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I am 98 days sober right now, in what I suspect is post-acute meth withdrawal and processing trauma from child abuse and later sexual assaults for the first time in my life (I am 18). The flashbacks are incessant and in the past week, any tiny amount of added stress sends me over the edge into...

A year ago I dropped out of community college because I had taken so many psychedelics I was not coming down and could not function (chemistry lab when you're tripping balls does not fly). I thought I would never be able to go back. After 10 months of being in and out of sobriety, my cognitive...

When I was 8, my mother took me aside (I believe after one of my father's rages) and started crying to me about how she just wanted a man who would cuddle with her in bed, be affectionate with her, etc. etc. (I don't remember anything she said after that). I remember not knowing how to respond...

I posted my story in the Introductions forum yesterday and had a strange experience as a result. I first started panicking that maybe I had shared too much, but was simultaneously beating myself up about not sharing certain details. I then went to class and while I was there, I started hearing...

Hello all, I am here because... I guess I just need help. I feel like I am drowning. I have hit a wall in my life and I do not know where to go. I have not been formally diagnosed, but my therapist believes I have PTSD as I experience intense flashbacks, panic attacks, nightmares (not as often...