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Hope all's a bit better soonish for ya.

Thanks, it seemed counter productive in the moment but it'll only get better I'm sure.

I don't believe they ever labeled the scale method during this particular support group. In this support group, it doesn't seem like anyone really goes into depth regarding their trauma, rather they go over ways to deal with panic. I was given a book called "Embracing the Fear: Learning to...

Sorry, EMDR?

@JEKBreatheandBelieve , Oh, I felt like I was gonna throw up if I didn't say anything! I went second to last just because I had to work out what all i was feeling at the time.

I went to my first NAMI Open Door Anxiety Panic Support Group tonight. When it was coming to my introduction, I panicked. I'm laughing about it now just because of how silly it seemed that I was panicking at a panic group. I felt really silly crying in front of everyone. I kept my introduction...

I LOVE this! I'm going to quote you on it as a personal reminder to myself through out whatever happens in my life-experience. Thank you <3

This may be incorrect but it seems to me that he is trying desperately to distance himself from you, but he still loves you immensely, which is hard to sort out for lots of people. He may be taking time to work on himself ("Let things happen naturally") and that's why he has been saying that he...

I typically don't like to just read and not comment, so I'm sorry if this isn't beneficial to you. I am at the opposite end you are. I am the person who is suffering from PTSD and my boyfriend has to deal with the brunt of things when things get bad for me. We recently had a falling out where I...

Gotta agree with @Fadeaway . I've had this very thing happen in my company as well. There are 2 ladies who are well-qualified to move up the chain, but the higher up is convinced they can't because the higher up believes they are the minions of the manager. :S The manager really wants the two...

I will be brutally honest here, the whole point of my post was trying to deal with a significant other who told me they needed time to figure out if they can handle my PTSD and the work it would involve in the relationship. As it turns out, showing the significant other some resources seemed to...

You know, I notice what you guys are talking about not with alcohol but with another substance. I avoid it entirely despite the popularity of the substance. I had flashbacks, full body physical responses too which was odd, but very well could be associated with paranoia.

Really well-thought out and well-written responses. Thank you all, gives me a lot to think about. :hug:

Ok, so I have been a member here for a pretty short while, and I've been working on my mental health for the past few weeks. I am excited to tell you all that during a potentially stressful situation where I would normally break down and sob, and panic uncontrollably, I did not. I refrained by...

Transference sounds like a really familiar term, but I"m gonna be honest...I am not sure what it is?

Thank you. I hope in the coming weeks, no matter what they bring, the words you all have given me can provide me with some measure of comfort.

It scares me that people might not be interested in being involved with me because of the fact that something happened in my life that was completely out of my control, and the result of that was mental illness. It's unfair! I can't imagine I am the only person who feels this way. How do you cope?

Welcome! Thanks for being so open and hope to see you open up more on this forum. I too come from a past of bad decisions. Up until reading your post, I hadn't really given much thought as to if it had anything to do with trauma, though your and my stories are different in that regard. In any...

I'm not a parent yet but one day would love to be. Have you taken a vacation before for yourself? If itstnot feasible, i do understand, but maybe some time away to heal would do you some good. I am not at all suggesting you run away from your problems, in fact quite the opposite. I'm not sure...

@shimmerz , you asked if I had learned anything about reactivity and whether or not I knew my triggers. I know that my triggers happen annually at seperate times of the year (her birthday, her death day, the day she adopted me, the winter holidays)... I know those are huge triggers and that I...

First off, sorry for the delay in response, I've been trying to do a little more socializing than usual. Anyway, I see that it's all very timely. I see that I probably have a little bit of a blame game going on in more than one area. Is that what you are hinting at?

I can only comment based on what has seemed to have had an effect on me in the past couple of days...I have to vent. I have to go through all the emotions and make it clear to those around me that I am upset. I understand you have children, my significant other has a child as well and I worry...

I've seen a correlation go the exact opposite way. I get sick, and then my trauma will come back and haunt me. I figure it has to do with me feeling really sorry for myself. But maybe that's something I could watch a little closer, it would make sense that if one were not feeling well...

In the last several days I have been facing my demons and making myself vulnerable to many around me(and to you, total strangers who aren't such strangers....based on the common ground we all seem to have). Going through the vulnerability in the moment was horrible. I didn't like feeling so...

Keep it up at your own pace. What you're doing is healthy and I applaud you. :hug: