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Hey BDAR, I really relate to working in a place where colleagues are "stepping on everyone to move up the corporate ladder". Yuck! I'm about to start work at a non-profit. I'm nevertheless worrying about the hierarchical structure of it. I was burned badly by a supervisor and higher ups in a...

I chose my screen name more because life is like a journey. I do like to travel but I don't often have the money to do so. Tough story you have... You're getting help though. Yes, it seems impossible sometimes, emphasis on the 'seems'. Yes, it sucks. You're getting help, you're writing...

Hey TTMF, I empathize with your situation. What I find helpful is doing it as baby steps and letting the things that can happen naturally do so. I am ready when I am ready. Looking at making schooling moves as stress, decisions, 'need to', potential failure, 'have to' and 'a long way to go'...

Hey Painted Dreams, I can get stressed out inexplicably. Case in point: Last night I'm watching the 2012 movie version of "Anna Karenina". Something about how she gets shunned by her social circle stressed me out, had me feeling anxious about myself. More generally, and something I'm currently...

Hey Dana, Sometimes I find for me that release comes like the calm after a storm, or as though my brain chemistry got shook up in a good way. Sometimes it happens after a good sleep where I have had a beautiful dream, usually about strong attraction, love, or how things might have been...

Of course I'm writing this without knowing the therapists credentials and membership in a regulatory body. Maybe these are all in place. I went on the Meet Up site and searched for "group therapy" and "psychotherapy". The only person who came up indicated that he was a licensed social worker...

Hey Eve, I have never been in group therapy. I think I used the word recourse incorrectly. I meant to point out that if a participant has a problem with the Meet Up therapist or another participant, how will it be dealt with in a way that's satisfactory to the participant with the problem...

Hey Watundah, My comment is not based on personal experience but rather on intuitive wariness. I'll cut right to the chase. What happens if you get triggered or re-traumatized in that group? What happens if any one of the participants does? What recourse do you have? I think you *all*...

Hey Ruby Heart, I just have to say that although you may feel useless, when I read what you write I can see that you are certainly not useless. The very fact that you're trying to get the best for the both of you in the situation means that you are not useless. If I were in your shoes, I...

Hey Jedi Jackie, I'm really glad you liked our feedback. You write: is telling your story, is healing, worth it to you, knowing you may have to take a risk in ending your current relationships? THAT'S what I can't figure out. How do you know when it's right? I would say that you won't know...

Hey Smile, I have a bias towards you as the client. The therapist generally has more power than you or indeed any client/patient does in therapy and so I don't think we need to give much benefit of doubt to her beyond that we don't hear her side of the story directly. I think for your...

Hey Jedi Jacki, A few bits of feedback here... First, I think this is such a richly helpful topic and there's something in how you present it that I really like. Maybe it's how you seem to know your boundaries and situation very well. It reminds me of how we are each the true expert in our...

Hey Eve Harrington, OP are you familiar with the DSM PTSD criteria? Curious as you state you're not diagnosed but feel that you have effects of that abuse. It's also important not to jump into "trauma therefore PTSD" I guess I should have taken OP to mean me? Thanks for pointing out how all...

Hey Lulu Star, Although I'm aware that there can be different sides to these stories, I forget that even volunteering can be egotistical.

Hey Sonic White, I think it's a fact that we can't always, 24/365, have someone physically present to make us feel loved. In that case, I think we need to find a way to remember the love of others in a way that makes us feel loved, or feel our own love for ourselves in those moments when this...

Hey Snowflake, First, I would say that it's not how much *you* say or do that determines whether your therapist cares. It's what *s/he* says or does that determines it. I think you are there to be cared for. Also, for what it's worth to you, i.e. feel free to disregard my response, but I...

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Hello All, I have not been formally diagnosed with PTSD. However, I suspect I have a number of symptoms in part because of abuse (physical and verbal, not sexual) that I suffered from my mother. Can you please help me see the link between this part of my experience and the fact that when I...

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Hello All, I came across this site when I googled something like "why do I want to die". As you can see, I'm a fifty one year old male. I've seen a lot of mental health professionals over the years, I had something that was labelled a major depression in 2001, and I've been on an...