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Reaching Out

Hi everyone. I’m just reaching out here bc I am still having a difficult time. I have been using some unhealthy coping mechanisms. I realise they are...

Hi everyone. I’m just reaching out here bc I am still having a difficult time. ...

•19 hours ago

Just checking in 🙂

Hi all, I've been keeping up with you all but not been able to post, as I've been overwhelmed by recent events. Good to see people being supported by this...

Hi all, I've been keeping up with you all but not been able to post, as I've bee...

•3 days ago

Proactive (cont.)

I'm feeling sad and tired today after spending Sunday and Monday helping clear out cupboards in my mother in laws house, talking with the celebrant and...

I'm feeling sad and tired today after spending Sunday and Monday helping clear o...

•10 days ago

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PTSD trauma and MS

When ptsd triggers because of many things do you find basic needs off kilter? Like remembering to eat sleep stop ....self care. if so how do you switch back....

When ptsd triggers because of many things do you find basic needs off kilter? Li...

•16 days ago

Update

Hi all,My mother in law died last week while I was away on holiday with my husband. She had been taken into hospital on new year's day with pneumonia and had...

Hi all,My mother in law died last week while I was away on holiday with my husba...

•18 days ago

I was let go today

thank you for listening to me in my first post. I have still been trying to deal with this aweful anxiety I get out of nowhere. I've called into work too many...

thank you for listening to me in my first post. I have still been trying to deal...

•23 days ago

Tired

So much has happened these past several years. I have been living in survival mode. My husband is bipolar and that alone was hard and scary when he went off...

So much has happened these past several years. I have been living in survival mo...

•27 days ago

Feeling Lonely and Scared

Hey everyone 👋🏼 I'm still in the hospital and I had been feeling good but now I am in a slump. I'm feeling very lonely and scared. My meds have been...

Hey everyone 👋🏼 I'm still in the hospital and I had been feeling good but now ...

•30 days ago

ACC and Loss of potential earnings

in NZ we have an accident compensation scheme. It is a scheme which cover many accidents including SA. If you’re covered and were first injured with a mental...

in NZ we have an accident compensation scheme. It is a scheme which cover many ...

Volunteer•1 month ago

How do you quiet the 'noise'? trigger warning (first post)

This is my first time posting on something like this, and I've been fairly socially isolated for a few years so forgive me if this ends up a ramble or...

This is my first time posting on something like this, and I've been fairly socia...

•1 month ago

on my healing journey

these past couple months I’ve been on my healing journey finally it’s definitely hard. I’ve lost connection/ contact with my parents I’ve set boundaries and...

these past couple months I’ve been on my healing journey finally it’s definitely...

•1 month ago

childhood trauma (TW SA)

I figured now is a good time to express my feelings and experiences from the childhood trauma I endured… When I was 14, my parents got arrested from owning...

I figured now is a good time to express my feelings and experiences from the chi...

•1 month ago

Grieving friendship

most of my life I have always tried to make friends. my preschool years were sadly taken away from me because of bullying. I was made fun of for being...

most of my life I have always tried to make friends. my preschool years were sa...

Mentalhealthmatter

•1 month ago

Not prescribing, but sharing about Ashwagandha

In hoping to help me to be more desensitized to situations that would immediately cause the fight/flight/freeze response, my Psychiatrist at the time...

In hoping to help me to be more desensitized to situations that would immediatel...

•2 months ago

Self-love after you've been destroyed

One of the hardest parts of my trauma has been remembering that I'm not the things I was made to feel like. Not the things i was called...

One of the hardest parts of my trauma has been remembering that I'm not the thin...

•2 months ago

Sick of being sick

After my recent kidney infection a couple of weeks ago, I was feeling better than I had in a while yesterday but have woken up today with severe dizziness...

After my recent kidney infection a couple of weeks ago, I was feeling better tha...

•2 months ago

Drained

I was at my cousin's funeral yesterday and today feel totally drained. I have woken at 4am the past two nights and struggled to get back to sleep, though not...

I was at my cousin's funeral yesterday and today feel totally drained. I have w...

•2 months ago

A revelation

Late last night I woke up with a deep understanding that I am not the things that happened to me. Some very bad things happened to me during my life but those...

Late last night I woke up with a deep understanding that I am not the things tha...

•2 months ago

childhood trauma

I realize this is a vague title and may lead you down a rabbit whole but it isn't what you think. My father died when I was 13 in a car accident, he hit the...

I realize this is a vague title and may lead you down a rabbit whole but it isn'...

Stillstrugglingat50

•2 months ago

Fire Service PTSD Trigger Warning

Has anyone else been in a situation where there is a fire where you are currently at and jump into action thinking you are still on a fire department or still...

Has anyone else been in a situation where there is a fire where you are currentl...

•2 months ago

Feeling better

Following yet another kidney infection, I'm starting to feel better. In line with this year's theme of prioritising my own needs, I went to the hospital as...

Following yet another kidney infection, I'm starting to feel better. In line wi...

•2 months ago

cptsd and difficulty

with intuition and making decisions. year after year with this. when you are in fight and flight and freeze and dissociation and trying to survive, well,...

with intuition and making decisions. year after year with this. when you are ...

peacefulandcalm

Encourager•2 months ago

painful days

my state of mind has been so isolating. These days I try to look for ways to connect with people or be around people and I just find myself scared, hurt,...

my state of mind has been so isolating. These days I try to look for ways to con...

•2 months ago

Don’t Worry

It’s normal. 😊😊 🦄🫎🍳🍲🌈💙🌻😎🏡🌳

It’s normal. 😊😊 🦄🫎🍳🍲🌈💙🌻😎🏡🌳

•2 months ago

Tai Chi

https://youtu.be/cEOS2zoyQw4?si=oB_Mw8g2gfghnkrcHere is the Tai Chi video I started using a few weeks ago. I've moved on to 10 minutes now but doing some...

https://youtu.be/cEOS2zoyQw4?si=oB_Mw8g2gfghnkrcHere is the Tai Chi video I star...

•2 months ago

Does anyone live childhood days over and over .

How many live the childhood days over and over on a daily basis , I can sit and just remember my childhood days over and over just as its happening to me at...

How many live the childhood days over and over on a daily basis , I can sit and...

•2 months ago

Hate losing control

Possible trigger warning! School incident I am a push in classrooms technology teacher at a school. Last Wednesday afternoon our school went on a Secure...

Possible trigger warning! School incident I am a push in classrooms technology ...

•2 months ago

Scared

I have taken a break from dating (or even one night stands) for a while in order to work on healing myself. This was a huge step and I have (surprisingly)...

I have taken a break from dating (or even one night stands) for a while in orde...

•2 months ago

you wonderful, beautiful people

You wonderful, beautiful people, thank you. I am more sorry than I can express for the pain you have had to endure. I am grateful, though, that there is this...

You wonderful, beautiful people, thank you. I am more sorry than I can express f...

•3 months ago

it just hurts

It is so difficult when, being triggered, I say or do something that I would never say or do if not triggered. Then, apologizing and hoping for understanding...

It is so difficult when, being triggered, I say or do something that I would nev...

•3 months ago

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