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helena; I have often thought about how stress and the brain are linked, and if possibly these two things could come hand in hand when it comes to too much stress, and brain damage. My grandmother developed alzheimers, and it was always unclear to why she developed it. However, she did abuse...

You have just described my own father, through and through. Honestly. I understand, truly. And NO It is not right for him to treat you like that. Verbal and mental abuse can be completely and utterly destroying. Self esteem is not a bunch of BS, because in the end, without self esteem we begin...

I think that it's difficult to tell. I was actually diagnosed 4 years after the traumatic event. But when i look back, i started having nightmares almost immediately after the event. And flashbacks started happening i guess around 6 months after.. I think that my life generally went downhill...

I completely agree. So many things nowadays lose their sense of seriousness, because of these stupid jokes. I fail to see the humour in so many of them, and they often hit a sore patch. It's not even just rape; there are countless jokes about the disabled and about those with brain damage and...

My thoughts are with you Pandora. Stay strong, you have helped me out an awful lot on this site, and I hope that you put your own advice into good use. Remember that you're strong, and you've got this far. You're coming off benzo is ultimately a very good thing. I'm always here to talk, vent...

My shoulders are always really tensed. Always. People always tell me to put my shoulders down, and i do not realise it at all. I think it's like, a level of stress. Like when your body has stress, your heart rate increases, meaning you'll be more tense ready for 'fight or flight'. If a person...

Honestly, I'm not sure at all how you can get someone to understand. Both my parents have failed to understand about PTSD, and i doubt even looked it up, even though I was diagnosed with my Father. I think that generally, it's a very hard thing to accept. When i was diagnosed, it didn't feel...

My Complex PTSD, mainly, has occurred from my mother having a brain injury when i was 11. Although there were other things that happened to me, later, that have also had a strong effect on me.. I was wondering whether anyone else on the forum has experienced a close relative to have traumatic...

You can never moan on here too long, that is one thing i have learnt here. The people here understand and care. Good luck to you, as lame as that may sound.

Sorry, this is going to be quite long. I am so utterly down, and I am sitting here trying to figure out exactly what is getting me down so badly. I go for my first counselling session tomorrow, but I'm scared about what's going to happen. My boyfriend is in Spain, and is increasingly making me...

I would pick a fight with my boyfriend to see how better i would handle it i would make wild passionate love to him, happy, and truly happy. i would go and do everything i had every wanted to with no fear. i would stop feeling so insecure.

Indeed, i am very blunt too. Quite a few people don't like it, sometimes it does hurt feelings. Maybe it is sometimes the best way to be though, means your not two facedd! I think its better to see the positive in sometimes can-be negative traits. Everything comes in handy sometimes even...

Im angry that I'm always pushing everyone away with my anger. And I'm angry that my father is so far in denial he isn't going to support me with my Ptsd. And I'm angry that I'm so misunderstood. And I'm angry the only things I recognize as emotions are guilt, anger and sadness. I'm angry that I...

hello. I lost it earlier, I got so angry, my boyfriend went without saying goodbye as he had to go quickly from instant messenger which slightly annoyed me. When he said his computer turned off, I said the comment don't worry you weren't talking to me much anyway. And he said you hardly were...

Everyone in this world is special, Think of the thing that makes you special. Everyone has something. I'm talking about inside, think of something you like about yourself, and that you know makes you you. Mine is, My ability to help other people, and offer them good advice. It makes me feel...

I talked to a specialist last night, and while talking through certain things, she told me gently that i need to go to the doctors definetly, and will likely be diagnosed with ptsd. I'm not going to lie, i'm scared, terrified. I am young, yet i've already had to deal with my mothers brain...

Yes. i get that so much. Someone explains to you they meant no harm by a comment, yet i continue to feel angry or hurt. I've often been told i'm just continuing it in myself and not forgiving, but i have HONESTLY forgiven the person, yet it does not go away. And often i blame something for...

I HATE IT when someone tries to incinuate that what im saying is over the top. like you know when someone goes 'funny how you just read that in the article, and now you have it' escuse me?! oh and the common 'whats wrong noww?!' and all that really rives me up.

when i don't feel listened to, when someone talks over me, i literally explore. i scream, and cry, and become completely over the top. And when i feel my opinions are not heard. So basically for me, not feeling heard or understood.

I believe what happened, i know what happened, yet i do not believe. I often manage to convince myself it didn't, it only takes a simple 'it didn't happen'. I don't think i tell anyone the full extent of what goes on day to day with me, ever, because telling people feels as if im telling lies...

My obsession is my boyfriend. i feel angry when he has to go to friends, abandoned, and jealous. Another obsession is conspiracy theories. I obsess over finding out the same thing over and over again. And i obsess over having to be in complete darkness in sleep. The curtains have to be closed...

i know exactly how you feel. I have one side of me, that wants to help other people more than anything and i care for people immensely. i put anyone above me. But another side of me, is that i am so selfish. i blame others for my defects, i get obsessive over the tiniest little things, and...

I know exactly how you feel, that your worries and your needs are the last one peoples minds near you, that are the ones supposed to care for you. Taking your mind off these worries i've found helps so much. Finding something that i'm passionate about really does help. I know it only...

Hmm. 1. I feel proud that i am doing well in english. 2. I feel proud that i am doing well in history! 3. I feel extremely proud to have improved so much in maths. 4. I feel proud to have such an amazing boyfriend, or perhaps proud of myself for being able to sustain a healthy relationship...

I have insomnia, however i am on no medication as (irrationaly, most likely) i'm fearful of it. These things have helped me, though i will admit, not worked entirely. Yoga, and breathing techniques help a huge amount. Write down thoughts feelings worries stresses etc in a book. then tear the...