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@Sighs I wish I understood better... I don't understand why he expects or wants you involved whatsoever in his choice. Why he wants you to grab a saddle and get a vehicle etc... When you have stated that you didn't agree with the assessment and choice of action in response to hearing shots. He...

No it does not look any different! Her dementia is not an excuse. Your fear of her eventual death is not an excuse. Her only being part of your PTSD history is not an excuse! Her being a lackluster mother but still a "good" person is not an excuse! How many excuses are you willing to pile on so...

Hi Sabrina, welcome! Thank you for sharing your story. It's a shame what has happened to the "health"care industry. My best friend is a doctor and has had many similar experiences. Anyway, you are in the right place.

Go to dreammoods.com and look everything up. Its a dream dictionary.you can type in stuff like "game, hero, video game, character, sword, weapon, nighttime, " etc etc. Colors, clothing, body parts, buildings and rooms, animals.... All of it can be looked up. You can piece together the meaning of...

This situation is highly inappropriate! Why are you doing any thing with your mother at all right now when your PTSD triggers are as they are??? Who the heck made you do this? No decent professional would support would having a person with raging PTSD be forced to be around their abusers. They...

You should do the Skype sessions. You are putting yourself back into the world of abusers who will be a trigger whether or not they behave as they did in the past.

I'm so glad my suggestion helped! I have done Emdr at an irregular schedule actually. Some times weekly, biweekly, or even monthly (when I first started I needed more time to cope with what my brain was suddenly processing). I do a lot of art therapy because I'm a natural born artist. Talk...

I think lonliness may be the deepest pain on earth. I felt like you for years... All my life really. I only recently noticed that I have not felt lonely for several months... It finally faded away without me noticing. It was counterintuitive - I believe often the way to overcome lonliness is to...

I'm sorry you're dealing with that every day! I would venture to say that a significant fraction if PTSD sufferers have had the same issue for chunks of time, but it can and will improve over time with therapy, self-help, and lots of trial-and-error.

Easier said than done, but with practice you can do it -- I would suggest detaching yourself emotionally during these moments so as not to pay any energy or feed into his dramatics. You might actually be validating his drama by accident, by adding more adrenaline and cortisol into the equation...

@comawhite just a side note -- never take a psychiatrists comments at face value. Same for any doctor. The more meds you try the more you realize doctors are lying. Do tons of research yourself before taking anything they prescribe. I could go into detail about the complexities of the falsified...

Im the same way. I keep a portable heater next to me all the time. I turn it on several times a day to feel safer and prevent anxiety or flashbacks from getting out of control. If my anxiety is super high, I have to take a hot bath.

His behavior crosses the line and goes beyond what can be excused by PTSD. The real truth is that by the time he changes this particular list of toxic behaviors, IF ever, you will have zero self-esteem left by then and will be even worse off than now. He is not relationship material. Its the...

Very interesting... I have an idea: Put a question mark next to memories for which you are unable to rate 0-10. Before doing emdr on those memories, do talk therapy or other methods specifically to get in tough with your TRUE level of emotions about those enents. Then do EMDR on those once...

What a bad day your having! I would say now that multiple high-stress events have piled up, it has exhausted your energy/mental space resevoir. A person can only take so much over a matter of a day or two. And clearly it triggered several issues. Your reaction doesn't sound too much delayed...

Hey I also have PTSD + chrohns and had serious problems on lexapro last year. Quit after 6 weeks and vowed to never do ssris again. Yes lexapro CAN cause more harm than good. For some the symptoms fade, for others they get worse. Only you can gauge if/when to stop. Trust your instincts. Lexapro...

"Love of your life" -- it has been 5 months. Tread carefully. Take care of yourself. Let HIM reach out this time. Given the severity of his PTSD issues, as well as clear cut action from him creating a wall (his boundary to go on a 'break' from your relationship), you'd be wise to go take...

Don't feel bad. People on Facebook haven't earned your trust and therefore haven't earned your precious story. If they understood even a fraction of what you've dealt with they would be proud if you just for surviving this long! But folks don't know what they don't know. And trust me, a lot of...

@shimmerz I am going to try my hardest to do that. One thing followed by self-celebration. Again and again. Sigh*.. now if only I were rich so that I could afford to celebrate with fancy splurges and vacations.... I am certain this would become known as a cure for all forms of PTSD lol (joking)...

I was similar to you when i was in college. Had never been depressed. Then the PTSD was set off by my insane mother having an episode (she is what they call a 'malignant boderline', very abusive). After that I dealt with depression every year. You need to sleep if you can at all. Your brain...

@AlmostFellForIt it's not the fault of depression. Its this way whether or not im depressed. This is what happens when you have too much trauma on your brain. Can't explain it any better, sorry. And when I say triggered by exercise I mean triggered just like anyone else means triggered with...

Has anyone overcome this? And if so, how? (BTW cptsd here and still contemplating will I ever feasibly be able to return to the work world.) I want to clean my room but my brain can't focus organize long enough to even tackle a corner. I have been this way for several months and maybe was able...

I know you said you can't afford a lawyer's help. But please call some anyway because some of them are flexible and will not ask for payment until things are handled and will set up a payment plan with you. You may get lucky.

I agree strongly with @Chava but still think you should consider* telling HR specifically and no one else. Meant to clarify that earlier. Still risky perhaps, but you need to decide and plan for future scenarios. A toxic manager is not going to change. My sister had a very similar experience...

@ptsdspouse2b this is described better in other threads but essentially, if you don't disclose PTSD to the employer you can't claim wrongdoing if/when they force you out. In fact depending on the situation, you might get blamed* for failing to disclose PTSD issues that they otherwise would be...