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Hi you've come to a great place for support and advise.. there are people here who have experienced everything you can possibly imagine!! My ptsd isn't related to physical trauma so I don't know that I can relate but breathing exercises and grounding techniques always help me. Have you thought...

Thank you!! Don't be sorry. I'm okay with it. I'm new to this so I'm trying not to hold any expectations. I do really appreciate your response! It's a bit tricky to tell when I'm dissociating. Most of the time I'm not completely unconscious, everything is very fuzzy, my whole life, outside of...

Do more instances of trauma always make PTSD more complicated or is there a point that it's all just the same old, eventually? I was abused as a toddler between ages of 2-6. I have been raped 4 times since I was 16 each in very different circumstances. I was also kidnapped briefly, at knife...

Good luck to you. I think proactively seeking help, myself, has made me feel very much in control of my recovery. Which is very important to me. You know yourself best, it's hard but you just need to learn to trust yourself and there is so much support and information here to help. You're super...

Wow. So sorry to hear about the struggle you are going through. This is a great place for support and advice. The people are really kind. I can relate to what's going on with you very deeply. I was in your position 2 years ago. So confused. Questions. Knowing something was up but thinking how...

I don't know if this will be helpful or not but I feel like I can, kind of, relate. I only have my experience, no expertise, so if you can relate, great, take on board, if you can't please forget I even wrote anything. I used to do things to avoid my mind. Worked 70 hour weeks, go on 10km...

Thank you for saying that. I'm learning the power of real hugs atm. I hope you have someone close, who even if they don't understand can be there for hugs at least. I hope you've found the understanding support you need hear.

I don't think it's bitter!! I think maybe we have different definitions of what coping is!! To me, coping is just being able to stay happy and positive and see where I'm progressing etc.. I still struggle with pretty much everything. Can't sleep, can't study, cant work, can't concentrate, can't...

This is kinda happening for me at the moment too. It is confronting.. my conscious and subconscious parts feel like they're having a massive battle. It's taken me a while to accept that it's time for my conscious brain to take over. It's ready to let the worst parts come up so that they can be...

This was such an awesome post. I do not have any words of wisdom, but am absolutely going to be taking, a whole heap of, everybody else's on board!! Thanks so much for sharing!!

Such an interesting thread!! I think that growing up with loving, attentive, self aware parents/ loved ones has a massive affect on your ability to cope. It has for me, I think, at least. I was sexually abused by a family friend, in quite extreme ways, from the age of 2 until 6. It mucked my...

Welcome!! I'm new here too.. I am so so sorry for what you have experienced. It is truly heart breaking. The people here are so kind and supportive. I can't relate to your situation. My closest friend has experienced something similar and I find it hard knowing the right ways to try and support...

Yep. I have this problem.its my way of deflecting but I can see that it hurts and confuses the people around me sometimes. Sometimes I will say, "I got raped a bunch of times and I'm doing ok.." as a joke. I know that it is not funny in the slightest. I also have seen people justify this before...

Welcome. I'm sorry for your past of trauma. I'm new here too! I might be able to help you out with questions regarding dissociation. I've been experiencing it since I was a toddler. There are so many different levels of it. It's a very strange thing. Im no expert but I'm learning about it...

I don't know if this will be helpful at all and sorry if it isn't. But do you like animals and or nature? I am closed off emotionally but working on it.. animals and plants are my gateway to humans. I can trust both of them because I know they won't do me wrong and the connection I have grown...

Thanks so much for your response and the advice Kate, I really appreciate it!! That was me to a T, so far in denial, I just was happy all the time!! I have an overwhelming need to appear "normal" to people I don't know well. I'm just starting to deal with it in therapy. I try really hard to be...

Thank you! I'm very glad I found you all too! Thank you. It definitely has helped. Thank you for reaching out. It's comforting to know people understand my experience. Not nice that other people share it but I'm thankful to have found people who do. Thank you so much. It's so nice to feel...

Thank you. I dunno why but your message made me very emotional. In a good way. I'll certainly be looking out for your introduction!! I'm sorry you've experienced similar things. I have to believe that there is some greater reason behind it all to cope. Faith, in what, I don't know but having it...

Hi, My name is Sarah and I'm 27. I live in Victoria, Australia. I have been in treatment for a complex, dissociative form of PTSD for just under a year now. In relation to CSA and other sexual assaults. I'm a bit nervous as this is my first time reaching out to others dealing with similar...

I'm 27. I hope that's considered young still.