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I wanted to ask a similar related question so maybe I'll include it here so there aren't parallel conversations going on. My husband has complex PTSD and binge drinks as a coping mechanism. the original approach was an AA one - stop the drinking and he thought he could manage the PTSD. His...

I can't imagine what it must have felt like for you as a child! In my understanding, that's what makes PTSD unique as a mental illness. ..being a victim of someone elses sick, selfish or aberant behaviour. I hope that you've heard this before but you did nothing to deserve any of that. ..you...

@Gloww33 let me encourage you: not only are your boundaries and expectations very good and healthy, teenagers need and crave this (even though they don't say it or even balk at it) Dr Dan Siegel's book Brainstorm is about the rewiring of the teenage brain and how to navigate it (for the parent...

I agree ^^...with my husband, I can now differentiate his "A" =normal self/personality with quirks and weaknesses and talents etc and his "B" = dissociated personality which none of us like to be around (angry, contemptuous, accusatory and arogant). When we reference a normal day or a normal...

Thanks to both!! @anthony I'll read those links. I found this current research today that looks promising. . Nociceptin: Nature’s Balm for the Stressed Brain.. I couldn't post the link but it will come up uf you google it.

As a 21 year spouse of a man with a very traumatic childhood who didn't deal with it (supressed it) and whose PTSD emerged after more recent trauma, there's definitely value in you getting further in to your recovery before you search for a relationship both for their sakes and for yours.....you...

Thanks @anthony I'm mostly interested in the "overflow" to try and better understand why some negative stress that isn't dealt with in a healthy way results in (in our case) a dissociation that is completely consistent in symptoms and progression. Thanks to a testimony about Naltrexone I'm...

Just my two cents based on my experience....I think in recovery there are people that process by asking "why?" After a marital betrayal at one stage of my healing (probably the anger stage) I couldn't stop fixating on "why"....but I did get past it and of course as was mentioned..there's NO...

@Justmehere thx so much!

I'm appreciating this thread too! @Justmehere when you say prn for dissociation do you mean that you take it's soon as you feel triggered to prevent diss'n or that it will bring you out of dissociation?@Lucycat I'm thinking that it would be something that would be a drug that would manage the...

Sorry @RussH .that was directed to the originator of the cup explanation which I believe is @anthony

Thank you for this illustration. This captures well what happens to my husband..I just showed him and it’s not only what I see but what he feels. Its why I can start the day with one guy but depending on his stressors he can be dissociated and then sleeping from late afternoon until the next...

I just joined this site and I agree with the original post. I saw some comparing of illness or impact and I think that in mental illness as in other areas (like grief for example) that comparing or elevating/minimizing degree of impairment or impact is a very unhealthy damaging route to take in...