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Ask my family, and they will probably rave on about how amazingly and outstandingly brilliant I am. (I'm not. My IQ is above average, but that's all. I'm not a genius, and I'm nothing unusual.) However, in practice, they've also made it plain they think I'm dumber than a dog biscuit. I don't...

I'm going to the doctor's office later today. I've been having severe, barely tolerable depression and also a lot of physical pain. Hard to know which is chicken and which is egg, since both conditions worse the other. Fortunately I'm seeing both my psychologist and my primary care doctor. I...

You'll need to know, both of us have PTSD, I have chronic depression as well, my husband suspects he is on the autism spectrum, and it wouldn't surprise me at all if he is Avoidant. He doesn't like conflict of any kind. That's for sure. An issue comes up over and over again. The script is...

Although my husband and I both have PTSD, I know it's different in individual cases. We are not all going to have the same symptoms showing up in the same way. So, I have that exaggerated startle reflex, and my husband appears not to. Early in our marriage, as we were getting undressed for...

The discussion of casual use of the term PTSD did show up in a search, but the last reply is almost two years old, so I thought it would be better to start a new thread. It's about people using the names of psychiatric conditions to describe normal, everyday, justifiable emotions. That's so...

I originally posted this on another website, before I found this one, but I thought you'd like it here. Imagine this scenario: Scene: I am out camping with friends. As I sit down by the lakeside, it so happens there is a rattlesnake under me. I call for help. The snake is removed and safely...

I'm constantly stuck in a no-win situation. If I say what I'm feeling, I'm being demanding. Say it twice, and I'm a nagging old shrew. If I keep my mouth shut, I'm trying to punish others with the silent treatment. Start my sentences with "I," and I'm being self-centered. Start my sentences...

I'm talking about either our own emotions, or that of another person in the family. It's hard to adjust to healthy thinking and healthy situations. When things have always been crazy, you come to expect things to be crazy. "Normal" throws you for a loop. Last night as I was settling into bed...

Hi. I'm a middle-aged married woman with two adult children. I come from a background of severe child abuse and neglect. So does my husband, who also has PTSD, but he copes with his symptoms a lot better than I do. At least he can earn a living. I am unable to do so. My daughter and nephew...