Deciding To Work Or Volunteer In Potentially Retraumatizing Role Post Ptsd Diagnosis?

A friend and I used to talk using only a lyric line from a song. Usually we were already talking and then the riff would break out. "Pressure pushing down on me"
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/deciding-to-work-or-volunteer-in-potentially-retraumatizing-role-post-ptsd-diagnosis.62257/

Is It Necessary To Have A Trauma T?

I ve seen this on other forums and thought I d start one here, just 5 things that are on your mind today, can be totally random, and they don t have to be questions, just 5 things you re thinking today. For example: 1. The room is way too hot. 2. I m thirsty. 3. I miss having a pet. 4. Still don t understand how tv works. 5. I think I ll start a new thread.
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/is-it-necessary-to-have-a-trauma-t.63304/

Canada Day Fireworks Trigger Me

I ve seen this on other forums and thought I d start one here, just 5 things that are on your mind today, can be totally random, and they don t have to be questions, just 5 things you re thinking today. For example: 1. The room is way too hot. 2. I m thirsty. 3. I miss having a pet. 4. Still don t understand how tv works. 5. I think I ll start a new thread.
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/canada-day-fireworks-trigger-me.63305/

Why Do I Feel Bad.......?

I don t know how many others are here that off and on throughout the day, or week or so, suddenly are enlightened with a question that they may like to ask in a thread here upon the forum, or a topic of discussion that they d like to be some part of, or discuss some subject matter that they value or view as important; I know that I think of questions, (many of which are fresh) and discussion ideas all the time and then soon afterwards lose them to memory. I ve found this quite irritating... List The Titles Of Your Threads Which You ll Probably Never Write:
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/why-do-i-feel-bad.59617/

Brick Wall... Here We Go Again!

I don t know how many others are here that off and on throughout the day, or week or so, suddenly are enlightened with a question that they may like to ask in a thread here upon the forum, or a topic of discussion that they d like to be some part of, or discuss some subject matter that they value or view as important; I know that I think of questions, (many of which are fresh) and discussion ideas all the time and then soon afterwards lose them to memory. I ve found this quite irritating... List The Titles Of Your Threads Which You ll Probably Never Write:
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/brick-wall-here-we-go-again.63300/

Stress Relief

I don t know how many others are here that off and on throughout the day, or week or so, suddenly are enlightened with a question that they may like to ask in a thread here upon the forum, or a topic of discussion that they d like to be some part of, or discuss some subject matter that they value or view as important; I know that I think of questions, (many of which are fresh) and discussion ideas all the time and then soon afterwards lose them to memory. I ve found this quite irritating... List The Titles Of Your Threads Which You ll Probably Never Write:
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/stress-relief.63302/

Memories Of Dissociation?

I don t know how many others are here that off and on throughout the day, or week or so, suddenly are enlightened with a question that they may like to ask in a thread here upon the forum, or a topic of discussion that they d like to be some part of, or discuss some subject matter that they value or view as important; I know that I think of questions, (many of which are fresh) and discussion ideas all the time and then soon afterwards lose them to memory. I ve found this quite irritating... List The Titles Of Your Threads Which You ll Probably Never Write:
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/memories-of-dissociation.63301/

Early Menopause (aka Pof)

I don t know how many others are here that off and on throughout the day, or week or so, suddenly are enlightened with a question that they may like to ask in a thread here upon the forum, or a topic of discussion that they d like to be some part of, or discuss some subject matter that they value or view as important; I know that I think of questions, (many of which are fresh) and discussion ideas all the time and then soon afterwards lose them to memory. I ve found this quite irritating... List The Titles Of Your Threads Which You ll Probably Never Write:
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/early-menopause-aka-pof.63303/

Diagnosed And Trying To Deal

You know you have PTSD when... 1. ...you have more emergency helpline numbers in your phonebook than friends, 2. ...you consider Born on the Fourth of July a feel good movie , 3. ...you see your psychiatrist, your psychologist and your GP more than you see your family, 4. ...you can remember the name of every soldier in your regiment from 1967, but you can t remember the name of your only grandchild, 5. ...your bestfriend is the psych nurse who hasn t... You Know You Have PTSD When...
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/diagnosed-and-trying-to-deal.63298/

Testing Annoynous

You know you have PTSD when... 1. ...you have more emergency helpline numbers in your phonebook than friends, 2. ...you consider Born on the Fourth of July a feel good movie , 3. ...you see your psychiatrist, your psychologist and your GP more than you see your family, 4. ...you can remember the name of every soldier in your regiment from 1967, but you can t remember the name of your only grandchild, 5. ...your bestfriend is the psych nurse who hasn t... You Know You Have PTSD When...
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/testing-annoynous.63299/

Noise Sensitivity

You know you have PTSD when... 1. ...you have more emergency helpline numbers in your phonebook than friends, 2. ...you consider Born on the Fourth of July a feel good movie , 3. ...you see your psychiatrist, your psychologist and your GP more than you see your family, 4. ...you can remember the name of every soldier in your regiment from 1967, but you can t remember the name of your only grandchild, 5. ...your bestfriend is the psych nurse who hasn t... You Know You Have PTSD When...
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/noise-sensitivity.63297/

How Many Hours Do You Sleep A Week?

You know you have PTSD when... 1. ...you have more emergency helpline numbers in your phonebook than friends, 2. ...you consider Born on the Fourth of July a feel good movie , 3. ...you see your psychiatrist, your psychologist and your GP more than you see your family, 4. ...you can remember the name of every soldier in your regiment from 1967, but you can t remember the name of your only grandchild, 5. ...your bestfriend is the psych nurse who hasn t... You Know You Have PTSD When...
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/how-many-hours-do-you-sleep-a-week.57666/

Can't Use Prescribed Cream Without Flashbacks

After being married and perfectly hapoy--or about as close as you can get to perfect, every relationship has some bad days/times--my wife decided two days ago to just leave. She s been going diwnhillnfor a while and I ve begged her to get help but she is reluctant to talk to a therapist. She s self medicating and living dangerously, really risky stuff. We were so happy together though and crazy about each other and not even two weeks ago she was telling people how much she loved me and... My Wife Left Me...
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/cant-use-prescribed-cream-without-flashbacks.63295/

Horrible Flashback With New Memory

After being married and perfectly hapoy--or about as close as you can get to perfect, every relationship has some bad days/times--my wife decided two days ago to just leave. She s been going diwnhillnfor a while and I ve begged her to get help but she is reluctant to talk to a therapist. She s self medicating and living dangerously, really risky stuff. We were so happy together though and crazy about each other and not even two weeks ago she was telling people how much she loved me and... My Wife Left Me...
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/horrible-flashback-with-new-memory.63296/

My Husband Just Told Me He's Leaving Me

After being married and perfectly hapoy--or about as close as you can get to perfect, every relationship has some bad days/times--my wife decided two days ago to just leave. She s been going diwnhillnfor a while and I ve begged her to get help but she is reluctant to talk to a therapist. She s self medicating and living dangerously, really risky stuff. We were so happy together though and crazy about each other and not even two weeks ago she was telling people how much she loved me and... My Wife Left Me...
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/my-husband-just-told-me-hes-leaving-me.61883/

My Wife Left Me...

I recently just decided to end a brief relationship because it was mainly causing me too much stress. I pretty much isolated myself for a short while and decided to end it. My mind has been going all over the place the last few days. I m very curious to see how new relationships affect you guys, and what your possible reasons are for ending relationships. I m aware of the stress cup. But I have a lot I m curious about. Do they trigger your symptoms? Even if you like the person a lot, do you... New Relationships/break Ups. How Do They Affect You?
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/my-wife-left-me.63294/

Does Anyone Else Feel Like A Fraud Sometimes?

so... I just got a call the other day from the VA (department of compensation & pension) apparently I am do for a re-evaluation for my PTSD. It has only been 1 1/2 years since I ended active service. I was under the impression that my re-eval wouldn t happen for 5 years. Are they trying to trim my benefit package or am I just being paranoid? I go to therapy 5 days a week, If I were to have to give up therapy to return to work I m not sure I could handle that right now. Have my... Paranoid Or Is The Va Trying To Stiff Me???
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/does-anyone-else-feel-like-a-fraud-sometimes.61715/

2 Session/week Client

so... I just got a call the other day from the VA (department of compensation & pension) apparently I am do for a re-evaluation for my PTSD. It has only been 1 1/2 years since I ended active service. I was under the impression that my re-eval wouldn t happen for 5 years. Are they trying to trim my benefit package or am I just being paranoid? I go to therapy 5 days a week, If I were to have to give up therapy to return to work I m not sure I could handle that right now. Have my... Paranoid Or Is The Va Trying To Stiff Me???
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/2-session-week-client.63292/

Escaping Dv

so... I just got a call the other day from the VA (department of compensation & pension) apparently I am do for a re-evaluation for my PTSD. It has only been 1 1/2 years since I ended active service. I was under the impression that my re-eval wouldn t happen for 5 years. Are they trying to trim my benefit package or am I just being paranoid? I go to therapy 5 days a week, If I were to have to give up therapy to return to work I m not sure I could handle that right now. Have my... Paranoid Or Is The Va Trying To Stiff Me???
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/escaping-dv.63293/

The Stigma Of Child Abuse

Brain biology! Eventually I will learn this anatomy stuff... "Autism spectrum disorders" (ASD) can include many changes: amygdala size increases, large cortisol reactions to stress, difficulty understanding one s own emotions, fight-or-flight nervous system responses to loud noises or even "normal" sensory input that isn t processed normally, and lots of emotional regulation troubles of different sorts,... with every person being somewhat different. ASD is largely genetic but was not... Research Re. Ptsd And Autism Connections
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/the-stigma-of-child-abuse.62127/

Something I Learned About Me

Brain biology! Eventually I will learn this anatomy stuff... "Autism spectrum disorders" (ASD) can include many changes: amygdala size increases, large cortisol reactions to stress, difficulty understanding one s own emotions, fight-or-flight nervous system responses to loud noises or even "normal" sensory input that isn t processed normally, and lots of emotional regulation troubles of different sorts,... with every person being somewhat different. ASD is largely genetic but was not... Research Re. Ptsd And Autism Connections
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/something-i-learned-about-me.63291/

Is This All Expected Behavior???

Brain biology! Eventually I will learn this anatomy stuff... "Autism spectrum disorders" (ASD) can include many changes: amygdala size increases, large cortisol reactions to stress, difficulty understanding one s own emotions, fight-or-flight nervous system responses to loud noises or even "normal" sensory input that isn t processed normally, and lots of emotional regulation troubles of different sorts,... with every person being somewhat different. ASD is largely genetic but was not... Research Re. Ptsd And Autism Connections
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/is-this-all-expected-behavior.61860/

Member Upgrade Question

Brain biology! Eventually I will learn this anatomy stuff... "Autism spectrum disorders" (ASD) can include many changes: amygdala size increases, large cortisol reactions to stress, difficulty understanding one s own emotions, fight-or-flight nervous system responses to loud noises or even "normal" sensory input that isn t processed normally, and lots of emotional regulation troubles of different sorts,... with every person being somewhat different. ASD is largely genetic but was not... Research Re. Ptsd And Autism Connections
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/member-upgrade-question.63290/

Writing Essay About Ptsd For English

I have been married for nearly 24 years and what a crazy ride this has been. I life full of constant contradiction, enough to make me feel absolutely out of my mind at times. What did I do? Kept trying? Why? I didn t want to break up my family but it has come with a heavy price, my health! I am currently in counseling learning about PTSD and fight or flight. I could not figure out what was wrong with me but now I so get it. The crazy thing here is that I have been an honest sincere person... Ptsd And Passive-aggresive Husband
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/writing-essay-about-ptsd-for-english.51162/

I Hate Bugs.

I just got finished waging war on a spider I found whilst putting my shopping away. It was a big one too. With great big pointy teeth! Well no not really... but still Eeeeewwww! I hate those things! I hate them, I hate them, I hate them! I went to turn the light off and there it was on the wall. I ran to find a pair of work gloves and some paper to squish it in. You know what it did? Ran away right? Nooooo. It climbed up onto the bloody door jamb and dive bombed me when I went... I Hate Bugs.
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/i-hate-bugs.61165/

If We All Lived In The Same Town....

Ok, it was a deliberately provocative clickbait title but it did catch your attention are there things that you have realised that, actually, it s not the outside world doing it to poor helpless you - it s you perpetrating the suffering on yourself, and you can damned well change that? or that the person who you ve been exhausting yourself supporting , could actually manage to find their own feet, if you d only give them the opportunity to leave their well attended... That Turned Me From A Victim Into A Perpetrator...
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/if-we-all-lived-in-the-same-town.53768/

Worried Gf Trying Not To Make Things Worse

I always thought the term "sex therapist" was a little redundant. What patient doesn t get into some sexual stuff at some point in their therapy? It s in intrinsic part of your psyche, so how can psychotherapy not cover it as well as other parts? How willing have your general therapists (or trauma specialists) been to talk about sex and sexual trauma, issues, fears, obsessions, etc? At what point would you say an actual "sex therapist" becomes more appropriate? Have any therapists ever... Sex: How Willing Should A Therapist Be To Talk About It?
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/worried-gf-trying-not-to-make-things-worse.63286/

Hoping For Support

Hello Everyone, I m new to this site but would like to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the posts on here. I have found it truly enlightening and helpful as I have embarked on a journey with a man with PTSD. My story began a year and a half ago..I met a man who ( for the first time) I could see a future with. He swept me off my feet and I had this gut instinct that he was someone who I wanted to spend the rest of my life getting to know. We dated for 3 months. He lives an hour... It s Difficult But To Me... He s Worth It!!
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/hoping-for-support.63289/

Death Of A Boyfriend

Hello Everyone, I m new to this site but would like to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the posts on here. I have found it truly enlightening and helpful as I have embarked on a journey with a man with PTSD. My story began a year and a half ago..I met a man who ( for the first time) I could see a future with. He swept me off my feet and I had this gut instinct that he was someone who I wanted to spend the rest of my life getting to know. We dated for 3 months. He lives an hour... It s Difficult But To Me... He s Worth It!!
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/death-of-a-boyfriend.45046/

Trauma/ptsd And Oxytocin Study - Participants Welcome! ($40 Reimbursement)

Hello Everyone, I m new to this site but would like to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the posts on here. I have found it truly enlightening and helpful as I have embarked on a journey with a man with PTSD. My story began a year and a half ago..I met a man who ( for the first time) I could see a future with. He swept me off my feet and I had this gut instinct that he was someone who I wanted to spend the rest of my life getting to know. We dated for 3 months. He lives an hour... It s Difficult But To Me... He s Worth It!!
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/trauma-ptsd-and-oxytocin-study-participants-welcome-40-reimbursement.63285/