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As of right now, more characters on Grey's Anatomy have PTSD than not. From tons of different experience. Watching it has been very cathartic for me. There is Meredith, with the long term PTSD from her neglectful mother, Owen who has combat PTSD, then all of them get it from a mass shooting in...

Hang in there, you can do this!

Wow, Maryel, I am so sorry. I work with kids with autism and I have been in those exact situations and it is really hard, not knowing what the child is feeling. I cannot imagine how hard that must be for the parents. My thoughts are with you.

Woohoo! Thanks guys!

Hey, I am right there with you! I used to not be able to cry about what happened to me, so I used to watch old episodes of Grey's Anatomy. It helped so much, just to watch that nonsense and let the tears flow. In recent years, they have given several characters on that show different kinds of...

As of March 7th, I have officially been accepted into a doctorate of audiology program with a PhD component to become the first person in the country to combine speech pathology with audiology with the intention of providing a comprehensive continuity of care for aural rehab patients and improve...

I am sorry that you don't feel strong anymore, but your list of affirmations is amazing and inspiring and beautiful! The way you stated all the things you believe is so powerful, and you are so right and justified. You have a beautiful voice and I hope to hear more of it.

I personally find that any kind of physical activity helps (and science agrees with me), such as kickboxing, yoga, running, dancing, hiking, ect. When my PTSD hit me, it was so bad that I did not even feel like a person anymore. Working out and getting sore help me to feel alive and it gave me...

I have been using exercise to to cope with my PTSD for the last to years. It makes me feel strong, powerful, beautiful and in control. It also makes me feel like if my abuser tried to lay a hand on me ever again, I would be able to fight back. Sometimes I picture myself fighting back...

When I started grad school, my PTSD was so bad, and so not dealt with that it created a conversion disorder, causing me to faint when I was stressed. At the end of my first semester, I was not allowed to take my finals because I was too distressed because my brother had tried to kill himself...

YOU RULE!!!!

Wow, Nadia, that was really interesting. I loved how much you were able to say with just using the lighting and your soft voice. You have a really pretty voice, and this was a really well thought out video. It was amazing that you did this before you knew you had PTSD, because it so...

My goal today is to become a SECOND YEAR GRADUATE SCHOOL by getting an A ON MY DYSPHAGIA FINAL!!!!

My boyfriend's family found out that I had PTSD and told him that it makes dangerous and I should stay away from him. It was the first time anyone had ever found out about my PTSD and their reaction was humiliating and degrading. The worst part is, my boyfriend was influenced enough by his...

I have not found any good, natural way to deal with what you are talking about, but my PSTD first manifested itself as a conversion disorder as well. I had never dealt with the things that I had seen or the things that were done to me as a child and the stress of holding that all in manifested...

Charabanc, Thank you so much for posting this. It speaks so much to me and I am so glad to hear that there are other people, meaning I am not alone. I am still struggling with the fall out of having shared my story with my boyfriend. I don't want to set time limits, but it is nice to hear...

Today is the day I stop pretending to be all better and continue the healing process.

Cool, thanks everybody! I love learning about different places and its so much more fun to learn from people than from google.

I know a lot of the people on this forum live in Australia and it is winter down there right now, so I was just wondering what winter is like for you guys. I live in New England and the best way to describe the weather here in general was said by Mark Twain, "If you don't like the weather in...

Can I ask, How old is your T? How many years of experience?

I am utter crap at posting pictures on this website, but I def want to get in on the hugs for Eleanor. Eleanor, you were totally there for me when I needed you, so here is a huge hug for you. Like I said, I totally can't figure out how to post pics on this sight, but try this. Picture a...

My abusive father gave me a plaque that said, "I smile because you are my daughter. I laugh because there is nothing you can do about it." I took my broad sword and I smashed the ceramic plaque into a thousand pieces. Controlling your anger does not have to mean that you never let it out.

Well, I am not a specialist, but the way I understand it is a nightmare is a bad dream, you feel frightened during it and may move or struggle and speak or mutter. A night terror is intense, vivid dreams, usually with screaming and flailing, the person may sit bolt upright without waking and...

I have PTSD related nightmares, and watching me have them made my boyfriend feel very helpless. We discovered that saying my full name aloud can reach me in the dream. So if I am having a nightmare or night terror (big difference), he will call my full name and the bad dream will stop, because...

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