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My T and I tried finding a list of my values but it didn't work out. I couldn't even come up with one thing that I valued.

Thank you so much everyone! To be fair, my T did say that it wouldn't just be something I go looking for. She that it would most likely be something I did once for some reason, found I liked, and so decided to do again. But, even so, I don't even know what I like in general, or even how to know...

My T suggested a couple sessions ago that I should try to find a hobby. She said having a hobby would create some amount of purpose and meaning in my life because right now I currently have none of those things. I don't have a purpose for being alive, I don't see any meaning in my life or in...

Everyone keeps telling me that even though I say I don't want children now, I am going to want them in the future. They say that I'm just confused right now, so I don't know what I want, and that in the future, I will want to have children. And, that if I don't have any children in the future...

I had mentioned it to my first GP after freaking out and having a panic attack during a routine Pap smear test. I had never done one before, so the whole procedure was scary and upsetting. Although I still don't get why I was so scared to do it because during that time I was also going around...

I kinda live in a small city, so I can relate to what you‘re to talking about. With my first T, I would occasionally see her if I went to a sport event, but this was a rare occurrence. Also, I had a mutual friend with her son in university. But, it was never a problem because we had discussed...

I’m from Canada, so this might not be much help. I was diagnosed with PTSD about 4 years ago, and I was diagnosed with ADHD about 2 years ago (tested as an adult). The thing with ADHD is that you must have also had symptoms as a child (before the age of 12). If that was the case for you, then...

I don't have any suggestions to help you, but I just wanted to say that I completely understand what you mean. I also feel the same way. Although my adult self (22) knows that I was in no way responsible or at fault for any of what happened to me, I just still cannot believe it to be true...

This is a really dumb question, and I feel really stupid for actually asking and the posting it. But, why is it that we can’t just get a bigger cup to fit all that stressful stuff in? Why does everyone have the same sized cup? Since people can adapt and learn and grow from life experiences...

I don’t know if this will help, but I also had similar concerns when having to start doing therapy remotely because of the coronavirus. I discussed it with my therapist and came up with a plan for if it should happen. For the first couple sessions, I had done the sessions over the phone. I...

In my opinion, I think your friend was right. I think 12 isn't near close to being mature enough to be making those kinds of decisions. When I was 12, I also had something similar begin happening, and as much as I try to minimize its impact on my life (which isn't helpful), I know deep down that...

I don't know but maybe this might help: The Importance of Understanding Your PTSD Emotions.

I also have problems with it because I have a hard time labelling what I am feeling. But I find that if I eliminate the feelings I know aren’t what I am feeling, then it at least gives me somewhere to start and work from. For example, I will know for sure that out of the 7 kinds emotions on...

I didn't know about the copyright stuff. Sorry about that. Here is the link to the image: Feelings Wheel.

I find that this helps sometimes. It's called an emotion wheel. <mod edit - attachment removed, copyright vio>

I feel the same way. My abuse happened by multiple persons and at different times. And I also feel I should have said something, especially given the many opportunities I had to do so. I know that I was a child when it was happening, and that I was scared of what would happen if I did say...

I’m still here.

I haven't gotten to that point as yet where I see myself completely stopping therapy, and right now I can't picture it. I do hope to reach that point one day though where I will be able to see myself not having to go and being able to manage on my own, so congrats to you on reaching that point...

I'm so sorry, he said that to you and I can only imagine how you're feeling right now. I don't know your husband, but I still urge you to not take his threat lightly. I say this because I once had a similar experience where the guy I told would not only make comments similar to that, but he also...

I don't if this is the same thing, and I don't even really fully understand it and why I do it. But sometimes when I'm angry, I imagine killing myself, which I know it sounds bad. It's not just that I imagine, killing myself, but I imagine killing myself in a specific way, and whenever I do, I...

What are the differences? I thought it was all the same.

That's normally be what I would hear too from them. Plus, I'm a psych major and in almost every class mindfulness would be brought up. They would just go on and on about the wonders of it. So, I honestly was thinking that it was my fault that it wasn't working, until my current T said she...

I find this helps me when I feel suicidal or start to think about me. My T called it the “24 hour waiting period”. When I start to feel like this, I start the timer. And if at any point within the next 24 hours something happens, whether big or small, that makes me happy, if even fo a couple...

I completely agree with you. Some people are just unable/unwilling to show empathy. And I think that this tendency to call people who commit suicide as cowards or selfish is one of the reasons why people who struggle with suicidal thoughts end up doing it because they think that those people are...

I think depending on the school, or maybe not even, they might be able to. I know at my university when I first went there I was seeing a psych student in training with a supervisor and she was able to work on it. And whenever there was something she wasn’t sure on or felt wasn’t yet equipped to...