people or things" -Albert Einstein. This quote evoked mixed feelings in me at first. Then after thinking about it more, I found it to be true for me. People, like friends and family, and significant others, are variables in your life...

Hi all. When I was 13 years old (3 years ago), my parents were looking into putting me into the foster system. I was not a behavioral problem, and I'm the oldest of 3 siblings. My parents are not bad people. They found a foster home in the nearby city and were thinking of sending me there if...

I was running a 200m sprint yesterday in track and just felt a crack in my foot near the end (still came in first:p). I had slight limp, thought nothing of it, did my long jumps, and then when I got home I found out I couldn't walk. I waited until today to go to urgent care. Turns out I have a...

I'm not generally a moody person at all, but lately whenever it rains it just completely changes my mood. It makes me feel very sad and irritable and I don't want to do anything. I don't get this way in the winter or when it snows or anything, only when it rains. Anyone else have similar problems?

A lot of times if my dog moves in bed or I hear something while I sleep, I immediately wake up and flinch. This happens like a few times a night, and usually I'm able to fall back asleep immediately, and it started the same time I developed symptoms for PTSD. I flinch a lot in the day too, but...

Ever since I developed PTSD, I've had symptoms that are strange, irrational and seemingly unrelated to the trauma itself. The actual traumatic event was repeated childhood abuse, but sometimes I have intense flashbacks of a pleasant memory, like bowling with friends. When the abuse was going on...

A few days ago, a friend jokingly hit me with a broom, which triggered me and put me in an extremely bad mood for the rest of the day (I was abused as a young child). That night, I went to sleep brooding over the incident. I woke up in the middle of the night to find I had wet the bed. I'm...

I just had my first therapy appointment, and my next one is coming up soon. At the end of the session, he asked me if I had experienced a traumatic event (yes), and that we will talk about it next time. I want to tell him about what happened. I've never told anyone before and I want to lift the...

Today was my first therapy session. My dad had to sit in for the first session, so I didn't really feel comfortable talking about flashbacks and traumatic events and things of the such. We were talking about symptoms and somehow we started talking about flashbacks and he thinks I probably don't...