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    Publishing Poetry

    Hey everyone I haven't posted in a really long time i guess life gets in the way sometimes as i am a busy mum to a four and seven year old so free time is virtually non existent at times! So the reason for my post is I really enjoy writing poetry in regards to surviving sexual assault and living...
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    Sexual Assault Feeling Extremly Anxious After Opening Up About Sexual Abuse To Someone I Dont Trust

    Thanks for your reply they are just as guilty as each other dont know why im feeling so afraid about exposing them its just iv only ever told a few close friends my mum and my partner so opening up to someone I dont know very well has just left me feeling exposed but i am going to hold my head...
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    Childhood Letter To My Inner Child

    thankyou glad you like it and it brought confort to you x glad you liked it x Im glad it brought comfort thanks for your kind words x
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    Nightmares And Therapy

    Thanks for your replies its comforting to know its all a part of processing :) x
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    Sexual Assault Feeling Extremly Anxious After Opening Up About Sexual Abuse To Someone I Dont Trust

    So feeling really nervous right now :( went to the local pub with my boyfriend and a few friends on new years eve ended up getting really drunk and opening up about my abuse to someone i dont trust and i keep beating myself up about it! Basically when i was 15 my so called best friend arranged...
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    Nightmares And Therapy

    Hi lovely people.. so i joined a womans group for rape survivors back in september after my one on one therapy finished. I suffered a few nightmares here and there when i was going to one on one therapy but nothing severe. Also iv not long ago upped my citaloplam dose to deal with the anxiety...
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    Childhood Letter To My Inner Child

    Inner child i know your there and deep down you know i care. Its just been very tough for me to accept what happened and i hid it from myself for a long time. I understand you must of been very afraid and felt so alone and isolated. Dont worry i am here now to sooth the pain and help you heal...
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    Childhood Inner Child

    Inner child So free and wild Its time to let you out You have been trapped away Now its time to play Its a new day A fresh start iv pushed you away But now your here to stay I hold you close to my heart Im so proud of you After all you went through You manged to soldier on I was afraid to...
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    Childhood Butterfly Emerges

    Danger lurks in front of me Im not blind so why couldnt i see My innocence snatched away Forced into an adult world No childs play Frozen stuck in the same place Life moves at a fast pace Stil i remain here in the past How long will this feeling last 29 but in my mind im 15 Seeing life through...
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    Opening Up After 14 Years

    Hi jenna im really pleased that this of help i always feel comfortable writing my thoughts here everyone has been really supportive and the fact that we can relate to each other and give each other fuisance all aids towards our healing process :) when you are ready to open up i can say it has...
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    Opening Up After 14 Years

    I can conpletly relate to the trust part. I have had issues with trust ever since and am am only just beginning to see as my therapist says its not my shame im ferling its theres so turning that on them has really helped with my healing process.
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    Opening Up After 14 Years

    Thankyou @WillyKat for your kind reassuring words. Im definetly going to increase my security in the home etc just for that little bit of confort to help settle my anxiety. P.s i do own a baseball bat well it belongs to my partner its reasurring to know hes here to protect me to.
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    Opening Up After 14 Years

    So feeling a it overwhelmed have opened up to a handful of people about my sexual abuse i experienced but today i opened up to my two longest friends who i have usually shared everything with but was to ashamed until i started my councelling recently to open up about something that happend when...
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    Other I See Through Your Smile

    Made me smile @Whispering_Truth you have a way with words;) p.s im not a morning person either
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    Other Innocence

    Innocence lost As Sun turns to frost Seasons come and go... Her mind is a no show The girl is stuck in a tornado Her life falling apart like playdoh She keeps it all locked inside Hiding the secrets what they did Telling her self that didnt happen to me Im an innocent kid The girl who only knew...
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    Depression Has Hit Me With A Thud :(

    thankyou @Saint Nik i like what you said about the tree so very true :) will definetly try and not worry so much and over analysis everything and just ride through the storm xx
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    Depression Has Hit Me With A Thud :(

    thank you for your reply @Saint Nik im really pleased you got through the tough time :) it gives me alot of hope. Iv never experienced feeling this depressed i guess thats why its hit home so hard but your right it just all needs to come out and then eventually the feelings will pass. thank you...
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    Depression Has Hit Me With A Thud :(

    So iv been having therapy for the past 13 weeks now for ptsd caused from sexual abuse. I have bottled up alot of my feelings for many years and have only told a few people besides my therapist. So I feel like iv been coping quite well at therapy with opening a book that has been closed for so...
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    Other I See Through Your Smile

    Thank you so much @AnnaC. I won't feel intimidated not to put in words how I feel just because someone finds it "offensive" I hope nobody else feels discouraged either xx
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    Other I See Through Your Smile

    Im sorry you take offense to me expressing pain i have felt through poetry. I did not mean to offend watsoever its just my own theraputic way of getting my feelings out. I posted it as i thought it might give comfort to others who have had similar experiences. As @RussH said not once have i...
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    Nightmares After Therapy

    yes i think you are right @Tanishq. I have a session coming up on monday so will definetly ask. Thank you for your kind words
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    Words

    thank you @Tanishq :)
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    Nightmares After Therapy

    Hi so iv been going to talk therapy for a little while now and each timr im opening up a little bit more. I feel it has helped significantly but after I attended my session on monday ib noticed iv had nighmares all night every night and im waking up sweating and ferling anxious. The nightmates...
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    Other I See Through Your Smile

    I dont know why you carry that smile on your face You should be grimacing instead with disgrace Your nothing but a bully A coward in disguise You cant pull the wool over my eyes I dont know how you can live with yourself with all your secrets and lies Your nothing but a wolf in sheeps clothing...
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