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It's taking a lot of my energy to write this. I've been dealing with my PTSD OK during the past three years. Each year I had a flare up or two, a hard time dealing with anxiety and such. I was on meds for over a year and stopped them because I felt inhuman (SSRIs) now I just have Xanax. I just...

Does anyone here who is currently employed work in customer service and find it extremely difficult to work with problem customers and stay their temper/snarkitude? I just had a guy call me wanting to sell me some golf balls, didn't like the price I'd pay for used golf balls, reamed me for it...

I suffer from a lot of PTSD (and subsequently anxiety) related concentration problems where I simply can no longer stay focused on the task at hand. I get irritated with it or angry at it. This is especially true when I have an illustration to work on but I've encountered a problem that I need...

Cherryblossom suggested maybe I should share some of my artwork here. I most certainly don't mind so here ya' go, I'll post some of my work and sketchbook pages up here. Life Drawings & Sketchbooks (Omitting full nudity, just in case): 10 Min. Study, focus on coracobrachialis and the pecs...

Does anyone else here eat for comfort or even suffer from binge eating disorder? I feel like I need to talk to someone about this. Please mind the rant. From a young age (around 10-11) I recall eating for comfort, but not sitting there enjoying the food - stuffing thing after thing into my...

I apologize ahead of time if the format of these stories I am about to share is shaky or tangential in nature. Sometimes my mind skips and races or I forget things until later reminded. Honestly, I had a good childhood - if I compare it with my friends childhoods, it was great. I didn't grow up...

Hello Everyone I just signed up for the main PTSD forum yesterday, and just heard about the Sexual Abuse forum today. I was sexually abused for about three years, though I'd known the man for a year before that. I held my secret in for three years after that, and subsequently developed (C)PTSD...

So... introductions... Well, I'm 23 going on 24 in September. I was diagnosed with PTSD in 2008, and is something I've been trying to manage and cope with since then in a systemic fashion, though the symptoms presented themselves far earlier. I do not take medication for it, though I am...