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I’ve been through the whole battery of tests, including 30 day heart monitor and CT scans. They can’t find anything wrong with me except some ”mild disturbance” in my brain alpha waves and high aldosterone. They ruled out pituitary and adrenal tumors. So, it seems to be the C-PTSD. Just...

Pomelo is in season! Yay! Just had some.

This may be somewhat off-topic, but here was my response to reading your post. First, feeling responsible for other people’s actions is something I also struggle with. Second, I was reading that people with CPTSD are often addicted to watching the news, using it as a sort of emotional...

I would also be very interested in this topic. I’ve taken everything off my Facebook. I haven’t closed it, just in case I need to look at someone else’s post. But I don’t want my family posting things About me or tagging me. I guess they could be doing that anyway for all I know. I don’t...

I have had one true friend for over 20 years. Sometimes we talk a lot, sometimes weeks go by when we’re busy with life. But we always accept each other as we are. We are always there for each other. We are allowed to feel bad. And we always forgive. A true friend is a rare and valuable...

That’s just been my experience…three for three. Dad and both husbands hated cats. I find most men hate cats. I’m not young anymore. My perspective has changed. I thought anything was worth putting up with in order to be loved. I was dying to be loved. But I didn’t feel loved except by the...

I think I really loved my first husband. He was my one and only. I knew the “being in love” phase was just temporary. I remember saying to him, “I can’t wait to be sick of you.“ Be careful what you wish for. What I meant was, I wanted to be able to feel the real emotions, real love. And because...

I am working through Pete Walker’s book Complex PSTD: From Surviving to Thriving. I’ve been surprised to find that my PTSD is more severe than I thought. I’ve been isolating for the past five years, since my second marriage ended. I just feel I can’t go through another romantic relationship...

Thank you for your replies. There have been physical symptoms for the past 20 years, but this is the worst. I think this happened once before about 18 mos ago. I woke up in bed feeling like I was out of it and had been hit by a truck. I called an ambulance and they said it was a panic attack...

The best holidays I ever had were with other people who were also alone. Military guys from the base, elderly people from work, and volunteering at the homeless shelter. Then I wasn’t struggling and I wasn’t alone or weird, and we usually had a great time NOT talking about our families. Just...