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I was in the position of having NO one for support... Friends just dropped out because they don't know what to do about it or how to go about it. Family members ticked me off about "knowing ALL about ME" after not seeing them for years. It was as if they owned me, an "expert", knowing ALL...

I've been married to Vietnam vet with PTSD for almost 18 years until 8 years ago, my own PTSD developed and he identified it in me. I went through a traumatic experience 7 and 5 years ago and I got PTSD as a result of both traumatic situations. In the last five years, we've gone through a...

I've been diagnosed over a year ago and I never thought I quite fit in with Veterans PTSD (I've been sexually assaulted years ago but I fought back). I married a Vietnam vet which is how I got the PTSD diagnosed. You see, I'm Deaf and fluent in ASL with good written English skills. I've been...

It's been a long while since I've been absent from this forum. Half of my family wasn't supportive and didn't understand what I've been through. Mostly, my PTSD triggers has a lot to do with people, communication and language differences (I'm Deaf, fluent ASL and my English is pretty good)...

I wanted to respond to your post with regards to art therapy and PTSD. I'm bi - lingual (English and ASL) and I have a MA degree in Theater (BA in psych with emphasis in Women Studies)... I work in the communication field (teach, act and direct). My communication skills have been awesome until...

Purple Butterfly, I'm Deaf and fluent in ASL. I have Fibromyalgia for 7 years and recently I've been diagnosed as having PTSD after a traumatic event that happened 3 years ago which triggered many things. A few things that comes to my mind. Pain can cause PTSD triggers when the pain is caused...

I'm reading the book called "Waking the Tiger": Healing Trauma" suggested by my therapist. I get triggered when it comes to any visual mediums (books, movies, shows, pictures, etc) however in the book, it has an exercise of looking at pictures without reading the messages and checking how your...

I've been recently diagnosed and now most TV shoes and movies that I used to watch, I can't watch it now - Too many triggers so each time it happens, I change the channel. I have total control of the remote control and my husband doesn't watch TV. That helps. My choices have been limited to...

Mercy, I'm an artist too.... smiling.... AG, I just checked the private conversation a few minutes ago... I've been having a real difficult time this past two weeks.

I've only known this forum for 5 months. So I'm not sure how to do the private messaging from here... I'm also technologically ignorant. If you know how, you can lead the way.... I only know how to do this portion of forum and haven't explored other options.... smiling....

Smiling.... Ah, learning the Deafhood.... Thanks for the hugs. Tell me about yourself and what prompted you to join this forum. Mine is various events that contributed to my PTSD case and I joined in the beginning of the year. You can start anywhere you want and I'm still new to this. I'm...

At this point in my life crisis, I'm going to rip somebody's heart out with a spoon and when I'm gone, I'm going to haunt them. I'll be standing at the death's door this friday in front of armies of hearing people who are ignorant with their own negative attitudes about the Deaf. Consider a...

By the way, I didn't have a "hearing loss"... I was born with it and how can I "lose" it when I never had it in the first place. Smiling... I get annoyed about the lumping of "hearing loss" with those who are born with it and never really lost it.

Hi, Several months ago, I joined this myptsd forum. I'm DEAF with American Sign Language (ASL) as my first language and English as my second language. I've just been diagnosed with PTSD recently after the final traumatic experience (repeated throughout my life and the last one was the final...

I made a posting a while back regarding my situation and I can't see to find it to do the "to be continued" phase of my life since my last entrance. Now I found it....Recently, I've had nightmares about hearing men smothering me and turning into mean wolves with fangs and fangs turning into...

I know it's been a long while since I've responded. Had a terrible uphill battle and lost it a few times along the way. I'm grounded for now. Yes, I have a very strong visual memories - be it in written English and ASL. Whenever a teacher gives a test based on the lecture notes, most of my...

I'm fighting facing a huge bump in the road on my journey and have asked another Deaf man to possibly take over teaching my classes until I can find a way to heal. I've been teaching many years, dealt with being a Deaf woman many years and seen the worse and the best of both worlds (Deaf and...

Up half the night. Hospitals are out of the question and it's what stops me cold from going there because that's another war zone. Food stores are my war zone. Any public buildings that holds a number of hearing people are my war zone. Can't sleep yet I'm tired. Waiting for the gardening...

Don't feel bad when I say this: I wish I could see the lyrics / closed captioned on your music. I'm a Deaf warrior and have "piano" hands (aka musical hands) when I communicate in American Sign Language (ASL). Storytellings and poetries are my thing without the sound.

My family "disown" (for the lack of better words). I've had my share of nightmares and flashbacks. Paper shufflers like papers, not humans. Had my share of going crazy because they're not seeing the human part of you with thoughts, feelings and perspectives. Medicine is not for everybody...

I've seen a lone wolf when there was a forest fire and their cover's been blown. It's rare to see wolves because they're elusive. You can hear them but don't see them unless there is a fire. There's a good book about a man who earned the wolves' trust. I can't remember the title but I do...

Not a girl... A woman. I don't know much about dolphins carrying mines to destruct. I know they're a very smart and social mammal. They can be trained to do things in the SeaWorld... I swam with a dolphin under the supervision of the trainer. I'm not a big fan of confinements of any...

Smiling... Hands can become his eyes... Hands can become my ears... I can feel the motor going wrong. I can check to see if a machine is working right by touch it (washing machine, dryer, or any machine that vibrates)... To be continue, my war, has turned for the worse overnight after I came...

Make yourself suffer from this from Helen B? I'm bothered... Really? If abuse happens, we make ourself suffer from this. We're the victim. Don't make the victim suffer more than what really happened. I'm sorry, I got stuck on this "blaming the victim" quote. If you hit me, I make myself...

I love Xena shows. Oh Barconain? That's you? I didn't get the Barconian post until a few seconds ago. I used my imaginations to help me my through the hard times, the funny times and the "whatever" times.. I imagine a story and weave it poetically. I create monologues, pieces of my life...