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Hello, I'm not new here, so a hello to all of those of you I've chatted with years ago if you are still around. I'm not doing well at all and I haven't been for some time. Situation as it stands: socially isolated with partner on other side of continent for work, psych supports are a...

So the past three weeks have been absolutely dismal to my mental state and quite triggering. I suppose I should start at the beginning: Synopsis of past three weeks: Breakup with Fiancé, Victim's Comp, and Serious Health Concerns 3 weeks ago: I broke up with my fiancé whom I live with - and...

Hey guys, So I saw the relatively new psychiatrist this week and the consensus is that my depression is much worse than I had assumed. After talking about it for a while and explaining what types of symptoms and feelings specific to feeling depressed, I've been deemed severely depressed. Great...

I have trouble posting. I have trouble responding to posts, I have trouble e-mailing friends, or talking to friends. I have trouble with social interaction. In the written context, I know I want to say the right thing, or voice what I'm thinking clearly and often times I find myself deleting my...

Would like to chat over a cup of coffee/tea with a fellow sufferer. A. Lauren

Hello everyone, I'm not doing so well. I feel like I'm losing a part of myself. Still struggling to complete anything academically, and I'm looking back on the past three years and seeing all but the same thing. It would be easy for me to say it was this or it was that. I know it hasn't been...

Hi guys, I think I found that place where I feel emotionally barren - the wasteland where I’ve been trying to push myself away or through what's been going on for so long that I end up in the thick of it with no idea where to start. I haven't posted in a while and I should have - I've been...

So, I'm going to a Tori Amos Concert tomorrow and this is a big deal. Her music has been a part of my healing for almost a decade now. It's seen me through some very dark periods, some happy places, and the many in between. I actually bought waterproof mascara just for the occasion. Oh, and...

Hey, So I've been going to my therapy once a week for years, and recently started couple's therapy with the same psychiatrist so I was in therapy twice a week, which was somewhat emotionally draining but in a healing sort of way, and now he's not around. The last time I saw him was about a...

Hey, So they ruled in my favour after an appeal in which I had to write two pages of what I've gone through in the past few years while on OSAP to explain why I haven't been able to 'perform' to their standards. That in itself, was both beyond the realm what they should know, and exhausting to...

I’m not doing so well. Emotionally I’m so drained that I can’t remember what it’s like to feel rested. School somehow lost its appeal of somewhere I want to be right now. Don’t get me wrong, I love school, and I love learning. Hell, when it comes down to it, I even love writing papers and...

So, with everything that's been going on with my academics and the boyfriend situation, my anxiety and stress levels have gotten to a point where I'm waking up in anxiety attacks and in tears, and only realize after a minute or so that I've been crying. Then there's the dizzy spells which have...

Hello everyone, I have some serious problems with motivating myself to get things done. I mean from doing my academics (damn well need to be motivated to read and write a paper), to doing simple thing around the house. I make my daily 'To Do' lists and try to set goals, but I still end up...

Hello everyone, So I'm at that period of time in the year where my PTSD goes through the roof. Or at least it has been for the past couple years. Its really strange because for the first few years after the situation, I didn't really acknowledge that this was a triggering time for me - then...

Hey, I've been slowly working my way through getting documents for a few years now, and doing the write up for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board claim. I'm finally at the end of the road when it comes to getting everything sorted. It took quite a significant amount of time for me to get...

Hey, My best friend recently had a cooking accident and suffered first, second, and third degree burns on one arm, her chest, ear and neck, and received very shotty medical treatment from first hospital she was sent to. She's as close to family as I get. She sent me an e-mail to let me know...

Hello all, I've come to a certain point in my relationship with my boyfriend of a year and an half, that I'm at a bit of a crossroads. I can either stay in the relationship where I am not happy, or I can leave. The situation hasn't been good for almost a year or so - or that's when it become...

Hey guys, I had quite the nightmare the other night - so disturbing that I can still, days later, remember the most minute of details about it. The nightmare in itself isn't so hard for me to work through, it's the unexpected inability to lose the mental image that appears every time I close my...

Hello Everyone, For now I'll go by my screen name - it was thoughtfully created and has served me well over the years. I am Metis, which has something I've had to learn quite a bit about - being native wasn't necessarily something I grew up with - more than polishing the wood carvings and...