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I concur. It's refreshing to hear the real truth. No sugar coating. :)

No no! I totally understand everything you said. Hahha I soo can relate to that one - Maybe not in the same way as you but I get you

Any of you have a hard time being stationary for too long? Either you have to just rearrange the furniture in the house or bedroom or you have to cut ties with people. Some kind of change. Somewhere. I'm just wondering if this is closer to being me specific or if it's a general trauma related...

Not yet (Right now he wants to just diagnose me with depression and anxiety) But he is a very thorough person. He wants to make sure that my whole set of symptoms aren't actually something else (It was actually his idea to reach out to people who live with stuff like this on a more severe level...

Does anybody find dissociating anything besides painful or disrupting or anything else negative? I almost find it relieving when I get a break. I've realized that my dissociated part isn't actually a part of me. It's more of all the bad things that have happened to me, all the things I've had...

Oh a psych already knows everything. He is trying to help me make sure that I'm not bipolar. :) I am already on a road to some kind of better health lol - I just wanted some advice from people more intimately involved with PTSD. It's one thing to know what the symptoms are in the DSM, it's...

It was the way the doctor was. The kind of questions he asked. He made a lot of assumptions and that just forced Max to distract me enough that I didn't say anything

There are a couple reasons why I don't think it is DID - Max isn't developed enough. It's like one step short. Oh I know:) But I also know that sometimes people who experience it firsthand can give me at least some decent advice:) I totally agree with this. I saw this happen with my mom where...

Thank you @Lost Pup for the response! My current psych said, and I totally agree with him, that it wouldn't be that beneficial for me to go into something like that right now, given that I am still helping my mom and still exposed to the same type of stressors that exacerbated my problems...

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I don't know if you understand how awesome this was. You're awesome. Thank you. Really. Thank you so so so so very much :) (Hahah. It took me far too long to get those so's right xD)

(Forgot about this part - meant to add it in my first response) Often times when we experience a severe trauma we, especially as young children who don't understand how things work or why someone would do something like that, believe that it must be our fault. And if it's our fault then we...

To me it sounds like it is definitely possible. I think that after you spoke about the dream out loud there was a part of you that became overly fearful that you said something that you shouldn't have and you may get hurt because of it. Or that saying it makes it more real which is always hard...

So my last official Dx was Bipolar 2. That was at a hospital where I was at for a week and I didn't quite get to explain what was really going on with me. So here is a quick list of my problems: Depression - Fluctuates, can be rather rapid. Haven't had a major episode in over 2 years. Used to...

@Abstract I was slightly skeptical because of your first line but I think your post sums up everything I think about Christmas (Except the religious part - I am Christian and I am thankful in my heart, but I don't think it necessary to make an extravagant deal out of it. But I agree with the...

I feel the same way. I think it is a kind of anxiety about having to act just like everyone else without an "Insanity escape". Right now it's easy to say I'm having a bad day and I need to stay in (Which isn't all too exaggerated). I wouldn't say I'm lazy - it's just I don't want the same...

Off topic - But it so so unbelievably good to hear someone else say this!! I mean - I'm sorry that you have to go through an exaggerated dissociative experience - but I am so glad that I'm not totally bizarre! (or blowing things out of proportion!) I love days like this one, when I don't feel as...

I think Abstract is on to something!! I agree wholeheartedly. To me this person seems rather bland so a bland gift (to me) sounds like a good idea for him :D

I think this alone is very beneficial to many many people. I know it is to me. I still don't think I know all the trauma that happened so far in my life, but I do know it causes a very positive reaction to have something positive about myself to cling onto - almost like a slap to abusers, an...

That is exactly what dissociation is! It is a huge spectrum ranging from just spacing out (Which everyone experiences) all the way to DID (Which is basically just dissociation so bad that your personality has become sectioned off into parts or different voices or various "roles" you were forced...

You may have already looked into it - but what about DDNOS? (Dissociative Disorder Not Otherwise Specified). If you know for certain you have no memory gaps and genuinely don't believe you have other personality parts (Now there are some people who go their whole lives not knowing, but they have...

I like getting gifts (If it's something useful...or not I'm a pack rat too :P) But I miss the days when Christ was talked about more (Or even mentioned). It's become too materialistic (Christmas lights don't count. I would have my tree up all year if it wasn't so tacky looking). However - I...