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Grateful for the mental health hospital where I am currently getting help.

I am grateful that I did not use a permanent solution to a temporary problem

Hi, Since last week I have admitted myself back in a mental hospital. My complex trauma is getting the best of me... Any advice how to get through this? Thanks..

Hello, The title speaks for itself. The Big Clean Up is better I guess. Being a plus dad of 2 boys of 6 and 9 has been good and revealed a lot. Soon I am gonna be a father and dad of my own kid and this also has been good and revealing. The books I am reading about fatherhood and motherhood...

Hi, Thanks for the feedback. Next week I am looking into a new vollunteering opportunity. The last one just triggered me too hard with a lot of the people who were coming for help. The people I worked with were nice to work with and warm. Good for me that I am respecting my triggers and...

Respecting my triggers

Recognizing my triggers and accepting that I don not have to keep exposing myself to them in order to heal.

Yes, I was taking to big a steps last week. So I adjusted my plan of getting back to work.

Not being wanted.

Hi, Called in sick today, because I am just depleted from nightmares, flashbacks and panic attacks. This is the reason why I am doing the volunteering first before going back to paid work. All part of the process for me. Next thursday I am going back to the volunteering job. Feels like...

Thanks for this.

Hi, Today I am having a bad day. Any helpful tips to get through this day? Thanks

A wellness day

Morning doggo hug

Taking a break

Push things forward

Well I live in Flanders, Belgium and the people where I am volunteering are pretty chill. All the therapy and work I put in over the past decade is finally paying dividends. Just gonna keep my momentum going.

its called Poverello and it is a restaurant for the misfortunate where you get a 3 course meal and a bag with food for a day or two at the price of 1 euro. The work itself is kitchenhelp and picking up food at local stores and bakeries for the foodpackages. Lots of undiagnosed people with...

What do you mean by this?

Hi, Today did my 3rd day of volunteerwork. So far so good. My brain and body need to get used to people again. The work itself is easy. Any tips and tricks from my people? :) Thank you.

Yes every night they emerge. What helps me is keeping a dreamdiary and a regular diary where I write down in one word how I feel and then the topic, the scene, the people, etc. After that I write all out of me. My T talks about a little box that I have to fill with things that make me feel...

Hi, Feeling like an unwanted child .. does this sound familiar with anyone? And how do you cope and work through this? This gaping ice cold hollow abyss is what I have been trying to fill or close all of my life with about every selfdestructive copingmechanism there is. Looking forward to...

I like that its intense. Makes me feel like I am making progress. The thing what hurts me the most is that since I have been a plus dad of 2 boys,6 and 8, for a few years now, I see them in real life and I see Little me when I was that age. I find it easy to take care of them. And then I...

It is a device with two small pads,one for each hand and the T can make them vibrate in an adaptable rythm while you focus on the feeling in your body when visualizing about a specific topic during which keeping your focus on breathing deeply. Made me go deep into reprocessing modus.

Hi, Today had a session with the EMDR machine. This was a first. More intense than the slapping my hands on my legs. I could sense how my left and right half of my brain were triggered. Feeling depleted and empty. Anyone done this type of EMDR before? Feedback? Thanks