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I have a hard time keeping focused when it comes to tasks that feel like work to me. Now don't get me wrong, I'm well-educated in self-help and motivation and all that wonderful stuff. But the PTSD seems to throw most of that advice out of the window. I feel like when I'm triggered my PTSD...

What does it look like for you? How does it feel? For me I tend to isolate from friends. I just pull back and talk less. It feels like I can't trust them to treat me well while I'm feeling unsafe so I try to just sit with it on my own. Sometimes I avoid doing things like going to the store. I...

Had therapy today. At the end of the session my therapist pointed out that I have trouble asking for what I need. And she's right. When it's from someone who reminds my brain of the trauma it's like I freeze. I can't bring myself to be "under their control" by asking. So I don't ask. Just...

I just need to get this out. It weighs in my heart every day. In September after years of on and off silent treatment by him my boyfriend said he wanted to end our relationship in therapy. This was just as we switched to a new couple's therapist who understood that trauma was involved (the...

So this partially goes along with the thread where I asked about how you explain PTSD to someone. (Thank you to everyone who offered their perspective! It really helps me to hear what everyone had to say even if what you do is stay silent.) I often find myself in situations where I feel "stuck"...

New to the forum (see my introduction) and new to knowing that PTSD is this debilitating thing that has been making life difficult for me. I'm big on discussing things, so I'd like to discuss PTSD with the people in my life. I have a lot of positive, self-help types in my circle and what I've...

32 year old gay male NY. Just learning that I have PTSD with a therapist so I still have some exploring to do. One of my coping mechanisms is to read so I already have digested a ton of information about PTSD. My boyfriend of 6 years also has PTSD. He has said he wants to break up with me but...