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Thanks @cactus_jack ! My favorite article was the long-term follow-up of 2016, and the full text is available free at the Trauma Center JRI website (in their publications list). Would you like to say anything about your interest and experience with physical symptoms of PTSD and embodied...

Thanks @Freida and @whiteraven . Yes, Freida, I think I understand. My experience with EMDR was positive in many respects, but my main complaint going in was physical, and after 6 years of weekly sessions my physical symptoms weren't really any better. On a related note, I've heard van der...

Hi @Freida , how is that going for you so far? I have found this to be somewhat of a one-way street. My body has not responded to talk therapy or EMDR ("top-down") even when they feel helpful emotionally. I am making progress with "bottom-up." With trauma sensitive yoga I am finding first that...

Hi everybody. I've been working on PTSD recovery for 15+ years. My recovery really turned a corner a couple years ago after I discovered embodied approaches like trauma sensitive yoga. Still a long way to go but I'm glad to be making progress finally. I am looking for others who experience...

Thank you, Muse, for that wonderful reflection. Very helpful! I am also reminded of an exchange I had many years ago with a girlfriend who said, "I think you expect too much of yourself." And I replied, "You are right. From now on, I will expect exactly the right amount from myself." :p These...

Thanks for your reply, Muse. Yes I have thought about a few degrees over the years (especially psychology and medicine). Ever since I finished my PhD in '95 I have found school to be really challenging, though. Partly because of the tedium of traditional institutional learning and also because...

Hi everyone! I am pretty new to this forum and wanted to say "hi." I am 49 y.o. male. My PTSD goes back to my childhood. I was really in denial for a while until my late 20s, when all of the sudden I stopped hiding behind super-achieving and desperately started seeking help. I have worked so...

I don't think you'd feel out of place, although I admit it seems more senior than I expected. The teacher is talking but the class is silent. People are friendly but no one asks history. In order to get in you have to complete a pre-screen through the trauma center front desk (via email) and...

Hi all. I am 49 and trying to get a coherent sense of my career and maybe even a sense of purpose. I have put so much effort into recovery work that it feels like the dominant factor shaping my career right now, but I'm not sure that is going to help me find my next job. I'm not sure the...

Hi Rachelluvsdemi -- I have been to the men's yoga class several times at the trauma center. It's very safe. The first time there, it's a little awkward finding your way from the waiting room to the conference room where the yoga happens, but that is just the first time and then you know what...

I agree with responses so far. I am a big fan of Bessel van der Kolk who published "The Body Keeps the Score" a couple year ago, on amazon et al His organization, The Trauma Center, has a site and among the many publications there is a good one, "The Limits of Talk" that I recommend (I am not...

Thanks for the tip. Today I am playing super better. Plus I think I have 3 points already on this myPTSD site (which I joined recently). What do I win? :p How do you folks approach the ally thing? This game can be pretty personal to share with a casual friend, and maybe strange to share with...

hi watundah. I have attended yoga for people with trauma, at the Trauma Center founded by van der Kolk. And I have been in a few other yoga settings. I am not familiar with the exact phrase "transformational yoga" though. Yoga at the Trauma Center is far and away the gentlest and most...

Hi GardenGirl, thanks for sharing. It sounds hard! Sounds like you are working hard on recovery and that you feel like you have seemingly little to show for it. It also sounds to me like you have a pretty good relationship with your current therapist -- talking through these issues. From an...

there are other ways. Trauma therapist Bessel van der Kolk, in The Body Keeps the Score, tells a great story about treating a patient with EMDR where the patient never liked or trusted him, but still resolved his trauma with the EMDR. I think that's an extreme example, but he uses it to...