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It is so hard having a condition that has so much stigma (generally) also it is so so hard for those that don't have ptsd to really understand what we are experiencing and this is not their fault. Still hurts us on a whole-nother level though when negative comments come our way about our...

@xenstar firstly thank you so much for sharing how you are feeling because I can relate to those feelings so much - so now not feeling so alone. You have endured some incredible hardship and strength in how you have come through. I too had physical/emotional/sexual trauma for the best part of...

Thank you for @katiekat for this post. It has helped me a lot. I have been seeing my therapist on and off for almost a year now and this was before being diagnosed with ptsd. Any cognitive behavioural therapy that I was asked to do I was incapable of doing. I was way too hyper vigilant when I...

I can relate. I too in my high moments will be talking so fast and breathing fast - feeling short of breath and I get in such a rush with my emotions that even tears come to my eyes. I feel so invincible and productive, motivated and yes sometimes even feel a little shakey. Then when a low comes...

I feel proud that I tackled my first intimate encounter with my husband (not sexual) today (stopped sexual intimacy with him when I was diagnosed with ptsd a month ago so I can start my healing from childhood sexual trauma I feel disassociated from everyone and this makes me feel sad and I feel...

I think that you are ahead of me with your therapy and recovery journey but I can relate to the feelings you are having here. Fear of failure, frustration, anger and self-sabotage. They are not new feelings to ptsd are they and they really can start to feel long in the tooth (spinning in...

@Justmehere what your therapist explained about a traumatic event taking place in an invalidated environment - that is what happened to me and it breaks my heart.... If only my family had validated me and looked after me!! It makes me ask 'what if?' Would I still have ptsd?

I thank you for sharing @NoWhereKnowWhere - what you are feeling is real, it's valid and justified. No harsh judgement or apologies needed. Let the storm of feelings and thoughts be there and just imagine yourself stepping out of that storm and looking down on it. (You don't have to detach or...

Me too!! Always was called a drama queen by my mum!!! Tilybee again I can relate to you and your Mum. I too am coming to terms with the legitimacy of my condition having recently been diagnosed. But not from my point of view - I can see and am feeling every symptom and behaviour of ptsd. It's...

I agree that it is a symptom. I had my trauma throughout my childhood and I had a mystery illness in my childhood including vomiting nausea and I had many tests done including ultrasound of my abdomin and they could never find what was wrong. Now knowing I have had ptsd for a long time I think...

It is definitely unsettling to not feel yourself.... I know what you mean in terms of feeling different. I guess my situation is different in that my trauma was many many years ago in my childhood but it was just before I was diagnosed with ptsd a few weeks ago as an adult that I recognised a...

Hope4now - that is a great suggestion: Mindfulness meditation, Grounding practises and self-care. This is what my therapists have suggested for me atm - because I am way too hypervigilant I have to stay away from any insight/trauma memories ... but it is hard to particularly because it has all...

Hi everyone, this is my very first post here - in a snap-shot, I have only been diagnosed with severe PTSD in the last few weeks but I have suffered with it all my life (now 37). Sexual Trauma for me took place in my every early childhood and majority of my childhood. I instantly related to...