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I don't know how it forms, really. I feel like my therapist is my father. I want to impress him, make him proud, tell me I'm doing well. He hugged me once! I feel kind of pathetic. I need his approval.

LET'S MAKE 2015 GREAT!! :D Lykke til, friend.

No no no, my therapist is the best. I couldn't live without him. He's like the father I never had. And he does specialize in PTSD. He is not telling me to get over it. He tells me I will NEVER be cured, but I can learn to maintain and deal better. He wants me to expand my coping skills. Also, I...

I disagree! They are very similar. And meditation isn't necessarily about being alone. Ever been to a mass meditation? A temple? You're supposed to focus on everything external and be alert. It's about connecting your inside with your outside. A sort of reconciliation. That's what a lot of...

No. I hope he is tortured slowly and dies choking on his own blood

Thanks. I am wondering why my therapist hasn't mentioned this. He's the best therapist I have ever had and has been practicing with a PhD for over 30 years. He's constantly saying, "Get out more! Do it; just do it! Come on!!" And then he gives me Zen confidence boosters and we talk abut my...

Hello! All the agoraphobia threads on here are so old. Anyway, I have terrible agoraphobia. I feel like I'm about to die as soon as I step outside. My therapist tells me to get out and I do. I go to college. Two classes two days a week. Well, it's Christmas break, so not right now. I've been...

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@blackemerald1 Someone videotaped it, so I've watched it over and over. He was just sitting on the ground. The protesters weren't even making noise. He was literally just sitting there. The officer jumped on him and my brother began to cry and the policeman took his leg and bent it over his body...

I think staff was extremely rude for banning @Anarchy from the thread. :( We all have PTSD here and we all have our reasons for it. As I said, I've watched police as they wrestled my brother from a protest, twisting his limbs as he cried and begged for the pain to stop while they deliberately...

I've lived in shelters before. It's f*cking stressful. But you have PTSD. It's going to be harder for people with PTSD. I'd advise taking small steps to get yourself into therapy. I used to hate opening up and talking about stuff. Still do, sometimes. It's like cutting your heart out in front of...

lmao I'm an anarcho-communist, if that gives you any sense of the answer. I have no love for cops. I've watched them as they wrestled my brother from a protest, twisting his limbs as he cried and begged for the pain to stop while they deliberately sat on him, obviously relishing in his pain...

@Melody coates Yeah, I have Harm OCD.

I wanted to be the bad guys. ;p

You're a better college student than I am! I just watch Netflix and read books that aren't related to college.

A diagnosis is being told by a qualified professional that you have PTSD. You don't need to be a vet to have PTSD. I'm 22 and my PTSD comes from childhood abuse and other various events in my life. You don't have to feel like you need to justify yourself at all! Welcome. :)

I've been killing people in my nightmares again. It's horrifying. :(

I always thought it was for the power-trip. They want to have power over people. Sorry, my view is negatively skewed. Cops, to me, are the worst of the worst. It's just my experience.

Well, I'm agoraphobic, so I'd like to go walking, period, but can't... Why do you feel like you can't walk in the snow? I love, or used to love, walking in the snow. Just double up on the socks and wear some snow boots and warm clothing.

Dissociating makes me lock up and I can't do anything due to the fear I'll dissolve completely. You're lucky.

In the northwest US, there are loads of ploughs. We put salt on the roads and everything. But sometimes it's just too overwhelming. It comes on so suddenly sometimes, so preparation is hard. Have you heard of black ice? It coats the roads and you absolutely cannot drive on that. I've seen roads...

Curl in! That's a good way to put it, yeah. I'm sorry, Chava, It's awful. :(

I'm thinking about joining a gym, maybe. It would probably be better for me. You're welcome, @WoundedHealer Like... I would have the opposite of fight or flight? It's kind of that deer in the headlights feeling but, more prolonged.

Does anyone else have problems with moving? I double over so much I have bad posture. And my panic attack increases the more I move. I get off the floor where I sleep in the morning and sit on my couch and can't stop trembling and fidgeting, and it's hard to make huge movements. I feel like I'm...

I feel really dissociated right now as well. So just remember that you're not alone. Do you have any perfume on you? I find strong smelling stuff like that grounds me. God, but it is just the worst, isn't it? Sometimes I think I just can't handle it. But our problem is common and we can get...