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    Please help!!! Spiralling after relationship ending

    I haven’t been on in a few years. I managed quite well until I started a relationship. Things have been like a horrible rollercoaster. We recently ended. My self worth is plummeting and I feel I am spiraling downward quickly. the relationship challenged me a lot. It statrted fast and ended...
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    I Don't Know How To Be Happy

    I have PTSD from a multi car crash and am disabled. My daughter helps me daily and recently she told me she is moving in with her boyfriend of two years. My world crashed and I felt all of my support float away. On May 3 I overdosed and 911 found me unconscious at home. Twelve days later I was...
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    When I Get Angry My Si Gets Real Bad

    Im very angry right now. HELP
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    I Don't Know What To Do....

    Can't write much due to bad arm. High pain in my arm, shoulder, neck, leg, hip, and back. My doc knows I have pain issues and bad PTSD. I was honest today at my appt and told him my depression is getting worse. He asked about my SI and I said that is there daily. My doc took all pain killers...
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    Night Sweats

    Does anyone here get night sweats? The kind where you are comp,etely drenched from head to toe and you just don't know why....if yes, can someone explain why this happens?
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    Nasty Professor Causing Me To Spiral.... I Need Advice, Please.

    I need advice, please. I have a very nasty professor who seems to be putting me on the defensive almost daily. Aside from my PTSD I have a physical disability from my trauma. Unfortunately, I look like nothing is wrong with me. She questions my disability daily causing my symptoms to be...
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    Poll Do You Say Yes When You Really Mean No?

    I have noticed that PTSD has gotten me into the habit of saying YES to many things my former self would like to do (dinners, karaoke, a date,) but my PTSD really means NO. Inevitably, I end up with anxiety and panic because I sad yes and then I have to figure a way out of it because I don't...
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    I'm Feeling So Very Sad Right Now

    The cause of my last OD was a professor who didn't believe I had a disability or PTSD. I ended up breaking down in front of her humiliating myself. What a complete loss of control, body shaking, tears streaming. I reported her for harassment and now I feel like she is really pushing my...
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    Pushing Away A Guy

    Okay, so I have been alone aside from my daughter, since my accident, no friends, no dating, nobody! So a guy comes into my life by happenstance and wants to get to know me. I sent him here to learn about me first. Then I sent him to read my threads...still couldn't get him to go away. He said...
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    I Shared My Sadness And Felt Loved

    I am not really much different than most of you on here. My PTSD I from a multi car accident. I struggle with SI and have had two ER visits within two months. I felt the shame and embarrassment aft the fact that now my neighbors know, because the fire department and police were here. I don't...
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    Very Odd-apparently I Sleep Walked And Took Pills In My Sleep. Has This Happened To Anyone Else?

    Okay, so I thought I had a dream about killing myself and I woke up two hours late and feeling groggy. The thought of th "dream" which felt real was on my mind all day. I know all my pill counts and went to the bathroom to check them an d sure enough some were missing. I guess my dream was...
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    My Success...

    Last night the thoughts came back. they just co me, I don't know why or how. It had to do with anger and my T. That's not important. What is important is HOW I dealt with it. I did some focused breathing, did two worksheets on SI, and journaled. I recognized I was feeling angry, tired, in...
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    In Case Of An Emergency

    With Anthony's okay, I would like us all to put some websites together in case of an emergency. Since we are from all over the world it would be nice to have a listing for people to use as a resource of where they can call in case of an emergency or worksheets, like DBT that they can do to...
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    Does Anyone Here Have Ptsd From An Mva?

    I was in an MVA and left with a physical disability in addition to my PTSD. I would like to connect with others who had a similar experience.
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    If I Could Change One Aspect Of My Ptsd.... What Would It Be?

    If I could change ONE thing about my PTSD.... I think I would change my SOCIAL PHOBIA. If I changed that, then I might have a support system for when I am in my dark space, I might smile more and fear less, I might walk taller and feel more confident. If I could be in any social situation, I...
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    Does Anybody Here Do " D B T " Therapy?

    I work with a DBT therapist and have gone through three rounds of DBT group. It has helped me tremendously. DBT was first described by Dr Linehan. It is a way of moving forward, recognizing negative patterns and correcting behaviors. I would be interested interested in chatting with others who...
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    Sometimes I Feel Like The Pain Will Never End

    Hi- I have PTSD now for three years. I have completely isolated myself from all my friends. My mood waxes and wanes. Most recently, I have been in a high stress mode and have been taken by ambulance to the hospital for almost overdosing. I feel life is empty, I am alone a lot, my T is angry at...
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    I Feel Like A Piece Of Porcelain That Broke

    Hi All- I'm new here and have had PTSD for three years. I used to be sassy, funny, confident, silly, girly, and smile all the time. Now I feel I am fractured inside, I am like a piece of porcelain that broke and cannot be put together fully, I am numb most of the time and others I feel very SI...
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