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I just read Tony's blurb on exposure therapy in the trauma forum. It says to start with your worst trauma. Unfortunately I don't remember most of my childhood trauma. I thought for a minute or two about one I do remember. My distress got high enough for me to be very uncomfortable. Cheese, I...

Maintenance staff are coming to fix the tiles in my shower any second now. Just because the water is leaking into the apartment below. What do I care? I hate, hate, hate having anyone in my apartment. Today was supposed to be a no-people day. Yesterday I went to my volunteer job, and tomorrow is...

Sometimes when I'm out doing things, going to stores and such, I find that my walking slows to almost a stop. I have to encourage myself to keep walking at a reasonable pace. Maria

Today I managed to get some housework done that had been nagging at me. I also did 2 loads of laundry. That may not seem like much, but sometimes when I think about doing things like this I get very anxious. So I give myself a break and tell myself I don't have to do anything that stresses me...

I think I'm having another one of those emotional flashbacks. The story is I put a ring on layaway and picked it up yesterday. The more I look at it the more I'm sure it isn't the ring I originally chose. I don't know if this is true or it's just me feeling cheated. The point, I guess, is...

I discovered yesterday, after the fact, that I had reacted to a situation as if it were something that had happened in the past. I felt that people who were supposed to do things for me weren't there for me. I felt angry, upset and frightened too. The situation yesterday was just a couple of...

If I stand back and try to look at myself objectively, little things like someone who might even remotely be angry are very unsettling for me. And it seems that the more I know about myself, PTSD, the more therapy I have, the more easily I get shaken. I understand why possible anger upsets me...

I just want to say what a comfort it is to have people I can listen and talk to who are like me, who were traumatized a children. Until now I'd only met people who developed PTSD as adults or people who were in denial about the damage caused by the abuse they suffered as children. So thank you...

I've recently started volunteering at a museum. I love doing it especially when we have groups of school children. I do okay with that kind of casual social encounter. My question is about the director of volunteers with whom I have a fair amount of regular contact. I can tell she's noticed...

I can't find a official place to ask this question so I thought I would just post it. maria

I get upset, maybe anxious (?), when I read information or posts about PTSD. Does anyone else have that problem? maria

I'm new, but I'm also a long-time ptsd-er. I've been in psychotherapy for what seems like forever but didn't identify my problems as ptsd until a few years ago. Forgive my brevity, but sometime I get sad talking about my life.