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My dad is not an approachable guy when it comes to these things, to be honest. He doesn't understand "why I can't handle problems like a normal person." He doesn't understand that "there's nothing to be anxious about" doesn't solve an anxiety disorder. I used to think he tried to research and...

I hope that title will make sense. Gosh I haven't posted in forever. I'm so so sorry. So I am living with my dad until this summer when I turn 18 and go to university. Normally, him and I are as fine as him and I can be (he is a distant parent, and considering my other parent is abusive, I...

So we went to the shelter today to check out what was the haps. There was one pup that really looked good to me, he was such a goober, but in general each dog had a quirk that I really was not sure about (excessive barking and fixation at/with other dogs, etc) but I wanted to bring home each one...

@RussH Thank you so much! I didn't know how forward to be at first, so before you made that suggestion I quoted exact statements and would say "From *this* law in Section 102101 Subsection A." but I totally chilled it down from that. I guess I just wanted every base covered xD Thank you...

Update: I don't really know what just happened but I think it is good? (sorry if these updates are annoying or stupid but i feel the need to write it out) So basically he had been trying to avoid the conversation whenever I brought it up. He got a little loud and scary, but I was like "no man...

Hi @Jan 31 I first want to say how incredible it is that you manage to take such good car of yourself, even when you are in such a low place. I really hope you are proud of those "little things" (that I dont consider to be little!) Because they are such important steps to feeling better. I...

Update: I think he just doesn't care. Straight up just not even happening. He's at work all day and I was trying to explain how hard I've been struggling and I sent him links to research of PTSD and service dogs and stuff. First off, no response to it, no surprise. But just now he said he won't...

@Joan Your dog sounds amazing! You're right, and I'm definitely not looking for a dog to "solve all of my problems", but I definitely believe that a dog will force me out and help me deal with my problems. It evades me, what he finds so unappealing about getting a dog. This is especially true...

I don't even know where to start. I am overwhelmed by the support you all have offered me. Thank you so so much. That's amazing that you are able to talk about that now with your therapist! I'm so glad it helps you! I have my stuffed Beagle, Amy, that I can't deal without. I think you could...

This subject takes a lot for me to tell people about (I have only talked it through with one person ever), and I'm terrified of posting this, but I trust you guys to not be too cruel if I'm being the worst. So in my introduction I posted a little about what I've been through, so I'll just...

So I just left my last therapist (I haven't seen him in about a month anyhow) because he did next to nothing. I mentioned him in my Introduction post I believe. He was a very ill fit. I was/am very interested in a service dog (I feel really guilty saying this, I'm crying, it just makes me feel...

So I think you totally nailed me here @Hashi . I've been thinking about it and kind of reflecting on my life and how I really feel, no filters on anything (I write it down so that I don't forget as my memory I swear just gets worse), and you're totally right. I don't think my question really is...

So I'm looking over the college applications for my top choice schools because they are international (I'm looking at Canadian schools) and there is a place to check whether I consider myself to have a disability or not, "including mental health disorders." I never ask for help, so I want to...

I'm sending warm thoughts your way. I have attempted suicide a few times before (none were a cry for help, I am still astonished I am here today), and it is a struggle every single day to, when I go out, not throw myself into fatal situations. Have you read the book Man's Search for Meaning by...

Thank you so much. I definitely have had a lot of minimising going on in my life that I'm going to have to work through. My dad, for the longest time, wouldn't believe me (he was never around and I can't remember her ever hurting me during a rare time he was present). Once she was after me and...

Thank you. I'm learning each day that I don't have to apologise for , in advance or after, making a mistake. Most of my anxiety with posting is making sure I used the right words to convey my thoughts the right way.

@RussH I go by both equally, but I do spell it Abi. Thank you, I have definitely stumbled into one of the most comfortable forums I have ever joined. I am so thankful for you all.

@RussH Thank you, my mind often runs at a million miles per hour thinking about things, your 'few things to think about' helped me slow it down and think about a couple of things at a time. Thank you so much for your warm welcome and support.

@Go Hungry Thank you so much for the support. I definitely note consistency in what I remember. And you are very right about the manipulation. I remember in 7th grade, when she finally let me go to someone else's home, where I saw my friend and her parents interact...peacefully and kindly. I...

I don't remember many people from my past that have stuck with me.The friends I mentioned were from middle school, when my mum shamed me out of wearing an ACE bandage: she told me everybody makes fun of me for wearing "that old thing" and that it proves I'm weak. I still have one of the friends...

Thank you so much. Yeah, I think my sister is trying to make the whole "one big happy family" thing work. I just happened to be the first one to scream out that it is not going to work that way. I told her it was not healthy or safe for me to be around my mum like that. I didn't think "I don't...

I'm in tears, thank you so much guys. It feels so...refreshing to have people who believe in me and support me. You guys are right. My therapist is pretty much useless with what I'm going through. I think most of his experience is with significantly younger kids. However there are very few...

So I am about 87% sure this is in the right place. I apologise ten times over if it is not. I have been diagnosed with PTSD from child abuse (physically and emotionally) by my mother. I think the earliest event I remember occurred when I was four years old,and I finally moved out of her house...

I can't really choose which one. It is between a physical reaction I get out of the blue (a flinch) anytime I think anyone/anything will start hitting or beating me, a slur/stammer I get when I'm nervous that developed with my PTSD, and the intrusive thoughts where I often hear my mum shrieking...

I definitely concur with saying you get carsick in the backseat so you have to sit in the front. That's a legitimate reason (the reason I can't sit in the back), and it works if you don't feel comfortable telling one of your friends about your PTSD and inability to sit in the backseat. I'm so...