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Personal Story: From Pulling to Power: My Journey With Trichotillomania and Healing

Read Aneela's story about her experience with Body-Focused Repetitive Behavior (BFRB), such as pulling hair, and how she is bringing hope and healing to others...

Read Aneela's story about her experience with Body-Focused Repetitive Behavior (...

Administrator•6 days ago

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Bleeding internally

I am here because I need support and at a crossing. Do I get help or not. Like other posts I believe I've been manipulated and abused all my life and I blame...

I am here because I need support and at a crossing. Do I get help or not. Like ...

•7 days ago

Political Trigger

I'm a victim of domestic violence, including years of manipulation and abuse. And I have been getting really triggered lately by the political situation right...

I'm a victim of domestic violence, including years of manipulation and abuse. An...

Sidewaystrippin

•8 days ago

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Rainbowperson54321

•9 days ago

Fantasising & gaps in memory

I don't have dissociative disorder or anything like it, but I often find myself covering over trauma, like when I was bullied as a teenager. I pretended to...

I don't have dissociative disorder or anything like it, but I often find myself ...

Youshallnotpass84

•10 days ago

Starting To See Some Light

I've been suffering PTSD for years on years on years. Just non stop terror in my brain, something I thought I would never be able to stop. The last 6 months...

I've been suffering PTSD for years on years on years. Just non stop terror in my...

Meds-and-some-hope

•12 days ago

tired

I was raised to hate my mother I was raised to hate my father. I was raised with so much hatred. I've been through sexual abuse. Been cheated on. My...

I was raised to hate my mother I was raised to hate my father. I was raised with...

•12 days ago

Slightly embarrassing...

Does anyone else need to poop immediately after your anxiety or panic attack creeps up? My body reacts this way every time.

Does anyone else need to poop immediately after your anxiety or panic attack cre...

Youshallnotpass84

•13 days ago

Had a rough couple of days.

I just need to get this out because I have no support system in my life. My own husband shows me no empathy and acts like how I feel is all my fault. I should...

I just need to get this out because I have no support system in my life. My own ...

•14 days ago

Not coping well

During a flashback, I close my eyes a lot or I'll cover my eyes with my hand. I've read it's better to try to keep your eyes open during a flashback but it's...

During a flashback, I close my eyes a lot or I'll cover my eyes with my hand. I'...

Youshallnotpass84

•14 days ago

ADAA Blog: Dispelling Misconceptions About High-Functioning Depression

Externally, people with high-functioning depression may give the impression of "managing" or "coping" with their symptoms and seem to be “fine,” even...

Externally, people with high-functioning depression may give the impression of "...

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Grateful...

I want to say I'm so grateful and thankful to have this forum to write in. I find just writing is so helpful in dealing with intrusive thoughts, by putting...

I want to say I'm so grateful and thankful to have this forum to write in. I fin...

•16 days ago

Crying

I had a panic attack this morning whilst in a flashback/blackout. I felt so, so desperate, I ended up calling the Samaritans. I had a huge crying spell on the...

I had a panic attack this morning whilst in a flashback/blackout. I felt so, so ...

Youshallnotpass84

•17 days ago

How to speak

I have to speak in court, and defend myself against very terrible person who's filed a request for a restraining order. Because of a noise complaint I made,...

I have to speak in court, and defend myself against very terrible person who's ...

•18 days ago

PTSD and the Future

In 2020, I filed for divorce from a man I had been with for over 20 years, my children moved out, and we were on Covid quarantine. I was overwhelmed and...

In 2020, I filed for divorce from a man I had been with for over 20 years, my ch...

•21 days ago

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What's wrong

You can say that I've suffered from trauma most of my life. I've experienced almost everything bullying, abuse, enmeshment, peer and male rejection until I...

You can say that I've suffered from trauma most of my life. I've experienced al...

•22 days ago

Overwhelmed with negativity

In my mind, I'm feeling the typical overwhelm from post trauma. I'm just having a hard time today... Having to see their faces in my mind and 'hearing' their...

In my mind, I'm feeling the typical overwhelm from post trauma. I'm just having ...

Youshallnotpass84

•24 days ago

Ptsd is the best... at wrecking a nervous system

I've grown up quite a bit, and learned ways of coping with anxiety. My behavior is better, which prevents problems down the road. But the anxiety is still...

I've grown up quite a bit, and learned ways of coping with anxiety. My behavior ...

•24 days ago

Need some good thoughts sent my way! Please?

Hello everyone - I hope you're all doing well today. Even if no one replies, I appreciate the space to write some things. Sometimes writing helps lift a...

Hello everyone - I hope you're all doing well today. Even if no one replies, I a...

•25 days ago

A Not So Happy Ending

This was a project that I had worked on that was based on something that I had experienced years ago. It was a nightmare that I had. It felt so real and I can...

This was a project that I had worked on that was based on something that I had ...

•26 days ago

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Upcoming ADAA Free Live Webinar -- Bouncing Back from Job Loss and/or Insecurity: Overcoming Anxiety and Rebuilding Your Future

Join us on Thursday, April 10, for a free and timely live webinar with Arash Javanbakht, MD, and Karen Cassiday, PhD, ACT, on how best to navigate job loss or...

Join us on Thursday, April 10, for a free and timely live webinar with Arash Jav...

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struggling.....

I'm struggling with the unknown, like through therapy (been seeing a psychiatrist for a year and will begin EMDR in a week through a different therapist) If I...

I'm struggling with the unknown, like through therapy (been seeing a psychiatris...

•29 days ago

Tired of being 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...

•1 month ago

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Quote of the day

" To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering" ~ Friedrich Nietzche

" To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering" ~ F...

•1 month ago

Worn out

I'm worn out with worry, guilt , paranoia and an all pervading negativity which repels people from me and fuels abusive behavior towards me.It's bad enough...

I'm worn out with worry, guilt , paranoia and an all pervading negativity which ...

•1 month ago

Terrified of seeking medical care

I want so badly to be taken care of and I have a body same as anyone else - I want to benefit from the medical developments of the society we live in that aims...

I want so badly to be taken care of and I have a body same as anyone else - I wa...

•1 month ago

Do you ever feel like your body is scared to sleep?

The other night I was so tired and sleep-deprived as usual, then as soon as I fiiiiinally had just about fallen asleep, I suddenly woke up with a jolt, flooded...

The other night I was so tired and sleep-deprived as usual, then as soon as I fi...

•1 month ago

Family, pregnancy is a real trigger for me

First, I come from a long background of trauma. Enmeshment, dysfunction, alcoholic parent, every type of abuse possible. Rejection, bullying, self hate,...

First, I come from a long background of trauma. Enmeshment, dysfunction, alco...

•1 month ago

In-person support group

For over 13 years, I have been recovering from severe trauma. I have gotten professional counseling and EMDR treatment. However, I feel a need for an...

For over 13 years, I have been recovering from severe trauma. I have gotten pro...

•1 month ago

Hi I am trying to work through PTSD

Hi I'm trying to manage PTSD.

Hi I'm trying to manage PTSD.

•1 month ago

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