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I've been struggling a lot lately with stress. I don't even have a lot of things I need to do, and I got a lot done today, but it feels like it's never enough. It's hard to relax, to watch a movie or play a game without feeling guilt and an immense weight on my shoulders. I'm pretty certain this...

A few weeks ago I started working on my Social Anxiety with my therapist. It was really hard at first but I managed to make some progress, and developed a little bit of confidence. But yesterday I had a really distressing interaction with someone and now I feel like I'm all the way back at...

maybe bittersweet, or longing? those are the first feelings that come to my mind

dissociated from reality. heaviness in my chest. observing life, feeling like im attached to a sack of bones and organs.

i feel dissociated. living minute by minute. everything feels like a dream

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someone who i can cook for and enjoys my food hehe also someone who enjoys receiving and giving gifts but most importantly someone who is chill and will be there when things are tough

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you're not alone, i was thinking very similar things earlier today. like the feeling like i don't belong anywhere and the guilt of having others in my life care about me. i really hope you can find some relief eventually.

i was hanging out with my roommates cat, he was spooked by a sock on the floor. he then gently pawed at it then tried to lick it but then realized it wasnt food lol

i grew up with only my father, no siblings or mother. i never really learned the idea of "father-figure". he was extremely emotionally abusive, and i could never know what he would be next. he would project all his anger on me and make it my responsibility, then after a few hours he would switch...

thats an interesting way to think about it, it totally has some correlations. ive always thought about it as just a part of the way i am, but its helpful to think of it as the brain misfiring hormones.

i get these thoughts that just wont calm down. like if i get a scam call, my brain says "what if its real" despite logically knowing its not. or if im in the shower, home alone, and i hear noises. my brain compels me to get out and check. double checking my purse even though i know i have...

i feel exhausted. neighbors were moving all day and the sounds of banging furniture were triggering. even with headphones in i could feel the vibrations. i also feel ashamed that i wasn't productive today, and also because of relapsing i feel some sense of optimism from joining this forum today

ive felt something like this before, for me though it feels less like invincible and more like indifference i guess? like as if i was a toy doll, i could be tossed around, damaged or whatever, as long as im still breathing then im "alive". but there's also times of the opposite, where even the...

hello im elizabeth, or liz. im in my twenties. i escaped my abusive parent about two years ago, and recently started therapy and was diagnosed with cptsd. this is my first time using a forum, or even talking publicly about this. im looking to find others who can relate with what ive gone...