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    Greetings With Insomnia And A Good Attitude

    So sorry for your loss also, I can't even begin to imagine the loss of a child. This forum is a great place and has so much helpful information out there. So many caring people here. Welcome!
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    PTSD/ Touch

    Yes, but it depends on my mood, mind frame.
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    Relationship Update: Thoughts On Breaking Up, Feelings Of Guilt

    Cynthia, I just wanted to second what Nicolette said. I too felt just like you and said just what you said about my soon to be ex husband. What I am now seeing, the more time that passes from the day I asked him to leave, is that he was an abusive man. Violence is violence, he may not have...
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    Night Sweats?

    Wow, very interesting thread. I had NO idea all these years of waking up during the night, numerous times being drenched was from my ptsd.
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    Petrified Of Getting Old - Can Anyone Relate?

    All my life I feared old age but mostly death. I use to have horrible thoughts about me getting sick and my children being left without me (mostly when I had my first child). I obsessed about ways to make sure that that didn't happen. Over the years I realized how unhealthy that thinking was and...
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    Ever Think Or Feel Others Can See Right Through Your Clothes

    I can relate some, for me when my PTSD is at its worse I feel like when someone looks at me they can tell everything about me and my past. That they wouldn't want anything to do with me, too many problems, too much baggage ect. I think a lot of that for me though was my self confidence. Not all...
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    How Do You Cope?

    I have new healthier ways to cope that have replaced my old ways. I have picked back up reading an occasional book and the Bible. I go to Church and then a Bible Study once a week. I take my little one to the library for story time once a week and to the playground at least twice a week. I go...
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    Habits: Old And New

    I too was a horrible nail and skin biter. I remember doing it as a youngster and it lessened over the years. I don't bite my nails now, but will occasionally find myself biting the skin around them still when really stressed or anxious. My biggest one has always been, even as a toddler, hair...
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    Still Can't Shake It

    Welcome to the forum Drum. You have been given some wonderful advice here and as you look around the forum you will find tons more. It was a lifesaver for me when I joined and still is. Acceptance is a wonderful start and was the biggest step towards me living a better life with my ptsd. Once my...
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    Never Give Up On Dreams

    I did this as a teenager and it got lost in the many moves. I forgot all about it. Thank you so much for the reminder. I am at a perfect place in my life right now to do another one of these and start working on reaching all those long ago dreams and add my new ones! What a wonderful thing to...
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    Indecision - Does It Cause You Anxiety?

    See, I hemmed and hawed on answering this question. Turns out I did it twice!!! I did the list thing for years!!!!!!!!! The pro and con's when it came to major things, usually for moving. I still do it occasionally for some things. I had forgotton all about that. It use to drive my 3 older...
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    Indecision - Does It Cause You Anxiety?

    I never associated this with PTSD. Wow, all my life I just thought I was "slow", "crazy", and a zillion other things people told me because I could never decide make a simple decision. I still struggle with this and dislike being asked my opinion on anything and especially to be the one to make...
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    Dealing With Anger

    Hello, I have struggled with this my whole life. In my personal experience, I have found that I am best able to control my temper/mouth when I am on meds and keep my life as stress free as possible. I know that isn't always possible, but knowing what things can set me off/trigger me, I can then...
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    Charlotte, NC USA

    I am in the Jacksonville area :)
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    What Do You Have To Be Thankful For This Holiday Season?

    I'm thankful for my newfound relationship with God, for without that, I would not be where I am today and my child would not be safe! I am thankful for the internet and all the wonderful information and forums out there on PTSD and Sexual abuse, and mostly for this forum. I am thankful that...
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    Poll Substance Abuse - Did Illegal Drugs Help You?

    Pot is the only illegal drug I used. It helped me for years and years in a way I guess. To numb, not deal with anything. But in doing that, it also made things worse for me. Over time the highs were never the same and basically stopped working. The paranoia and anxiety were awful. I realize...
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    Spouses Who Just Don't Understand

    Hello and welcome. It is hard for those who do not understand PTSD. My soon to be ex-husband use to get upset because I would "shut down" when he would get mad at me, yell at me, get violent with me or yell at any of my children. That is how "I" cope. Some people with PTSD may cope differently...
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    I Can't Keep Burying It

    :hello: Welcome! I was told recently by a younger sibling (10 years younger) that she hated me for most of her life..........I was beyond shocked, even though I have really no memory of her, but hate also with the few glimpses I see/have of her, while I lived at home. She explained in her...
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    Lessons We Are Supposed To Learn???

    I agree with the previous posters. In my case I kept choosing physical/emotional and sexual abusers as partners year after year because that is what I grew up knowing and accepting as the norm I guess? It is something I have been working on recently to undo in me and to love me and realize...
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    Has Anyone Seen PTSD

    Triggering: For me it depends on the type of trigger and where I am in emotionally I guess. My first husband, in the late 80's was very abusive, physically but mostly verbally/emotionally. I use to ignore it the best I could, sometimes fight back verbally. About after a year or so I guess I...
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    How Do You Deal With The Child Within?

    Interesting thread....... My therapist pretty early on (I have only been going since late July or early August) had me get the "courage to heal" book and almost went right into the inner child. There was a lot going on in the home front with my 3 year old and me being triggered severely due to...
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    5 To 10 Good Things

    Todays things I am grateful for: 1. Having my husband out of my life for good 2. Realizing he was the one who had put me on the spiral backwards with my PTSD and was the biggest cause of all/most of my current triggers and enjoyed doing it 3. Thankful for God leading our lives to this...
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    Question For Sufferers About Relationships

    I have to say that the fact that he is ignoring or *forgetting* your triggers is a major RED FLAG....at least to me.......A carer, someone who loves you, has YOUR best interest at heart in my opinion would not want to cause you distress, hurt you in any way. Maybe an honest mistake 2 or 3 times...
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    Do You "Forget" Hurtful Interactions?

    I think its why many people tend to end up in one abusive relationship after another one, or one relationship that tends to be a repeat of past issues that have been forgotton or burried so to speak. They may be there, but our brains have a way of forgetting about them allowing us to go on...
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    Do You "Check Out" When You Are Overwhelmed Emotionally

    I do this when triggered, feeling overwhelmed or when faced with something my mind/feelings just can't handle. I shut down, literally. I turn into zombie sometimes until I feel I can speak/talk/walk safetly or just go into a disc. mode I guess? Something I have been working on trying to stay...
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