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Woodsy1, I really appreciate your thoughts and insights. I ended up going for a walk yesterday after I saw this and it really helped. You are a truly kind human being. Thank you for your support during a hard day. It helped a lot. Thank you very much. I really appreciate your time and...

Thanks for your reply and your empathy. Yeah, I feel so out of place. I might as well be an alien- we are so different. I try so hard to be open minded, but almost everything they say I end up feeling offended by. It is probably me being unfair, but I can’t stop the feeling anyways. I feel lost...

Hello all, I feel so alone and I just really really need some kind words of help with two things. I am back at my partner's family home, which coincidentally is in the same town where my ex-abuser lives. I have been dissociating all Thanksgiving break and my heart is pounding non-stop. I feel...

It is so good to know I am not alone. Thank you kind people.

Thank you all for responding. I feel validated!!!

Today I was at work and there was a man who looked exactly like my abusive ex who used to stalk me. I am always terrified that he will find me and attack me again.... anyways, this man at work looked very similar to him. I saw him one time and I ran straight to my office and had a panic attack...

Thank you everyone for your supportive comments. I really appreciate your time and thoughtful replies. I think I will contact my doctor. You all are right, it might also be a medical issue! Has anyone done telehealth sessions with a PCP? I am nervous about it! What has it been like for you if...

Thanks, everyone. I appreciate the support and kind words <3

Hi everyone! Ever since I finally got away and am finally safe I have these random episodes of vomiting. The vomiting reminds me of when I used to be gagged and choked, but I haven’t noticed any specific triggers that start the vomiting. Does anyone else vomit all the time? I don’t feel sick...

Thank you all for your kind and thoughtful responses! For the past few weeks I have been listening to music and I got these tub stickable toys for the wall. Doing both of these things together really really helped. It isn’t totally gone, but definitely is improved!! Thank you all for your...

I’m sorry you went through this too! Thank you so much for the tip and support! I love the idea of being able to do art in there♥️

Hi bellbird, Thank you so much ? I really appreciate you for sharing your ideas. I like the idea of putting things in the shower to help ground me. And I’m sorry you went through this too, but I’m glad not to feel alone. Sending wishes of peace to you!!

This is a great thread! For me, I like to make a cup of tea and wrap up in a heated blanket. Sometimes I will watch funny YouTube videos of cute animals while I do that or look at Pinterest crafts I want to try.

Not every time, but most of the time when I shower I become super dysregulated and I can’t seem to stop having flashbacks and dissociating. I have to get out immediately in order to calm myself. But it’s so ridiculous because I literally have to shower.... do others have this experience? If so...

Being in the shower, my partner saying my name, popular musical soundtrack, red rooms, and wurthers candy.

Many years ago I was stalked and sexually assaulted by an ex boyfriend. Tonight I was looking at my online account for my job and I saw that my home address was posted!!! I do not recall signing anything in my paperwork that said that info could be put on the internet, and I typically take extra...

Shatter eyes, I am so sorry you are going through this. I have been taking Nyquil almost every night to help me sleep (I know it's not healthy, but it's better than not sleeping at all). I find that it helps me to not remember the nightmares and keeps me asleep for at least 6 hours. I wonder if...

Thank you for your responses. I appreciate it. It's nice not to feel alone!

Hi guys, So, this might sound odd, but my best friend told me today that I was repeatedly saying things under my breath in class. I had thought I was completely silent during class, but honestly, I don't remember a lot of what happened during the class discussion. She told me that I kept saying...

Thank you all so much for your support. I needed to hear that. I will do something nice for myself today, I appreciate your time and suggestions. <3 I'm so sorry to hear that this has happened to you, too. :(

Hello everyone, I posted a few months back and was discussing my fear of going in public places ever since I was sexually assaulted by my boyfriend years ago. I always feel like every man is following me around and am super paranoid. Today, I was in the supermarket and I noticed that a man was...

I'm so sorry you are feeling this way too. I also felt like an object too. I would say no one time and then he would disregard it and just keep doing what I asked him not to... it made me go silent, like I actually was an object. Unsettling is the least of words I'd use to describe it. So sorry...

I have this problem too. I was diagnosed with silent reflux (two years after being diagnosed with PTSD) and I have trouble eating anything other than baby food and soup because when I eat the sensations in the back of my throat feel intrusive in the same way it felt with my abuser. I am so sorry...

Hi everyone, I have read a lot on this site, but have never posted anything myself. I was sexually assaulted in high school by my boyfriend. After he and I started dating, I found out that he had been stalking me for months before he and I had ever met, he had paintings of me, poems about me...