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Irrational, yes, and I can guarantee that there isn't anything to fear, but there are some "logical" reasons for the irrationality, if that makes any sense. With your grandmother's recent death, the idea and concept of dying is extremely highlighted in your mind still. Entering the room with...

DBT and CBT do help with this - "DBT" is a therapy that essentially says "Learn to do the opposite." Mostly in regard to destructive thoughts - for example, you feel like hurting yourself? Instead, be kind to yourself, spoil yourself, apply lotion or nice smelling oils on your skin. In that...

Good morning where I live! :) :hug: Sending good vibes to all.

This is an interesting subject because for a long while my sufferer had the "everything happens for a reason" mindset, which to me was always baffling considering the shit she had to go through. Even in situations of trauma she told herself things happened for a reason. When she was officially...

Hello and welcome to the forum! Telling an individual with PTSD to 'get over it' in regards to traumatic memories and anxieties related to it is unhelpful. Is there a reason why he has shown reluctance to call? Sometimes PTSD sufferers go through long periods of extreme stress where direct...

My heart goes out for you :( As a Canadian, I feel pain and empathy for everyone who was affected by this. I find it truly heartbreaking and while I don't want to speak politics here, I do wish that this order was never considered in the first place. Walls and barriers only create more hate. I'm...

Hello friend, Understandibly, you being upset over your T not doing as promised is completely valid. You're not overthinking that - you have every right to be upset and hurt. However, I doubt that she doesn't take you seriously. Like you said, perhaps she has other patients and she is trying...

It does seem to be a very hard predicament that you're both in. It would be helpful to tell him that you want to work on the both of them, but that the fact of the matter is, a relationship requires the consistent effort and willingness to communicate on both parties, and that if he is refusing...

By the looks of it, it seems to tell me that your veteran isn't seeing a therapist himself, or is refusing to. Is this true? Because fact of the matter is, if he is getting this bad and aggressive to the point where your children are getting affected, then he either needs to make a conscious...

Have you been officially diagnosed or show an array of symptoms for PTSD? Any previous traumatic events that may have happened in these relationships, such as prolonged emotional or physical abuse? Does your partner have PTSD in any way? Just making sure that you're in the right support forum...

This is where I can clearly see this stressing him out intensely. As much as you need to express your feelings and emotions in a relationship, and as much as he's going to have to deal with actually communicating with people he cares about even if he's trying to work on himself, 3 pages seems a...

Welcome to the forum! You are not alone with these feelings and similar situations - it seems to be a repeating theme in many supporters' stories that their relationship with their sufferer within the 3-4 month period was very strong, passionate and loving. Personally I think that has nothing...

You'll have to make an account in order to post a topic on its own, I think. I do recommend joining our community, it could offer you valuable help and insight on PTSD. :)

Sorry you're going through all of this, It sounds like a tough time. Would you like to make your own forum topic about it? Maybe you might get more help there, there is an anonymous section if you wish to remain a guest. :)

For the longest time, I remember this happening to me. Not sure if it was a messiah complex for me, or just a desire to see people happy, because I was overly empathetic to the point were other people's problems would interrupt my day to day thoughts and affect my behaviors. I was so done...

Sometimes, the only thing you can really do is plow through it. Remember though, if you ever do find yourself relapsing despite your best efforts, know that you aren't erasing all of your progress. Relapsing is not like climbing up a mountain and falling all the way down, having to restart all...

So sorry that you're going through a hard time, friend. I can see that this is really difficult for you. Therapy is very, very important, and trust the general agreement of most individuals here when we say that therapy is worth it. So, so much progress can be done to recover and find oneself in...

Netflix is good. Disregarding life is the best answer :P Do you have a therapist at all, Symphony? Hoping that a solution will present to you soon, friend.

I'm sorry to hear that. It seems unacceptable to me that they'd prolong such a thing. Have you tried contacting them again? I assume you probably have, but I know that sometimes constant pestering can bump people up on waitlists due to the fact that their need for it is continuous (and not a...

@Symphony I'm sorry, friend. I know that you must be in a terrible ammount of pain. Perhaps going numb is the result of that pain, but I promise you that being numb doesn't necessarily mean death. In the winter, thousands upon thousands of trees lose their leaves. They look like they're dead...

Yes, it does. My sufferer did this to me often. She wanted me to stay, but when I'd ask what's wrong she'd buckle up and say nothing. It looked like a fear dynamic of sorts - a desperate want to be understood and not abandoned (for my sufferer anyway) conflicting with a giant block of fear due...

Hello friend, Trust me when I say that you're not alone. Not all of us supporters are patient saints - a lot of us have our stumbles and pitfalls. Many of us have snapped and caused sufferers to spiral more, only to very carefully have to crawl on eggshells to get anywhere near a normal state...

Speaking of triggers, have you ever asked what hers are? Many people with PTSD have specific topical, tonal or visual-based triggers that can send them into a panic attack or depressive episode, or in some cases dissociative and isolation episodes as well. Her telling you "You need to worry...

Here's a heads up, my friend. This is coming from a person who did the exact same thing with their sufferer, and in the end, it did nothing but hurt and damage me and made me perpetually exhausted every day and eventually made me almost want to seperate from my sufferer. Pointing out flaws and...

Sometimes, receiving the brunt of some kind of emotional lash out is what happens when someone feels cornered, afraid and unable to cope. Since they can't lash out at other people (ei: people not leaving her alone, perhaps because they might be aggressive family members or coworkers and there's...