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I appreciate you all so much. This is the best support I've found since.

I was raped a year ago and I'm just now starting to be an a semi-stable place. Whats really bothering me right now is that my brain is just not working right. My memory has been total crap since it happened, which i know is part of the defense mechanism, but I still forget entire conversations...

every night i wake up in pools of sweat and start remembering pieces of nightmares and night terrors. this happens at least three times a night. my body is starting to shut down. dont know what to do. cant do it anymore

I'm proud that I haven't dropped out of school yet. Only three weeks left in this semester. Counting down the days

I've been working really hard with my therapist and think I've come a long way since last December when I was raped. But then on November 3rd, I was out with some of my friends celebrating a birthday and was drugged in a bar. Thank god I didnt go home with him, but I still lost control of my...

I've been on Topamax for several years for migraine prevention as well. The side effects were a lot to get used to at first, but for me, the benefits outweighed the cost. There's a lot of new things coming out about topamax still and the way it gets metabolized and how it can affect people...

My memory has been horrible since my trauma. I was on a first date last night and I forgot the guy's name....it was straight out of a nightmare. I was midsentence and was about to say it and then just completely blanked for an entire minute. It eventually came to me, but it was humiliating. He...

Some days I feel overly sensitive and uncomfortable when people touch me, like rub my back or touch my arm and I get this overwhelming feeling of wanting to scratch or wipe off where they touched me. Sometimes I want to wrap my arms really tight around myself and curl into a ball. Its like i...

I'm starting with a new therapist tomorrow. I was with someone else who I didn't feel like I was making any progress with. My new therapist is a specialist in trauma and ptsd. But I didn't "break up" with my old therapist, I just kind of stopped seeing her. It wasn't intentional, both of our...

I'm grateful that I'm taking a minute to stop and write these things down. I definitely don't acknowledge them enough. I'm grateful for my dog. She's usually the main reason I feel safe leaving the house each day. I'm grateful for a cozy bed and that my mom always answers my phone calls.

Welcome. I'm new too and looking for support, It's nice to be able to provide it as well. I am a sufferer that oftentimes struggles with my relationship with my mom. She is a nurse and always looking to fix things and take care of me. It has taken her a long time to realize that she can't fix...

I am a sufferer interested in finding a romantic relationship with someone. My friend introduced me to someone via messaging and I haven't met him in person yet. I haven't been in a relationship since my trauma and am not sure how to go about things now. When do I tell him about my PTSD? Should...

Hello, This is my second bout with trauma in the past ten years, and I'm only 24. l moved away from my parents and sister to go to grad school about a year ago. Six months ago I was date raped and have been struggling with various symptoms of PTSD ever since. I have a small community of friends...