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Any thoughts on where in the Bahamas? Any guess as to the cost minus airfare? I'm getting cheered up just thinking about it. maria

I just read Tony's blurb on exposure therapy in the trauma forum. It says to start with your worst trauma. Unfortunately I don't remember most of my childhood trauma. I thought for a minute or two about one I do remember. My distress got high enough for me to be very uncomfortable. Cheese, I...

Thanks all. They're gone! :clap: I have soooo much trouble accepting myself. I just keep wishing I were different and looking for someone to blame and feeling cursed. maria

They're not finished yet. They're coming back after lunch. The crazy thing is they're okay guys, not threatening or anything. But I still feel threatened. You're right about me feeling this is a safe place. But home was never a safe place, either as a child or when I was married. And it was...

Maintenance staff are coming to fix the tiles in my shower any second now. Just because the water is leaking into the apartment below. What do I care? I hate, hate, hate having anyone in my apartment. Today was supposed to be a no-people day. Yesterday I went to my volunteer job, and tomorrow is...

If his trauma is service related, his chances of major improvement are good. Did you know there's a forum specifically for service-related PTSD? You might want to try it. Good luck, maria

Never, ever book airline tickets on line unless you are absolutely sure you've entered the right day and time. And never show up at the airport until you check the date on your tickets. Wonder why I don't fly anymore? hehe maria

There are many varieties of PTSD, all of them painful. You don't say what the origin of your bf's PTSD was. That makes a big difference in the amount of recovery hard work will bring. If he suffered his trauma as an adult, he can improve a lot. If the trauma was as a child or teen and it was...

Pasta with homemade sauce or at least doctored store bought. With meatball, with meatballs and Italian sausage. Yeah!

Glad you found someone to help. You get a feel for things like casting on after you've done it for a while. I make sweaters for my little dog. It's a real pain to get them to fit right even though she's good about fittings. maria

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Whew! I'm sure glad I'm not in any way responsible. I'd hate to be on the receiving end of that. I can relate although my situation was minor compared to yours. I had to have some teeth pulled. I show up with someone to go home with me because they said I'd be too groggy to make it alone. Nobody...

Sometimes when I'm out doing things, going to stores and such, I find that my walking slows to almost a stop. I have to encourage myself to keep walking at a reasonable pace. Maria

Hi drum, Welcome to the forum. My motto in therapy had been that knowing is better than not knowing. I realize knowing can be a painful and unsettling thing. But if you work through it, you'll come out in better shape on the other side. I too spent many years being misdiagnosed and sometimes...

I too don't fear getting older than I am already, but I'm hoping I hold together physically and mentally. I do know a lot about services that are available to people who can't managed a well as they used to. I do know I can always get a hot meal cheap and use the senior bus to go to the senior...

Today I managed to get some housework done that had been nagging at me. I also did 2 loads of laundry. That may not seem like much, but sometimes when I think about doing things like this I get very anxious. So I give myself a break and tell myself I don't have to do anything that stresses me...

I don't panic when I go out, but I'm much more comfortable when I stay home. Although I can only imagine what it's like for you, I know that I too have to fight isolating myself. Congrats! Maria

I forgot to mention that I had a great education which I thoroughly enjoy and that I now have a volunteer job which I love. I just went outside to smoke (I don't smoke in my apartment) and I saw lots of stars. Also a regular blessing.

I think I'm having another one of those emotional flashbacks. The story is I put a ring on layaway and picked it up yesterday. The more I look at it the more I'm sure it isn't the ring I originally chose. I don't know if this is true or it's just me feeling cheated. The point, I guess, is...

It does seem like a dirty trick to have weather that cold in Florida. And I'm sure you feel it much more than we would up north. You probably don't even own clothes for weather that cold. Something I've observed here in MA is that when the temps get into the 40's in the fall, it feels cold. But...

What I 'm seeing here doesn't have much of the belly laugh to it --- which is good because I feel like I fit in. I hurt to much to belly laugh. I can do sarcasm sometimes and gallows humor but that's about it. And I can be clever to cover the pain. Anybody know why I hurt so much? Is it...

Hi onebravegirl, Thanks so much for the encouragement. I'm also going to take your advice about waiting to respond. I'm gunna be the slowest responder you ever saw. I've been so down and close to tears. My shrink confirmed the diagnosis of c-ptsd today. I'm sure that's part of it. I was sure...

I discovered yesterday, after the fact, that I had reacted to a situation as if it were something that had happened in the past. I felt that people who were supposed to do things for me weren't there for me. I felt angry, upset and frightened too. The situation yesterday was just a couple of...

Aine, All the above is good advice. It could be overwhelming stress. But it's also good to get the physical aspects checked out. I don't know where you live, but major medical centers do pyscho-neurological evaluations. When I had one done, I discovered that I'd had ischemia. Maria

Anni, Why not ask your therapist? I asked mine this morning, and he said I'm not malingering. Believe me, it's rare to have an entire sentence with unambiguous meaning come out of his mouth. Personally I think you and I have better things to worry about than someone else's opinion of how long...