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    Trauma Therapy vs Supportive Therapy vs None At All

    I think the answer depends on your current situation. My stable you feel and can you cope with your daily stresses without a professional to talk to? Sometimes talking to someone is better than talking to no one. On the other hand if you can manage until you have returned to US maybe staying out...
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    Does anyone go in and out of denial?

    I think I am still part In denial of the fact that actually getting over this all may take a long time
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    What would you choose?

    French chicken sandwich Pistaccio ice cream or mochi?
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    I am my own worst enemy - Media triggering anxiety induced insomnia & nightmares

    I know how you feel. I think doomscrolling certainly contributed my trauma. For me even headlines can be very triggering as they often sell their stories by doom&gloom. Site and newsblockers have helped me although I still browse them with my other Phone. Try To avoid multimedia news as far as...
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    My daughter's suicide: thoughts about blame have destroyed my life

    I am sorry for your loss @ellzeena ! Welcome to Forum and hopefully you find help here
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    Dom Violence How to move forward and set boundaries

    This! We are make mistakes but in a healthy relationships we deal with them and move on. I believe it would do you good to get more people In your life. Also maybe you could consider taking more time for yourself. Are there any hobbies you used to enjoy but dont have had time to do lately?
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    Dom Violence How to move forward and set boundaries

    What would need to happen in this relationship in order you to feel safe? Would it be possible for you to rekindle your relationships to your family and friends?
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    CPTSD and Relationship Breaks

    I agree. In the meantime focus on yourself and taking care of yourself. Do you have a therapist? How to parent oneself? Not a snark but a honest question
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    It feels impossible to get around my situation

    I wonder would somekind of body awareness therapy work for you better 🤔?
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    What Song Are You Listening To Right Now?

    Well I am now listening to an earworm on repeat: Toto's Africa.
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    Dom Violence How to move forward and set boundaries

    Agreed it seems she is treating you like a misbehaving child. What if next time she feels the urge to punch or choke you she could be the one to stand next to a wall or some other place of her choosing to calm down? @scruffybiscuit what if the roles were reserved and she would be the one who...
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    Constant arguments

    I have had issues in the past with some neighbors which have been very rude & hostile (if I see them outside they just state at me angrily or once shut the front door of the apartment house right in front of me so I couldn't get in the corridor. We don't seems to have a common language so...
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    Does anyone have experiences relating REBT treating trauma

    Has anyone used REBT therapy or help help book treating trauma? is the therapy model much different from act or cbt? Was it helpful or not-helpful in your case?
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    Bumping into ex husband online

    Can you block him? Or make an alternative account he doesn't know about?
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    My biggest trigger is yelling & my husband yells.

    Are you both possibly suffering from pstd?
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    Asking for help (severe chronic insomnia)

    I had bad fear dying or going to a bad afterlife when I was teenager. What then helped me when someone wise told me that I might be more afraid of life than actually dying. Life's big decisions were ahead of me (what to study etc) and I also first realized the finality of the time each of us...
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    Dom Violence How to move forward and set boundaries

    @scruffybiscuit I somehow totally missed that she has been choking you (!). It might make sense to keep some kind of diary when and how she has been abusive towards you (with pictures of the bruises, cuts etc). Even if you don't want press charges or go to police, it would be a good evidence...
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    Do you lose your temper?

    I think you might be making progress here. I don't suggest yelling back but I think you are starting to advocate yourself. You rightly expect the other person to act like a calm adult like as you yourself carried a difficult and stressful conversation with grace. You can't help of your payments...
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    Mother in law believes I am lying about my trauma and ptsd diagnosis

    HI @sadnightowl welcome to forum! Sad to hear about your situation 😟. Glad your spouse is on your side and realizing the effect his mother's actions on you. Would ot be possible that your husband to talk to his mother? Is there a way for you to limit contact to your mother-in-law for a while?
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    Dom Violence How to move forward and set boundaries

    I can only comment from my view but it seems you are making a lot of excuses to justify your wive's behavior. Just as a victimized individual commonly do in domestic abuse (physical or mental abuse). as you said yourself lying to your wife about the money you followed to your ex was wrong to do...
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    Tinnitus and laptops.

    lately one of favorite soundtracks before going go sleep has been listening fire cracking in a hearth or sounds of grasshoppers
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    It’s a stupid haircut. Yep. Just a stupid haircut.

    Bit off-topic but I would love having curly hair (I am jealous of my relative who has really curly hair).
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    It’s a stupid haircut. Yep. Just a stupid haircut.

    Sorry to hear about your bad experience :/. Hair grows back but of course it's scary when the hairdresser does something we didn't ask them to do. Is there way for you go there abd ask for refund? Would they be willing to fix your hair so you would be comfortable with it?
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    Haven't slept normally in days and I feel like a zombie

    I have insomnia at times. Not fun at all :/. I tend worry over work things so what has helped me is to create a mental boundary between work and freedom. I don't work after 6pm and try to go out for walk so sleeping is easier.
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