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I went through this for some time as well. In my case it was needing validation from others, and that was an easy way to get it. As I associated people wanting me sexually as them approving of me. I also craved the attention. I agree with what others have said, it's a problem when it...

I had some psych testing recently because my therapist and med prescriber questioned whether or not I have OCD. Up till now we all figured I was just a perfectionist. I found out this week from the testing I do have OCD. I didn't really expect to have it. I thought I was being paranoid, and...

I completely understand where you're coming from. This woman is often over the top "just be positive". Funny thing is after this conversation I saw an article on how being positive all the time is harmful, it explained it very well. I often struggle to verbalize exactly why I feel a certain way...

I haven't been around much. I've been hiding from everything, this month is really hard for me. And I have a new anniversary trigger from last year that I knew would be rough, but wasn't sure what to expect, so I'm trying to ride it all out by hiding till it's over... Which has been incredibly...

Thank you. I am finally seeing a therapist, shortly after I got a prescriber through the same office. She was very helpful with a lot of the things I had concerns about, especially after my experiences with these two doctors. She reassured me that despite the fact that I need to do "unhealthy...

A lot of people have already advised you, I'm just here to give you my experience. I went no contact a little under a year ago. I talked to my therapist about it beforehand. I had my med dr saying the whole "but they're your family", while my therapist said no, you tried setting boundaries...

I just read an article that led to me feeling like I need to get some stuff out. I'm overwhelmingly depressed these days due to multiple anniversary triggers. Anyways, the article was about how to know the difference between enabling someone and helping them. It listed all these things that...

I'm going to be tested soon since my therapist and med prescriber think I have OCD with my PTSD too. I had been on Prozac before, a few years ago. For me it likely helped with the OCD since the symptoms weren't apparent till recently. But I found it wasn't enough for the depression. Though this...

I completely understand how you feel. I think the same with my son sometimes. How much more I could be for him if I didn't have ptsd. Firstly, children have meltdowns, normal children, children with normal parents. I think we sometimes spend so much time panicking/worrying about how we're...

Thank you for replying. I never paid attention to how I felt during the day to know if my dreams changed. They were just weird and seemed random, lol. Though I'm realizing even the strangest seeming dream means something, even if it isn't immediately apparent what it means because the symbolism...

Since I was a kid, I've had very vivid dreams. Dreams where I not only sense that it's real, but physically feel things, and even taste things. I've woken up many times thinking a dream was real, sometimes only a few moments, sometimes it takes a day to realize it was a dream. In the past I've...

Thank you for your reply @riverbrook . Unfortunately no pets since I live in an apartment building. I'm hoping someday I can get one though. I think it'd really help me. Shortly after posting this I'd starting jogging regularly and doing yoga almost every day. It helped and it didn't. Seemed...

I was guilty of this a lot his last school year. Treating him like a troublemaker. But I've recognized over the summer he really struggles to do the right things, but, then the ADHD. I was just talking to another mom today about how you do need a million different coping skills for slightly...

My son doesn't get that extreme, but he will have those behaviors sometimes. If you haven't tried it, try making like it's no big deal, or like it's a joke. When my son says he doesn't like something he liked the other day, I'll laugh and say he's silly, he totally likes that, or something. Or...

Because of his behavior at school, they did think he had ODD. But for me, he's usually great. His mentor and I discussed how outside of the ADHD he is an amazingly well behaved kid. He automatically cleans up after himself, picks up toys before bed since he was about 3.5, will do almost anything...

Thank you, that's very sweet of you to say. I understand wanting to keep it from them. They don't need to know how much we've had to suffer, and how horrific the world can be. As I mentioned, I tell my son I don't feel well as my explanation for what's wrong. And also so I can let him know I...

I will. School doesn't start till September, and i have quite a list of suggestions for them. Lol! Huh, I never thought of the cards as being helpful... I don't know about using them with my son though, he can be destructive. I'm also trying to find an appropriate outlet for that. Sports will...

Thanks for all the suggestions! I am looking up that book on Amazon right now. As far as a gym, I don't have a car and am on state disability(federal hilariously thinks I am capable of handling the work I did before that had me suicidal on a daily basis...). So anything that costs even a...

My 5 year old was diagnosed with adhd last January. I was misdiagnosed with this as a child because of the ptsd, so I've been examining him closely since school ended, and he definitely has adhd. I told his school and doctor I don't want to have to medicate him, I want to help him cope without...

I held on for so long because I thought I needed them. My mom liked it when I depended on her, and she used to also complain that I'd never be able to survive on my own. I feel like her put downs I took on as who I was. She called me lazy all the time and I believed I was. Today I did a 13:38...

Back in March I cut ties with my mother, who was emotionally abusive. I'd given her over a dozen chances and she always went right back to it, and turned the blame on me somehow. It is bittersweet not having toxic parents in my life, because it also means I don't have parents. I have no one...

This is something I've been wondering a lot lately! I was abused from the time I was 2, by both parents. I grew up constantly being what others wanted me to be, but always felt so wrong doing that because it wasn't me. I have made a lot of progress since cutting ties with my family. But still...

I've been doing this for years and never had a problem. It's the only thing that quiets my mind enough to sleep. If I don't do this, my mind wanders to every little mistake I've made, or hears every sound in the apartment and freaks me out, and then I struggle to fall asleep. Meditation didn't...

Why don't you ask here if she would be willing to be more responsive to emails while she's away? I had a therapist go away for a week, and she had the same thing where it was her private practice. She also knew I would be very uncomfortable seeing anyone else. So she gave me her number and told...

I just got a new med doctor, since my last one was very inconsistent. My meds needing adjusting, and I gotta say this new woman is very thorough which I love. Not just 15 minutes in and out and they never really understand what's going on. For anyone who has been on these and knows, I'm on...