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Heal My PTSD

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My wife doesn't understand.

How do I explain to my wife what I am going through? I have put her through a lot and love her very much. But I am frustrated. I used to drink (a lot) to cope...

How do I explain to my wife what I am going through? I have put her through a lo...

Wounded-cop-1194

•9 years ago

Recovery

"The goal of the recovery process is not to become normal. The goal is to embrace our human vocation of becoming more deeply, more fully human . . . to become...

"The goal of the recovery process is not to become normal. The goal is to embrac...

•9 years ago

The office plant

I bought this plant home from my office when I cleared it out when I finished work. It's doing so much better here. It never flowered in the office and I...

I bought this plant home from my office when I cleared it out when I finished wo...

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Team

A team . Makes the difference between Winning or losing . Without anyone behind us we fall Cry Get weak & lose The battle against ourselves. & The...

A team . Makes the difference between Winning or losing . Without anyone beh...

•9 years ago

Ptsd

My dissociation has carmed down so much but why am I so afraid that something bad will happen like I'm not allowed to be happy

My dissociation has carmed down so much but why am I so afraid that something ba...

•9 years ago

Trauma/sleep deprivation/help falling asleep

In 2013 I was assaulted till unconscious by 5 men , then taken against my will shortly after and having to escape. I had always had small bouts of insomnia or...

In 2013 I was assaulted till unconscious by 5 men , then taken against my will s...

•9 years ago

Medication

I've gone back and forth so many times over this topic but I cannot make up my mind whether to commit to going down the medication route. I did take fluoxetine...

I've gone back and forth so many times over this topic but I cannot make up my m...

•9 years ago

Rest and recovery

For the last month, rest has been a big priority for me. In March I did some powerful recovery work in confronting the abuses from my past. As those feelings...

For the last month, rest has been a big priority for me. In March I did some pow...

•9 years ago

Hurt

Hi a few years ago I was going to go home from work,when I was asked if I could help on some stock ,I worked for a large supermarket,anyway it was command...

Hi a few years ago I was going to go home from work,when I was asked if I could ...

missdiannedyas23

•9 years ago

Keeping my file open

The last visit I had with my therapist was great, I had to decide whether to keep my file open or not. I decided to keep it open as I am facing an eventual hip...

The last visit I had with my therapist was great, I had to decide whether to kee...

•9 years ago

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good news

i finally got hooked up with a therapist and a psychiatrist so im gonna get the help i deserve

i finally got hooked up with a therapist and a psychiatrist so im gonna get the...

•9 years ago

Slipping

I have been doing much better in the past week or so but I can feel myself slipping, feeling on edge, wanting to isolate, lacking concentration/motivation at...

I have been doing much better in the past week or so but I can feel myself slipp...

•9 years ago

Just when I thought I was getting better.

I felt like for once things were starting to look up, But just when I started to think that, I go backwards. ( I Hate it) Around Oct. or Nov, I started to...

I felt like for once things were starting to look up, But just when I started t...

•9 years ago

Erased

It's so sad . You know ? When a victim of abuse Has to find themselves Over & over again Throughout life They have to find out who they are & what...

It's so sad . You know ? When a victim of abuse Has to find themselves Over ...

•9 years ago

I Owe You Nothing

Not sure how many posters here have been in a similar position with their abusers. One in particular , the main one, was always one to make promises they...

Not sure how many posters here have been in a similar position with their abuser...

•9 years ago

Ptsd

((Possible triggers ))I'm am proud to say I made to counseling was very scared I'm going to have counseling because as a child I saw my mum get hit domestic...

((Possible triggers ))I'm am proud to say I made to counseling was very scared I...

•9 years ago

Great Interview with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk

A quiet man, of such wisdom and compassion. This interview I found today was well worth the listen: http://www.alaskapublic.org/?s=bessel+van+der+kolk Be...

A quiet man, of such wisdom and compassion. This interview I found today was we...

•9 years ago

Thank you everyone

Thanks for the replies...when i get time I want to post a video...gotta hit the sack for now..

Thanks for the replies...when i get time I want to post a video...gotta hit the ...

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Summer Program Rejection

Handling the news that I didn't get in to the summer writing program better than I thought. Once the application was in, I had no further control and I was...

Handling the news that I didn't get in to the summer writing program better than...

•9 years ago

SEARCH for OUR INNER CHILD

As our doors are locked to the world outside We are forced to live in a black cave inside. The pain of the past is torturous and rough, Voices haunt us,...

As our doors are locked to the world outside We are forced to live in a black ca...

•9 years ago

I have suffered with ptsd

It took me a long time to get recognised as a ptsd suffer because I was doing all the work myself to try and heal. Now my life is free from worry I get moving...

It took me a long time to get recognised as a ptsd suffer because I was doing al...

•9 years ago

My own battle.

I went through a trauma 10 years ago that changed my life, turned it completely upside down, never became the same again...I try to find myself like...

I went through a trauma 10 years ago that changed my life, turned it completely ...

•9 years ago

Waiting

What an amusing game I play inside my head. I wrote and submitted - thanks to the help and guidance of people on this forum! - a juried application to a summer...

What an amusing game I play inside my head. I wrote and submitted - thanks to th...

•9 years ago

Thanks

Thank you to all of you who have been talking to me. I keep very weird hours but there always seems to be someone out there. This is a positive post I am so...

Thank you to all of you who have been talking to me. I keep very weird hours bu...

•9 years ago

Socially Awkward

So, I'm taking steps to move forward. It's been a couple of years. My sentences don't make sense. I'm a bona fide introvert and it's just weird. I'm socially...

So, I'm taking steps to move forward. It's been a couple of years. My sentences...

•9 years ago

thrown under the bus

So I made the decision to go for early retirement due to my ptsd. I did what pensions advised (or rather my husband did). By ringing my place of work and...

So I made the decision to go for early retirement due to my ptsd. I did what pe...

•9 years ago

Sharing...?

A general question for those of you who see therapists: After a session, does your significant other play 20 questions with you, wanting to know what you...

A general question for those of you who see therapists: After a session, does yo...

•9 years ago

New job

After some "supportive" bullying..I.e" I know we can't expect you to manage because of your mental health issues "and a warning for a minor issue that showed...

After some "supportive" bullying..I.e" I know we can't expect you to manage beca...

•9 years ago

I am back

I lived through the 7 days with my family. It mostly went well but I learned a lot about where I can from and why I am like I am. I am still processing the...

I lived through the 7 days with my family. It mostly went well but I learned a l...

•9 years ago

Living with PTSD

I have sat staring at this screen wondering how to put everything into words that are not totally negative, angry and at the same time oozing low mood. I was...

I have sat staring at this screen wondering how to put everything into words tha...

•9 years ago

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