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I know I dissociate because I've had times in session when I was just gone and when I came back, my therapist was just sitting there staring at me. Most times though, I can't tell when I'm dissociating or what I do when I dissociate. Therapist said I needed to find new coping strategies so I...

Sometimes I feel like I don't deserve to have PTSD or to even be in therapy. I just started on medications to help cope with the symptoms but I feel like my symptoms aren't severe enough for me to need medications. I ask myself if I should be able to cope with my symptoms with just therapy and...

Ideas of reference: Delusions where one interprets innocuous events as highly personally significant. Example: A woman rarely leaves her house, because she experiences all conversation or laughter she hears as directed at herself. I get this a lot. I used to wonder if it was part of the...

I don't know if it's the hypervigilance but I'm always noticing things that people do. Yesterday I was at work and while we were in this room, two of my colleagues started whispering to each other. We were talking at a volume where everyone in the room could hear before that, so I immediately...

I've been struggling a lot with my symptoms the past week because I've just started a new job. Of course, the new environment, the workload and the new people to meet haven't made things any easier on me. I know the anxiety, the paranoia, the hallucinations and the hypervigilance is just a part...

My brother molested me when he was 11 or 12. He was diagnosed with ADHD but never took meds or went to see a therapist. We were only three years apart so when I tried talking about it, my mother said I was either making it up or it was just a consensual game. Sometimes I try to tell myself that...

I still have no idea what's going on. I know I have PTSD but sometimes it's really difficult to recognise when I'm in a flashback or when I'm dissociating or when I'm just being hypervigilant or paranoid. Half the time, things happen and I have no idea what's happening to me. I feel like I'm...

I feel like I just needed to get this out. I never thought that what my brother did to me was abuse. I used to think that it was normal and that what happened wasn't anything wrong. My mum said that what happened was just a naked game. Sometimes it was just undressing and stuff like that but...

How do you cope with intrusive thoughts and memories? I can't make them go away. I've tried distracting myself by keeping myself busy but they still pop into my head at random times of the day. I can't sleep because they keep me awake at night. I've tried alcohol which stopped working after a...

The last holidays triggered all my symptoms and because of it, I found out I had PTSD. I've been in therapy for about a year now and I've been coping pretty well. I've been able to go out with friends and go about doing the usual things I do and I feel like I've gotten a lot better. I don't feel...

My T thinks I have PTSD even though I have not told her anything about my trauma. I don't even know if it is trauma because I don't even know what to call it right now. I told a previous counsellor about it and she said it was molest. My mum knew what was going on and she told me it was just a...

I have been seeing my therapist for a few months now. She's a CBT therapist so we were working on coping skills and trying to get me stable. I'm a lot more stable now and I am coping really well with everything. I still haven't told her anything about my trauma and she hasn't asked me about it...

I have so many questions to ask about PTSD and I don't really know where this topic should go into, so I'm just posting it here. Sorry if it sounds like a lot of questions... Firstly, what exactly is dissociation because I know it's different for everyone. I don't have DID, just some sort of...

I started getting really anxious in my session when I had to share with my T about the things that happened this week. I started rubbing my hands together and she noticed it. She asked me what was causing me to do that and that she knew my heart had started racing and my breathing was getting...

I don't know why but somehow having people say unkind things to me or really hating me such that they treat me like I don't exist triggers intense feelings of fear for me and I can't shake it off. I don't know if it's paranoia or hypervigilance or if people really hate me and are really out to...

I can only claim a number of sessions under insurance so there is a limited number of sessions that I can go for. I usually see my T every two weeks, sometimes she goes on vacation and I have a one month break. T has suggested that I start going more often for now so we're switching to weekly...

My T thinks that it would be better if I go in to see her more often. I mean she said I always have a choice and if I didn't want to, that was ok but she really thought it would help if I came in more often. It made me wonder if she thought things were getting worse again because I was really...

It's a little weird because I don't really notice when I'm dissociating and we weren't even talking about the trauma. I would hate for her to think that I was being rude or just ignoring her. I don't even think my sexual abuse was that traumatising, it was just a few times and it's all a blur to...

I realised I space out a lot. Sometimes I don't realise I'm doing it. It's like I'm just gone. I realised the last therapy session, my eyes just shifted away from my T and I was just staring into space. I remember I could still see her lips moving and I know she was talking but I couldn't hear...

Some days I feel like I can trust my therapist, other days I can't. I don't know if it's the hypervigilance that makes me observe every single thing that goes on around me but trust is something I really can't seem to be able to do. Sometimes I see my T making a gesture to another staff working...

Mine was only a few incidents and I'm actually still living with him. Probably because I still haven't faced up to it and accepted what happened. I just acted like everyone else, like nothing happened and we're all ok. I guess, it takes time, to process what has happened, to try and regain back...

Hey there Joseph! I know how hard it is when our therapists go on vacation but hang in there! My T is away for a month so I still have at least 2 weeks to go before I get to see her again. As much as I don't want to be dependent on my T, I really miss her when she's gone. Its hard though...

What does avoidance feel like? How do you know when you have avoidance symptoms? I feel like the thoughts aren't affecting me as much now and I don't know if it's because therapy is actually working or I'm just avoiding everything. I still get anxiety attacks every now and then, mostly mild...

I've just started therapy for PTSD although we have not talked about any traumatic incidents at all, so I'm not sure if I should even believe the diagnosis or if they just want to diagnose me with something so that my insurance will pay them. I have been dealing with my anxiety and what is...

So, I've just started therapy for ptsd and was just curious what really happens in therapy sessions for PTSD? I am doing a bit of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and coping strategies for anxiety and I don't know what to expect for future sessions. So far, we haven't even talked about the...