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- I know that my EMDR therapy is working, my flashbacks, dreams and pain have gone way down but the emotional pain is making me want to quit.If given a choice between the physical pain and the emotional pain ... I think I'd pick the physical. At...
- Hi all, I've been more of an observer, of late, here on DS. I'm in my second round of therapy and this time I'm doing EMDR. It's successfully put me back into touch with some of my feelings and emotions (which I'd happily locked away for many...
- I was raised in a Christian home. I, like most kids, tried to get out of going to church on Sundays ... but always enjoyed myself once I was there. As I grew, so did my faith. In high school, I was one of the more spiritual kids in my circle of...
- I experience flash anger and intense rage when things upset me. Not all the time, but usually when all the little things build up and then I finally snap. I usually hit something, like a wall or pillow. I've never hit anyone, nor has anyone ever...
- I just dumped all of my alcohol down the drain. I'm not an aloholic but my mother is and I'm afraid of following in her footsteps. Lately, I've been relying on my nightly drinks to battle my issues (childhood abuse I just started seeing a therapist...
- When I was younger I lived by the motto: "Live life with no regrets." Somewhere along the way, I stopped living like that. Somewhere along the way my youthful ignorance and ambition was replaced by jaded, self doubt ... fueled by the abuse I...
- Hi All - Does anyone know of places in Southern California that offers affordable EMDR treatment? I'm willing to drive... so anywhere... LA, San Diego... anywhere in So. Cal.My insurance company doesn't cover EMDR and the doctor my psychologist...
- I told my best friend, yesterday, about the SA I faced as a child (no specifics but just that it happened). We've been friends for almost 20 years and I've never told her. She took it well and, in fact, confided in me that she was assaulted in 5th...
- How many people experience physical pain when remembering traumatic experiences?I'm trying to remember in order to work through my past ... but every time I try to remember I experience major physical pain.I was sexually and physically abused. When...
- So I've written on DS before that I don't think my pdoc and I are on the same page. It's now 100% confirmed.He actually said the words, "maybe you're not remembering things correctly ... maybe it wasn't as bad as you think." I haven't even begun...
- I moved, over a year ago, and haven't made any friends in my "new" area yet. Work really takes it out of me (having to be "on" for 10 hours a day) so I'm unmotivated to join clubs or go where ever it is that people go to make friends. I know I...
- I saw my pdoc recently and he thinks it's best to move forward (away from the SA discussions). So do I, since all those seem to do is trigger PTSD symptoms. So we were talking about how I'm an underachiever. It's true. I've accomplished a LOT in...
- I'm out of control. I've been binge eating for the past three days. Unfortunately, I don't purge. I can't bring myself to do it. So I just keep gaining and gaining and gaining. I recently started dealing with abuse issues from childhood. I...
- Okay... I know I need to change doctors or quit therapy all together ... but I keep going back each week and not doing anything about it.Two weeks ago my therapist told me that I was depressed. I agreed but said that "it's more than depression." ...
- Well, I'll be honest. I'm having a really hard time right now but in honor of the season I decided to think about the things I'm thankful for. I came up with: My health (physical...since the "mental" is in question) My Sisters, nieces and nephews...