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Sometimes I find myself listening to cds that I had during the darkest periods of my life; those songs that saved me. Those songs that let me slip away into the worlds of others. Those songs that spoke to my struggles and made me feel a bit lighthearted, although dissociatively. I have few...

Pietro, These dreams don't happen as often as they did in the beginning (10 years ago) but when they do happen these days they are harsher. I do spend time trying to sort them out but I have to be careful that I do not let them overwhelm me because processing them can quickly become a negative...

I wish I could take time off school but there really isn't much of a choice. Unless of course I take the summertime just to take care of myself - which would potentially be doubly bad on top of sore grades when I hit the job market. It's too late to do anything about this semester as there are...

Hi there livingnightmare! I am glad you are here because this is a safe place to talk. I am also from a pretty messed up background and have had periods of not feeling in control of myself and my life. In fact that is what brought me here in first place, earlier today. I don't have many answers...

Take the same approach with this -- fight with everything you have to heal, recover, and live a life that your abusers could only dream of. If there's anything that keeps me going from day to day, it's probably this. :) I am beyond words for how close I feel with you right now. Thank you for...

So I took the time to read "Rebuilding Shattered Lives (2nd edition): Treating Complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorders" by James A. Chu, M.D. it was very rewarding to me, as someone who has recently been confronted with a period of debilitating complications related to (undiagnosed) BPD, C-PTSD...