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    Poll What Is The Cause Of Your PTSD?

    Ok. Feel very detached writing this. was sexually assaulted years ago as an adult. Always felt that it was more of a “ok, technically this fits the definition of sex assault rather than something significant. Sex abuse is always portrayed as being such a big deal that I used to feel like I...
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    Sufferer Medical Trauma/Told I deserved it.

    So did your heart re-start on its own? You said you were not helped when your heart stopped. And you did not get help with life threatening asthma attacks. are you talking about many doctors or one doctor? I hate to ask an obvious question but did you ever try to stop seeing the abusive...
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    Research Responding to child to parent violence

    If anyone is uncomfortable with that opinion all I gotta do is make up some pseudo psych term. Call it “Daughter mother complications” now that I came up with a label for it I normalized it and it can not be called abuse
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    Research Responding to child to parent violence

    I was physically violent towards my mom when I was about ten or eleven. She was not an abuse victim. My older brother was physically aggressive towards me up to his early twenties. A psychologist I was seeing told me that was normal sibling behavior. I think if it isn’t a problem for a...
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    Keeping my daughter healthy

    Thank you. I will look into CBT. I do worry that my avoidance could teach her that she too can avoid things when they are hard. I don’t know how to teach her that there are some things you need to do even if they are mentally stressful when I am staying at home and not (can’t) work
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    Keeping my daughter healthy

    My PTSD is mild, but I have a lot of problems with avoidance. How can I make sure those issues don’t harm my preteen daughter?
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    How would you parent yourself, if you were the parent of a child like you?

    My complaint about my mother is pretty mild compared to what a lot of people here have had to put up with. It still effected me badly, so here goes: I wish she had been more balanced in terms of considering my emotional/mental state. She never wanted to hear from me, but always had to be sure...
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    People I perceive to be weaker than me fill me with rage and disgust

    I relate a bit. I guess I don’t think too much about weak people. I do get intimidated by self confidence though. As I got older I have been learning that self confidence people aren’t actually smarter than anyone else. They can just compartmentalize their weaknesses so they don’t feel...
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    Hyperarousal & Window of Tolerance

    I am sorry for your struggles. I was about to post something similar! I don’t really know what my triggers are because some days I am so hyper aroused it seems to be everything. And other days I am just suspicious and on guard. I wish you success in fighting this.
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    Difference Between aggression and assertiveness

    Is badgering abusive? I once had a supervisor who was angry with me for not putting paper towels in the towel dispenser. Ok. Fair enough, but he continued to harangue me months later. Can rational anger become abusive if the other person keeps bringing it up.
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    Difference Between aggression and assertiveness

    I can recognize a stranger jumping out of nowhere and attacking a person as being an aggressive act. But how can I know if someone I have a relationship with is being assertive or bullying/emotionally abusive? Like everyone, I make mistakes and sometimes other people rightfully feel...
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    Tramatic event followed with bullying = ?

    Ok so the post is titled Understanding Trauma for PTSD diagnosis and Anthony is the poster. I hope it will help answer some of your questions. You have been dealing with this for years and deserve peace and healing
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    Tramatic event followed with bullying = ?

    To go through that sort of treatment for months on end is really really tough. And this was your job so you couldn’t just leave. You had to endure it. I can not add much more than what Friday said about PTSD diagnosis. I know that the link between an event‘s supposed severity and how badly...
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    Manageable exposure therapy

    Thank you. I am nervous about talking to recruiters. I do have a history of verbal abuse in the form of screaming, raging and people being extremely angry at me for minor issues. I just worry if I talk to a recruiter but don’t accept a job they will get mad. I feel like I have to please...
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    Manageable exposure therapy

    I have a lot of work place trauma. I want to be able to work again. I don’t know how to ease into that. I have hospital recruiters contacting me and that seems like positive development but I am afraid to test the waters. Even hearing from hospitals makes me feel jumpy and on edge. I want...
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    Sufferer The toll of imagined trauma on secondary victims

    First of all, this may seem like an obvious question, but did you at least share this with a therapist or psychiatrist? I only ask because you say you haven’t shared this with anyone. Secondary trauma is trauma. Police officers can get PTSD by hearing details of child abuse of children they...
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    Sufferer Trauma caused by betrayal, infidelity, stalking, harassment, and threats

    I will hope and pray your struggles ease soon. Before the infidelity did you and your husband have a good relationship? Did anything seem wrong? You had such a hard betrayal not just by him but other people in your life. Keep posting and I hope you are able to eventually trust people in real...
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    Sufferer what i thought was physical abuse might actually have been CSA also

    Hi and welcome. You have a lot of important questions. I am not a child abuse survivor but I will try to help a bit and I am sure when other people see your post they will have even more help/support for you. You have gotten a PTSD diagnosis for combat stress. Now you are wondering how to...
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    I think my friend sexually assaulted me, but I still want to be their friend. Am I being naïve?

    Ok i have not read everything here so sorry if I am repeating another person’s posts. I think there is a dangerous tendency among some people and especially among mental health professiinals to treat sexual assault as the golden child of trauma And is always devastating. It sucks. We don’t...
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    Difficulty leaving house

    Thank you for listening🥹
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    Difficulty leaving house

    Title says it all. A lot of anxiety just about the thought of leaving the house. the thought of interacting with people makes me feel unsettled and jumpy. I know most likely nothing bad will happen and I am over reacting but I can not calm the feelings
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    NHS covid frontline worker

    Sorry for all your struggles. I hope you find good support here. people understand
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    Undiagnosed New member from Sweden

    Welcome and I hope you find this place helpful
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