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I'm sorry for your loss. And I am definitely grieving what could have been and every conversation to make things known and smoothed over even if we could not have a relationship.

Thank you for the kind words. I suppose that is my struggle not taking responsibility for her decisions. I'm trying to get through one step at a time. My stepfather wants me to go to the funeral home and viewing with him tomorrow and I think I need to do this in order to really believe it.

Thank you for the advice. I may just need to ask for extensions on my multitude of assignments.

Hello all, It's been awhile. EMDR was really working for me. I was managing. Cue my grandfather being diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. I became his caretaker and was with him until the end, planning his funeral and managing the estate alongside my uncle. Anyways, my mother was estranged...

I received word last night that my grandfather has been diagnosed with cancer and has been hiding it from us for awhile. It sounds pretty serious, he suffers from PTSD himself and deals with alcoholism, an ex military man he does not like to share his feelings or disclose personal details like...

That is a wonderful idea I shall give it a go when I return to the essay. I decided to take a break due to anxiety and other symptoms. It's been a struggle all day, sit in the discomfort gets too high back off go back in. The endless cycle hopefully thinking of it in a different way will help :)

Hello all, So I am currently finishing my second degree yay. Anyways, I am generally pretty good at coping and dealing with my disorder and can talk about most things etc. This novel I had to read for Women's studies because of course it is for a mandatory class stems around sexual assault. I...

Awe, thank you. I don't deny I was in a bad situation but I was blessed, I had someone who stood up and fought for me. Albeit late in my life I was given a family and taught morals, I became a better person. I feel for those that don't have that chance and I hope that maybe my words or being an...

Thank you :) and yeah it sucks and I spent a lot of time being bitter, but I was given a hand and I choose to look at it as now I can see the world through a lens of compassion and understanding.

Thank you so much I really appreciate all the input!

Hello all, I'm pretty newish to posting but I've been reading some of the stories and threads and decided to post my own. I hope that it might be able to show my perspective and if anyone has any questions please feel free to ask. I come from an Irish Catholic family so let me start there...

Thank you so much for the advice, it makes me feel a lot better. I definitely want to make sure I am doing the right thing for the child, for my spouse, and for my mental health. It is mostly my PTSD I am concerned with, I finish the last of my schooling next year and financially we are doing...

Hey there, I just want to say reaching out is the best thing you can do. Personally it can be a battle when having arguments with your partner and getting triggered. What I have done that helps a little bit is I talked to him about my symptoms and triggers, he has put in amazing effort to...

Thanks so much for the reply, it makes me feel a lot better. I have symptoms but generally feel rather in control with the odd flashback which sometimes sends me in a spiral of I want to be on my own for a bit etc. I mean I do have bad days but my partner is amazing and helps me work through...

I'm turning 28 so I have time to think for sure. I am in therapy and work with CBT mostly, I will most definitely be asking him probably in our next session but I really wanted to reach out and hear some personal stories on the matter. I honestly have those fears that my shortcomings would...

Hello everyone, I just wanted to reach out and ask if anyone else had similar thoughts or maybe had some insights for me. I am in a long term relationship and he is amazing with my diagnosis, in fact I could not ask for someone more wonderful he knows exactly what to do when I am triggered and...

I won't go into a lot of details but I experienced severe abuse as child emotional/sexual/physical you name it. Then when I was older I was drugged, mugged and raped. I was in pretty rough shape and I was later diagnosed with PTSD although they believe I have had it for some time. The man that...