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Thanks Chava, for the effort you put into replying to my post. It was helpful. I appreciate it.

Thank you everyone, for replying. I really appreciate it. :)

I think CBT could help because I recently spent some time with a younger adult and noticed they were a few little differences, like they just communicated in a more unsure way like a younger person would, and it made me feel more secure that in some ways I was an adult. But I don't think these...

Maybe letting go of comparisons and finding other ways to feel a sense of belonging could be helpful. It sounds helpful to be more engaged in the adult world, but I am not sure what that would mean. I guess feeling more adolescent affects me because feeling like my self is young makes me feel...

Yes, I read that finding your niche is important to becoming an adult. I have tried a lot of things to meet people. I don't have a general sense of being mature social self that is also silly. My basic persona is not adequate compared to others and it's very hurtful. I just started a new job...

Ok, I am not sure I have PTSD. Just as a person who has been diagnosed with a "severe mental illness." it just feels better calling it trauma, especially when I really identify with experiencing trauma. Reading things here gave me the idea that maybe the part of me that feels to young is somehow...

Hi, Sorry you are feeling this way. I know that when I am feeling bad and I make the choice to cope, I feel a lot better. That means instead of ruminating, and doing any behaviors that keep you stuck in the depression, you can do an activity that keeps one engaged, like cleaning, going for a...

Hi, I recently read a thread in this category called "structural disassociation psychotic part." It made me think of something that I want to post on, but I don't know if this is the right place, so please help me re-post elsewhere if this isn't the right place. When I was reading that thread...

I did ask one professional, and they said that EMDR is proven for acute trauma. She said there is some evidence that it helps complex trauma, but it's not proven. I just had a session on Monday and I ended up feeling worse. I told her that a part of a memory made me feel good about myself, so...

When I say it is my fault, I am just saying I should really take responsibility and communicate with her better. The challenge is that she seems to want to do things her way. I think I might want to try EMDR at a later time. Maybe it is time to cut my losses. I consider what I have to be complex...

It was a interpersonal/social trauma. I think her idea is to go back to childhood to see what the core belief was that made me react the way I did when the actual trauma happened. It could be helpful. However, I want to resolve the adult trauma without being taken down a different path. I think...

She says all EMDR has to be eventually traced back to a trauma from ages birth to 14 years old. I have not yet reprocessed any traumas because she has stopped me after a few sessions and says I must do something, or this isn't the appropriate memory. I just want to work on some traumas from...

Right, raising low self esteem is different than boosting regular self esteem.

No, she really does mean under 14 years old. I can see how we could maybe look for an old memory if it comes up. She starts to let me do EMDR for an adult trauma, then she sabotages it, saying I need to look further back, or that I need to change my self-esteem. I just wanted to know if she is...

I have a trauma from when I as 20. My EMDR therapist let me do EMDR for it, but then she said that EMDR is supposed to be for traumas under 14 yrs old, so we have to find that memory. I told her that it related to something in high school, so she said we could go back to that. But that isn't...