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Ok, so I have a therapist that I have seen for 8 years. I have an attachment to her and she has been good for me, with a few minor issues here and there. I came into see her a couple of weeks ago. I have really been struggling with anxiety/depression lately mainly due to a super stressful new...

Hi! I haven’t posted here for a while, but something has been on my mind. This is a sexual abuse and also therapist issue, so not sure which area this would be best in. I was out of therapy for a while, but now am back seeing my therapist of about 6 years. At one point many years ago, we were...

Ok, my first reason for posting is just to see if any one has tried CBT-I? This is a specific therapy for insomnia, considered to be actually more effective that sleep meds for insomnia. So, my first question is just on that. Did you have insomnia that maybe spiraled from PTSD and have you tried...

Ok, so I know they are human... But, it is hard when my T does disconcerting stuff. She is a good T and I have been seeing her for 5 yrs. My attachment to her has waned a bit just because in the past 5 mos I have been in only intermittently due to handling other medical expenses. I am thinking...

Hello parents! I need your help. I have a little girl (aged 6) and boy (aged 9). We just moved to a new neighborhood and they are making friends. I am finding myself becoming triggered and hypervigilent. I am especially worried about my girl. She is still really young and isnt as "with it" as...

Hi everyone, Kind of a random post here, but can anyone reccomend a couch? Do you have a couch that you love and do you know the brand? So, this does relate to PTSD. I just moved into a new home and bought a couch and now that its here I don't really like it. It is more on the formal side and...

So, my family moved into a nice new house. The whole time I kept thinking, "We should get a pet cat " I have owned a cat my whole life and am good with them. I think both my cats (my childhood cat and cat in my 20's) were instrumental in my managing PTSD even though I didn't really know I had...

Ok, so it's a lot to get through all of this, but I am really struggling and having suicidal thoughts. Here's why: 1. I have to take stearoid shots in my face due to having reconstructive plastic surgery because I had skin cancer removed from my nose. These shots cause depression. 2. I have a...

Hi all, I am hoping you can help me fairly quickly. I have to go have facial reconstructive surgery this afternoon under general. I am highly triggered because: 1. I have a history of not responding to sedation readily. My nervous system fights sedation of all kinds. I have extreme...

Ok, so I have a sun spot/freckle on my nose. It was checked 7 yrs ago and was benign. I then got preggo right after that appt and during the pregnancy it darkened but stayed even. I then had a less than qualified esthetician perform a couple of microdermabrasion treatments on my nose. I should...

Hello, I am curious as to how you use pot to manage symptoms of PTSD (in healthy ways). What I mean by this is using skills, like mindfulness and also being in therapy in addition to pot. I can get a medical marijuana card for PTSD here in my state but wanted to try it out first recreationally...

Hey all, So, I was in therapy today talking about my sexuality. I was saying how I was always so shut down sexually until my first bf who was older than me. I loved him and would do anything for him. He was wanting to experiment with diff sexual acts which I did not always like. I would say no...

So, I may have posted about this in the past. I googled my T twice in the past 3 years. I found an article about her childhood (prob from a local paper) And I found her on fb. She had some photos there, but it was limited. I was in a dark time both times. I have crazy attachment/transference...

Hi, I need advice on how to handle/navigate being in a long term theraputic relationship. I have been seeing my T for 2 and a half years, already and still need help. We are working on my relationship/attachment issues. But I took a break to move and now am back, but since coming back it has...

Have you ever had a bad therapy session with a good therapist? So it was bad today. I started out telling her that I have attachmemt feelings (love) for her, which I have said before. We are specificly working on me developping a secure attachment with her. She asked if I feel like I can have...

So, with my trauma focused T it is easy to talk about the past. I guess I feel validated by telling her about all of the crap that happened to me. But it is soooo hard to talk about how I am f*cked up in the present. I can mention flashbacks and hypervigilence, and many other symptoms. But some...

I am having a difficult time with this because I cannot see my T as my husband is unemployed and he is going on job interviews. This man was one who I really liked and hung out with on our staff. He was smart, funny, intelligent has a family. He was passionate and I guess maybe really depressed...

Hey, So I am looking for advice. My husband is unemployed currently and so I cannot afford therapy. I am looking for some insight on how to survive without her. This was abrupt due to his lay off. He is looking for work in a high demand field so we should be ok in terms of finding work soon. I...

Ok, so I may have done a jealousy of T post a while back, but I need to do another one. A quick back ground: Due to having a baby and then taking psych meds I have been suffering with a bad reaction from the psych meds. It has been major sleep dep for years and the inability to tolerate...

Hi, I am looking for thoughts or comments from people of color who have experienced trauma. Also, any one who has a comment. I am a white woman (with PTSD) and I have been doing a lot of diversity work. I was at a conference and I had many reactions. 1. I have suffered in my life, but have...

So, I have been working with my therapist on reclaiming my sexuality. I was object raped at age 4 (and other acts I remember and don't remember) by women and (possibly men) then assaulted (almost raped in college). I have had varying degrees of issues effecting my sex life. I used to always need...

Hi, So I know there have been many posts of this nature before. Is being hit with a brush as punishment abuse? If something is done as punishment does that make it abuse? Meaning planned with the parent being calm doing it for the "child's own good." What if you are living in the South where it...

So, does any one else ever feel jealous of their therapist? I really did not struggle with this (maybe a little bit), but now its hitting me hard. My therapist is beautiful, with a family, highly educated, intelligent, gets to travel, go on vacations. I know she sleeps really well. She is...

Ok, so I have a trauma focused T whom I love that I have seen for 2 and a half years. She has really helped me with the anxious avoidance attachment issues that get stirred up when we talk about my mother. We were talking about my mother this past week and there was all this construction noise...

Hello everyone, I wanted to start a thread exploring movies and how narratives, scenes, and characters can be useful in healing from past abuse. I think for me, movies have helped me understand and begin to heal from narcissistic abuse. My mother has created an enmeshment with me and so in...