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    Sexual Assault My Rapist Possibly Got Locked Up For Another Sex Crime!

    Hi, I need some help please. I am very uneasy and unsure of what to do. On Monday a man was locked up for horrendous crimes against a woman when she was 13 and he was also convicted of 2 other crimes against young girls. He is now serving 17 year sentence. I did not read or listen to the news...
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    Menstruation Issues - HELP!!!!!!

    I am very emotional today/ this week and could do with some advice. I hope I am posting in the right area. This post is for females really and I am embarrassed to post it but I can feel my symptoms overwhelming me and I need to get it off my chest. Am I on my own with this? Basically I suffer...
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    Anger/ disassociate/ new emotion.

    Can I ask for some advise please. I was diagnosed with PTSD a year ago due from my main trauma 15 years ago. I have worked very hard in and out of therapy and it has taken me a long time to get to where I am. I have experienced many emotions but recently I have discovered anger. We discussed...
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    Regression!!!

    I am looking for some advice please. I was diagnosed with PTSD and OCD last year. 15 years ago I was held against my will assaulted and raped. I kept it a secret for a very long time and ran from it but it slowly caught up with me. I have been doing great. I attend therapy with a very good...
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    Recovery and speaking out

    Hi, I am looking fon some advice please. Below is a message I have been planning to type for over 2 years. I have waited for this time and I finally want to tell me story and not be ashamed. Until now only close fiends and family have known about my struggles. Over time I’m more people found out...
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    Sexual Assault Body memories?

    Hi all, I am looking for some advice or confirmation right now. Yesterday I made my final police statement for a prolonged assault and rape I suffered years ago from A random stranger. I go to therapy every week and have gone from 5 or more panic attacks a day to maybe 4 a week. I was...
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    Help. having a day of flashbacks

    Hi I am looking for some support right now. After weeks of feeling so good. Making huge breakthroughs in therapy and feeling At ease. My anxiety had reduced so much and I’ve had very little panic attack’s or nightmares. I was sleeping the best I’m a long time. I was so happy all day yesterday...
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    Therapist hugged me!

    I don’t know where to start. The past 3 weeks in therapy have been very difficult. But something has changed. My T opened up to me about her experience with OCD in the past and it changed everything. I had put her on a pedal stool. In my eyes although as she says I am human, she was amazing...
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    Re-traumatized? how to know if it happens?

    Hi, I have been doing very well I therapy (most of the time) but there are a few parts of my trauma I’m Really stuck on and when I talk about them I either have a full panic attack Or get very nauseous and vomit. I am trying so hard to face these parts but I get so overwhelmed with the memory...
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    When t says something about time frame does it bother you?

    HI, I have an amazing T that is very specialized and great at what she does. We have worked together for a year now and made some great progress. There is just something that really upsets me/bothers me. My main assault was 16 years ago.. When I was only 14.It was prolonged and by a stranger...
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    Filed police report.. now am sick?

    Hi All, So on Friday I finally after 15 long years made a report to the police. I had to wait until yesterday (Monday) to meet with two detectives to make a full statement. It took 4.5 hours to do and was grueling.. I found the hardest part was having to listen to the officer read aloud my...
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    Confused.. getting better? or delusional?

    So I’m really confused. I feel like I’m so much calmer, my anxiety has reduced significantly, I’ve gone from 4/5 panic attacks a day to maybe 2-3 a week. Self harming by scratching my wrists until I bleed daily to not having done it for 2 months and my nightmares have reduced significantly...
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    Group therapy

    Hi, Tomorrow I have an assessment for group therapy. I do one-to-one Therapy with my T every Wednesday but she recommended looking at other resources too so we decided I would think about Group Therapy to meet others in similar situations. The GT does not start for a few weeks but they want to...
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    Alcohol and ptsd.

    Help!!! I went out last night. Had a great a night. Very relaxed and enjoyable. Lots of laughs with very close friends! Drank a lot of prosecco and it’s been awhile so was very merry but having great fun with close friends! Today I feel like the world will end! I’m so overwhelmed with...
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    Support person

    If you reported your trauma to the police who was your support person? how did you choose them? did they drive you to the station or bring you home? Were they allowed into the interview room? I want my T to be mine, she always says 'we' when we discuss reporting it but I am unsure if that means...
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    Revealed biggest secret to t but can’t cry!

    After 8 morn s with my T I finally told her my biggest secret. Something about that night that I have never told another soul. I had opened up before about some other things that I eventually told my husband and best friend too but this thing is something I can never bring myself to tell anyone...
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    Asking t for a longer session

    Hi, Has anyone ever asked their T for a double session or to extend the session from 50 to 90 minutes? I’ve been with my T for 8 months. She is very good and we have built up good trust and boundaries. However I have not been full honest with her and have 3 major things to do with my trauma...
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    Sexual Assault Making a report!!!!!

    I am not sure if this is the right place to report this so please feel free to move it if necessary. I need some advice please. Back story, main cause of my PTSD is from being raped and assaulted by a stranger at the age of 14. My parents owned a boat we would go to at weekends and he also had...
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    Progress - changing thought patterns & reducing symptoms

    Hi All, I just wanted to post a positive message. After 6 months of intensive therapy - CBT and talk therapy for PTSD, OCD and Panic disorder, I finally feel like we are getting somewhere. I have felt stuck for so long and the PTSD was in full swing I just couldn't control nightmares...
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    Sexual Assault Cannot cry

    Hi, I am wondering if anyone else has an issue with not being able to cry? I feel so stuck and have all the urges to cry especially when in therapy but I just cant. I sometimes cry after being intimate with my husband and have had two major panic attacks before going to my T's office which...
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    Medication - sertraline

    Hi All, Yesterday I went to a psychiatrist after my T felt we needed more assistance. It went better than I had expected, I have never been to a psychiatrist before. I have OCD and PTSD. He recommended I take Sertraline for the next 3 months, nothing long term its just to help me through CBT...
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    Feeling extreme anxiety today

    Hi, I am looking for some comfort today. My anxiery is at an extreme high. I've been doing intense CBT and processing with a great T the past 6 motnhs and feel I am getting better and my husband has told me he can definitely see a change. The problem is when I feel I am getting better something...
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    Vomiting & panic attacks

    Does anyone get such extreme anxiety, especially during therapy sessions and start vomiting and/or having panic attacks? This is 6 months into CBT therapy with a great therapist! I feel maybe I will never get over these symptoms and it is very embarrassing!
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    Sufferer Anxiety, panic attacks and vomiting!

    Hi everyone, I am new to this forum. I generally just read posts and never post but today I decided the time has come to sign up as I really need advice and cant find the answers online. I have PTSD from being assaulted and raped at 14. I am now 30!!! I have always ran from it but in the past 5...
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