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- I was getting better from my bad depression. Then something really horrible happened to me that is extremely unique. I never knew anything about it or knew anyone else who did. Nobody I came into contact with at the time knew anything about it....
- I was just noticing that this is my tendency, when I'm depressed (which often makes it more likely for the depression to last longer and get worse). I just started doing some reading about it, and found out that it's a common response to a traumatic...
- I had a best friend since I was 13. I'm 24 now, I lost her about 3 years ago. She got sucked in by an abusive boyfriend, who took over her life and pretty effectively isolated her, as is typical. It took me a year to finally say (and only with...
- I'm trying to come out of a relapse of my addiction. I woke up this morning and was pretty much fine, I just thought I'd use a little to have a little comfort before I start my day. I think the thought was, I don't know if I can really face the day...
- I have been in 2 in the last 2 years, for the first time ever, and am close it seems to another possibly (I ended up back in the first one). How do people cope with the trauma? How is it even possible?
- The raging of emotional abuse, which becomes voracious self-hatred as I cannot escape it, lambasts me multiple times a day. I am also (often in accordance) in and out of states of being RIDICULOUSLY, almost cruelly, defensive...which spirals my...
- What are people's thoughts on shame? Cause I am truly overwhelmed by it. (I am starting to think that a lot of it boils down to being a part of a family that has loud, inappropriate/embarrassing behavior in the neighborhood. And as I become more...
- I have relapsed recently, due to very overwhelming feelings. (After my first time of trying to get completely sober from my addiction.) For the first time ever, I felt out-of-control anger, frustrated, and self-hatred. I did a lot to figure it out,...
- Waking up is the hardest part of the day for me, when I am most vulnerable. I usually have nightmares, and waking up that way is a major trigger. Obviously, being most vulnerable in the morning is like the worst possible thing. Sets you up...
- I imagine others struggle with this as well. And with it comes rollercoasters of overwhelming emotions, which may/may not lead to flashbacks/etc. I have been in an emergency situation once again, so one my my main focus is on figuring out how best...
- I struggle with addiction that I am trying very hard to come out of. It can (and has) easily take over and ruin my life, and PTSD and the related panic attacks are the main trigger for me to return to it. I have not been functioning in the world for...
- I am on the spectrum of agoraphobia, meaning I can and do leave the house, but I'm often very phobic of it and isolate. My biggest problem is walking in public (it's less hard for me to go be in a social group, although I do have social anxiety to...
- I have been the victim of abusive rage, and still am sometimes. A lot of it was to tell me that I'm mean (that was my mother)--mean for really silly things, like not letting her talk my ear off for hours (which I did a lot of the time anyways). So...
- I feel soo stuck. Feeling like this, over and over and over, makes me feel suicidal. I have bad PTSD, plus I live in a somewhat abusive situation. So when I get triggered in a place where I have deep anger, I am finding out now that I am just...
- In the very recent past, I got an answer to a long-mysterious relationship with one of my parents, from a new therapist. I'm in my mid-20s, and I've been in therapy for several years. But it wasn't until my new therapist I finally began to...