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Throughout my life I've avoided doctors, hospitals and even my own medical issues like the plague. Mostly because I have an intense fear of not being believed or taken seriously and every experience I've been forced to have with our medical profession has resulted in me feeling like I have to...

I really hope people will discuss this one with me at length. Its really an important discussion, both in general and to me personally. I've always battled with it. So the thought started a week or two ago, and was originally in relation to what constitutes rape, however my thoughts have...

The more time I spend here, reading and interacting with those of you with serious symptoms of PTSD, the more I find myself questioning my diagnosis (which is to be fair, almost 20 years old now and I'm realising, given without full disclosure on my behalf) In all the samples I have of my...

So after 7 weeks of not self medicating with alcohol (yays) I'm finally ready to overcome my anxiety about damned doctors, quit procrastinating and I'm off to the doctor today to beg for something to help me sleep and calm the anxiety that I've stubbornly told myself i can handle alone for too...

Lest we forget. Soldier on is an Australian charity supporting the physical and emotional needs of our serving members during the long road back from their sacrifice. Every year I think long and hard about this day and what it means to me, and this organisation says it all. Any support...

Have you ever met someone in your life that just grinds your gears? Like everything they say makes you want to beat the living shit out of them yet they've never really done to you? Karl Jung says that in those situations, typically it is not about the other person, just that you are...

Recently, and even MORE so since I've quit drinking I've been finding it harder and harder to achieve anything. I can sit literally in one spot for an entire day staring blankly at walls, or recently immersing myself here or on facebook, anything to avoid my everyday existence. Its all I can...

Do you have a particular song (or even genre) that resonates with you during your healing period? Can you share it with me please? Something that can ease your hyper vigilance and soothe you when your cup is full?

Am I the only sufferer on the planet who does disgusting and stupid things when in a full blown panic state? I suffer mostly these days with abandonment issues, and any perceived rejection (some real but many imagined) or even critical language from my husband launches in me into various flash...

Hey all :) Just here looking for advice, and people to vent to as well I guess, about abandonment issues that have caused me to be ridiculously co dependant, usually on people as unhealthy of mind as I am. Not sure a back story is necessary, but I feel like I need to so here goes, sexually...