Welcome and I hope you find the support you need here. My advice is not to become vunerable here. I did and it hurt! This is my first time posting since then and I just felt responsible to warn you. Take it easy here.
Thank you! I have to accept that nobody will ever believe me about who she is! and who she has been! Even when I was a kid nobody believed me! It's so hard to accept that the only people who will be supportive are those who don't know her from TV!
I just want my mom to leave me alone. She calls my husband when I don't answer her calls and then he tells me why don't you talk to your mother? I've told him several times that I don't want to and to stay out of it! But he likes my mom so I told him to just leave me out of it! But he doesn't...
I started in recovery from addiction at the age of 24, I am currently 58 years old. 33 years of working the steps in NA/AA, years of therapy in between, 5 years in CODA, and 2 years in ACA! Not enough apparently!
Mine too! But I'm 58 and not much time left to live free anymore.... Sometimes I...
I had heard that a long time ago too, but I don't believe it! I have never seen anyone succeed in recreating a happy childhood as an adult for their inner child! I find it unbelievable! I also don't believe people who say they have recovered from childhood trauma! I know you can get better, but...
I feel like my inner child is still angry at her. I don't know why she can't let it go!
My dad passed away in 2016 and I didn't feel anything at the time. But my relationship with him had recovered a lot since he spent time with me in my adult life! But my mom has never gone shopping with me, I...
My mother is currently my main known trigger! I am sure there are others but I'm not aware of them yet! She is 80+ and lives 60 miles away from me. My dad has passed away and she is alone with a nasty room mate! She abused me mainly emotionally although she also hit me but not as much as my dad...
I'm glad CBT worked for you! That was the only type of therapy I had for the last 30 years, but in the last year, with Trauma therapist, I have healed more than I did in all those years!
I'm sorry you also grew up in fear! It's terrible! I find myself not being able to relax even though I have...
Hello everyone, I am glad to have found a place that people understand the struggles I go through daily all my life! I'm turning 58 on Monday and only in the last two years I have realized that I have cptsd!
I've spent 33 years working on myself through the 12 step programs and even though I...