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Thank you Ayesha. It is my intention to start at online support group from my Info/blog page once it's well established. :)

Hi who am I kim, No, I have researched this a lot and to my knowledge there are no PTSD groups in Brisbane. I did meet up with another PTSD sufferer from Brisbane Northside and we are now close friends :) I also run my own Facebook PTSD Info Page now, although I won't say what it is, as...

Definitely a huge accomplishment and very worth all the slog and very hard work! And I agree, an incredible testimony! :)

I had yuck nightmares, but felt okay when I got up this morning. Feeling tired now, so having an early night to be hopefully energetic tomorrow for my beautiful boys as they will be very excited! :inlove:

Sedd, welcome to the PTSD forum :) So much of what you said I identify with. I have also learned from childhood, that my 'safe place' is alone, relying on no-one. I get more confused by people being nice, than people hurting me. Hurting me I get and I know how to deal with it. It's a...

Yes our minds and brains have excellent coping methods and are very resilient. I viewed dissociation as a really negative problem, until I realised how well it has protected me during abuse. I'm glad I dissociated, it helped me cope. Now I try not to be so annoyed by my minds current need to...

It's like we don't so self care and being kind to ourselves well at all. We continue what others did to us - undeserved punishment and we do it instinctively, without even actually realising some times until it's pointed out. The subtle self harm stuff can be harder to identify, but once you do...

Nightmares are awful. Take care of yourself Pincake, it's a difficult time of year and you deserve to be kind to yourself. I hope you sleep okay. Hugs if you need one :hug:

Sailorgal, it does take practice and most the time I can do it. There are times when the issue is very distressing and I react emotionally, but I can re-focus and get back to how I need to be. Trauma & PTSD are very difficult to deal with and it's a learning curve. Fortunately, I have many...

Sailorgal, you are right, standing up for yourself does cost you sometimes and it also makes you see clearly what people's intentions are. We all have the right to stand up for what we believe in and have our opinion heard and respected and if people can't respect your view, then that's there...

I got round struggling what to say at the last session with my T and how to thank her by telling her how much I hoped she would have an amazing Christmas and how lovely it was she was having a month off to really relax. Which I do really feel and hope she does have a really good break from all...

Thank you Abstract and Lizio for your posts. I appreciate you taking the time to let me know you understand. Having compassion above needing to be right is such a wonderful quality. It reminds me there are people with compassion and true understanding of trauma and it's psychological...

Anthony, it wasn't an 'accident' that he got his gun licence back, and you using such statements is upsetting. So if I'm having a 'pity party', then it's your inappropriate choice of words that caused it. So, yes, I have sat and cried about this for the last half an hour because of your...

'Shit happens', 'Accidents do happen'. Wow, thanks Anthony for making me feel like I'm not supposed to be remotely upset by that. Silly me, I must remember to not be traumatised or upset by the lack of justice I recieved and the invalidation of a psycho that raped me in captivity for 4 years and...

This was difficult as I've had child abuse from my parents and child sexual abuse, then what is classed as abduction and forced captivity from 16 including rape every day for 4 years. I don't definitely know what caused my delayed onset PTSD and I was still technically not an adult when the...

Yes it is hard to lose a baby and then want one so desperately. I'm glad you have contacted a midwife who will help you through this. I couldn't talk about any of my trauma even with my second husband. He didn't know any detail or the severity of my abuse until this year. So I went through...

Bubz, that is a lot of pain to deal with and I understand why wanting a baby is so important. When I was with my first husband at 26 I got pregnant and he was drunk as usual and started hitting me as usual and I fell hard on the floor. The next day I had a miscarriage. That was the second...

It's been interesting reading this thread. I too have been in multiple abusive relationships from birth. When I got to 30, having just removed myself from my first marriage and my alcoholic/physically abusive husband (that had no boundaries), I decided enough was enough. No-one was going to ever...

It's amazing how many people just stand by and do nothing. Good on you Abstract and Lizio for helping and not walking away. If only there were more people in the world willing to help other people and not just themselves.

I agree with all Abstract has already said so well. Bubz, you deserve so much better than the mess they have created for themselves. :hug:

Yes it was in the UK. I found out by it being in an online local newspaper, where it even stated his criminal convictions for kidnapping and serious assult and an 'accident' causing the death of a former girlfriend. Fortunately, I had already left having had threats to me and my son.

And also in the UK, they give gun licences back to violent criminals who have served prison time for violent and abuse related offences, despite vigorous opposition from the police, who rightly claim they are a danger to society. Every country needs to tighten their gun legislation and...

I disagree Over9000. Having more gun ownership and easy access to guns does increase the numbers of gun related crimes. And the crime stats show that in countries where gun ownership is lower, crime involving guns is lower per population. America has high gun related crime and half the...

I agree - they see how much money can be made from 'PTSD' and it's good business = cha ching. They have only tightened up the criterion due to amount of people getting diagnosis wrong - due to the criterion wording being able to be manipulated and wrongly interpreted too easily and PTSD being...

The revised tightening up of the criterion for the trauma type necessary for PTSD diagnosis, will certainly remove a lot of more minor trauma's and normal life experiences many people currently and incorrectly think can cause PTSD. So many people confuse PTS with PTSD and forget or don't want to...