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I am not against getting help. I do not take meds because I don't like pills and the insurance is an issue. I do not go to therapy because I cannot afford it and because I had a bad first experience. I am trying as many various avenues as much as I can before resulting to pills....that is my...

@InvisibleSun Thank you so much for your encouragement and advice. I have only discovered the whole PTSD thing like a year ago. I have known something was wrong with me but could never figure out what. I came across PTSD and when I read the symptoms my jaw hit the floor. I finally had a name for...

I go back and forth on doing therapy. I went literally one time and it was my very first and so far last time. The therapist made me feel like a piece of crap and when I left I felt 1,000 times worse than when I went in. I also don't go to therapy because I cannot afford it. I will look into...

I have not tried medications and do not want to try them. Of course, if all else fails and that is my only option then I will give it a try. Maybe meds will work, but I would rather stick with my herb. No matter what medicine or herb it is all just a temporary fix. Staying medicated is not...

Sometimes I feel hopeless and stuck. It seems like it should be so easy to control my emotions and let go of everything that has happened to me, but I struggle with it daily and fail daily. It is so frustrating. I don't even like myself sometimes. My poor boyfriend and family...they get it the...

I am almost 35 and I know I have had issues since I was a child, and things got worse for me until my late twenties. The past 3 years...PTSD central!! All my life I brushed things aside and told myself I am fine and there is someone else in a worse situation. No I am dealing with everything and...

@ihateusernames Thank you for your help. I am going to do more art therapy. I would like to teach art therapy online to also help others. I am an art teacher so I know I could help others, while also helping myself. I will check into the interns and pro-bono. I am ready to work through this. I...

I have obsessive thoughts and acts trigger fear of my past. I have really bad anxiety. When I'm having an episode I tense up to where I cannot control it. I physically (internally and externally). My hearts races and I feel sick! All from fear of the trauma I have endured throughout my life. On...

I have just discovered I have PTSD...self-diagnosis, but I have all of the symptoms. I just cannot afford therapy, I am trying to conquer this on my own and without medication. I am being positive that I can do it, but at times I literally feel like a prisoner to my own mind. At times I do well...

I too am dealing with PTSD for being in an abusive relationship, as well as, other things that has happened to me as a child and growing up. I was married to an abusive man. We were together for about 4 or 5 years. There was a brief period of about a year when he did not physically hurt...