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I Yeah I've got his book it got boring after a while and some of things like the strict labels were irritating to read through. I believe people have multiple ways they deal with things and difference defended due to their environment. I've read most of the body keeps score very interesting...

I'm so sick of feeling numb and not safe in my body. I smoke constantly and have bad habits I can't seem to shift because I don't feel in sync with myself. It's constant anaesthesia, I'm doing therapy and a lot more than I did when I was really unwell. I honestly have no clue what to do with...

Thank you juno:)

Thanks for the input and I do keep a journal so I will be writing more with the book. I do have a trauma therapist and will be discussing it with her. What a wonderful gift you gave to someone. You sound so lovely helping a fellow friend out like that. More power to you :) I think I'll take it...

@Whirlwind Thank you for the reccomendations, I've tried Pete Walkers book, it was a good place to start understanding some things but I felt it was a bit fixed with certain types of people when everyone is different and can have multiple ways of coping throughout different life stages. I'm...

I haven't yet received my book but it's on order so I'm looking forward to the read and I too have struggled with generic therapy in the past. If it was a physical ailment and it was to do with a specific body bit the GP would pass on to specialists yet they don't think to do that with trauma...

I bought the book today because the reviews look good, has anyone in this forum read it and how has it helped you? I heard it was a good book for survivors. Thanks guys, have a lovely evening :)

Hello, being here now feels like it took forever. Three years of scrambling and grasping at straws to be alive today. When I was 16 I reported my CSA to a teacher and shit really hit the fan when my family knew. My abuser was in another country and my parents told him to stay there or he'd be...

It's nice to be welcomed in, I finally don't feel alone anymore. I'm so glad to be apart of this community @bellbird

That sounds like a wonderful list to me. Thank you for replying to me it's been helpful to me, I appreciate it.

Im new to this thread but always found some good advice here. Dissociation for me when its bad is wading through fog, my head it just filled with cotton balls sometimes my hearing can go funny and preception of things is slightly off, it feels out of body like someone else is in the drivers...