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Okay, I think I'm understanding you, but you're not hearing me. Understanding where people are coming from doesn't mean anyone is telling you that you need to put up with it or allow it. I'm not suggesting that.
We have different experiences, but I do share some experiences with you. Moving...
I'm sorry you've been hurt a lot, but you are comparing. You're comparing your pain and your reaction to their behaviour. There's no point in doing this.
You can't control other peoples behaviour, but you can control your response to it. That isn't to say that your response can't be simply...
Why would you get killed simply by going to Germany? You don't have a realistic perspective of Germany. I'll be stopping in Germany in May on a trip. I'm not the least bit worried.
I can empathize but remember while your experiences shaped you, their experiences shaped them.
I wasn't a bully as a kid. But school wasn't a sanctuary for me at all. Teachers can be cruel and for those who are their targets, anyone that the teacher likes is guilty by association.
I'm sorry you went through more that and had more than one abuser to confront.
I'd like to offer support like you are here, but there's so many stories. Anything I say in response feels trite.
I had frequent confrontations with him. No one was scarier than my father and I wasn't mature. I had a wounded pride and it was easier to face that, than to feel like a victim. I always was a crazy kid. I once tied off to a bridge and jumped off it when I was nine and earned myself a bloody...
I lived in Germany for 4 years as a young child, 2 years on one military base, back to England and then 2 years stationed in British West Germany again, but the second time, we lived near base, but not on base. I went to a German kindergarten but had Selective Mutism, so I didn't listen or...
Thanks. I tried getting into what he actually did, but it never seems appropriate. It wasn't okay to happen, so when would it ever be okay to talk about? I think this is part of why it takes so long to tell anyone. It's never okay to talk about.
I left FB around 2009 or 2010. I moved a lot growing up, so there were mostly people I only vaguely remembered. There was a lot of people who liked drama and updates about what people ate and how much exercise they did that day. Or one of dozens and dozens of charities that were too much. I...
What were you trying to say? I don't want to put words in your mouth but as I understood your posts, you were saying in a number of different ways that you've been worse than these people.
In my observation, most of the kids being the nastiest to other kids at school, had terrible homes lives.
I had witnesses. A friend had a place in the country. As a group of teens, we went to stay at her place and have a small party, her parents were there. After lights out, some of us snuck out to an old garage for some underage drinking. It was her 18 year old cousin, 2 guy friends, 14 and 15...
The thing is, you don't know that they're life wasn't harder than yours.
The face I put forward at school, didn't tell people anything about what was happening at home.
Yeah, there's been a bunch of suicides on my campus. I find the pro-lifer's and animals rights activists demonstrating a couple of days per week upsetting with their gory signs. I'm sorry to hear your experience at school included a lot of violence.
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How long does that kind of therapy take to reach the point that you can talk? The money thing is one part but I can only imagine how awkward it would be for me to show up and then not manage to get right to the point. Scheduling appointments for therapy, for things I can't talk...
I wasn't aware recreation was a thing. I haven't had this issue during sex. I find that I scan for stories that sound similar to mine. I've only shared extremely general information with people I trust, I can't really talk about it. During sex, I can't enjoy myself unless I'm in a position of...
No, you're right. Logically, I don't think anyone should be embarrassed.
I don't feel like I'm allowed to be vulnerable any of the time. Some types of weakness/vulnerability are acceptable, like failure. Others aren't.
I was allowed to fail and make mistakes as a kid, but crying, getting...
I posted way back in May after my last set of exams. Undiagnosed - Adult child of combat veteran I'm going into exams again and struggling to keep it together. I have a learning disability and receive academic accommodations through accessibility services. The university granted extra time and...
I'm sorry you know what I mean and thanks for responding. My Dad was in Northern Ireland, Cyprus, the Falklands and Germany. We were stationed in Germany for some years. The sirens would go at all hours and we'd have to play 'the Russians are coming'. I have siblings, and we all had 'Go bags'...
Not sure where I belong in here. I'm not diagnosed with anything. I know something's wrong. I could fit in some other areas, but it starts with my father's military service.
My father served over a decade in the British military, from when he was 16 years old (minimum age to join in UK). My...