My PTSD ForumI've Had Bad Dreams For The Last WeekA Turn Away From Dissociation: The Association Thr...

1. My PTSD Forum
My PTSD ForumI've Had Bad Dreams For The Last WeekA Turn Away From Dissociation: The
Association ThreadEleven Words - One Poem: ElfchenPtsd From Both Childhood Abuse And Adult
Sexual AssultMy Heart Is RacingLetting Go Of Fear10 Primary Cognitive Distortions (negative
Thinking Styles)Dissociation Getting Worse?How Much Responsibility?Hi...Attitudes - Physical Vs
Mental IllnessFallen Into A Deep DepressionA Perk To Ptsd?Fearful Or Anxious Situation And Falling
AsleepDissociation And Lost Time - How Much Is Normal?Can Antidepressants Make You
Mental???Lurching From Crisis To CrisisNight Owls Unite! *hoot*When Does The Isolation
StopMissing ChildYou Know You Spend To Much Time On Ptsd BoardsFlesh MemoryRecovered
Memory Vs. False MemoryWant To DieNobody Seems Real, Don't Trust AnyoneHow Are Your
Relationships With Your Family As A Result Of Your Trauma?Structural Dissociation?What Bad Shit
Have You Done - Daily, As it Comes To You, Your Past, Lets Be HonestSexual Assault Survivor - You
Can Call Me AjNot Happy Today...What Is The Cause Of Your Ptsd?I'm So Tired Of Being The Nut
Job. :(Log Your Daily ExerciseAnxiety Over Ordering Food?Who Do You Let Close?Major
Announcement At The End Of A Session/how Did You Handle It?Flesh MemoryHave You Had To
Abandon Any Nicknames Because Of Trauma?How Do You Cry?Do You Have Bed-wetting Issues?
t-Encoding,User-Agent Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8 A Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD) forum community for those affected by traumatic events. Mon, 06 Apr 2015 04:48:39 +0000
Mon, 06 Apr 2015 04:48:39 +0000 My PTSD Forum https://www.myptsd.com/c/ Mon, 06 Apr 2015
04:44:37 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/ive-had-bad-dreams-for-the-last-week.52452/
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/ive-had-bad-dreams-for-the-last-week.52452/
invalid@example.com (Cool Cat) Cool Cat
I havent had one solid sleep in over a week.
They're not quite nightmares, but just me being put in in situations that stress me out or upset me.
Like last night I had to randomly represent my country in the Eurovision(?) (I know...) dressed as a
dancing dinosaur (ie make a fool of myself on an international stage) and meet loads of people from
my past...
I've Had Bad Dreams For The Last Week]]
3 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 04:35:18 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/a-turn-away-f-
om-dissociation-the-association-thread.17765/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/a-turn-away-f-
om-dissociation-the-association-thread.17765/ invalid@example.com (Simply Simon) Simply Simon

2. I will start with a word. The next person to post must post the first word that comes to mind (articles
and prepositions do not count: the, a, an, of, etc.). The next person looks at the last post, posts their
first word association, and so on. Please post your word at the end of your post so that this is the last
word the next person reads and their association can be clear!
The fun of the game is getting from...
A Turn Away From Dissociation: The Association Thread]]
26261 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 04:33:33 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/eleven-words-o-
e-poem-elfchen.45111/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/eleven-words-one-poem-elfchen.45111/
invalid@example.com (p-no) p-no
On a German forum I have come across a creative web "game" that is called "Elfchen". "Elfchen" is
German and can either mean "little elf" or "little eleven". In this case, an "Elfchen" is a poem of
exactly eleven words (so: a "Little Eleven" ). The first line consists of one word only, the second
line of two words only, the PTSD third line of three words only, the fourth line of four words only and
the fifth line of one word only.
Here is an example:
Sky (first line = one word)...
Eleven Words - One Poem: Elfchen]]
482 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 04:32:53 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/ptsd-from-both-childh-
od-abuse-and-adult-sexual-assult.52460/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/ptsd-from-bo-
h-childhood-abuse-and-adult-sexual-assult.52460/ invalid@example.com (beancat) beancat
Ptsd From Both Childhood Abuse And Adult Sexual Assult]]
11 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 04:32:46 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/my-heart-is-racing.52446/
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/my-heart-is-racing.52446/ invalid@example.com (mrsps) mrsps
I am really shy and have no confidence and worry what people think of me when I know I shouldn't. I
also struggle talking to new people as I never know what to talk about.
We are car pooling as the...
My Heart Is Racing]]
21 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 04:30:56 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/letting-go-of-fear.52463/
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/letting-go-of-fear.52463/ invalid@example.com (KwanYingirl)
KwanYingirl
I think I will ask my therapist to help me with this and hopefully get some EMDR around that
anxiety. I just have so many triggers, it's just as easy to isolate. My long range goal is to travel next
fall to my sons wedding. I found some funky coconut shell earrings on Etsy. I bought them. I'm doing
what needs to be done but the fear of flying and...
Letting Go Of Fear]]

3. 3 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 04:29:01 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/10-primary-cogniti-
e-distortions-negative-thinking-styles.51948/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/10-primar-
-cognitive-distortions-negative-thinking-styles.51948/ invalid@example.com (MyPTSD) MyPTSD
When you allow an area of your life to become dominated by negative thoughts, you'll come to
believe things are as bad as you -- frequently incorrectly-- imagine them to be.
This leaves us at identifying cognitive distortions and rationalizing them. An...
10 Primary Cognitive Distortions (negative Thinking Styles)]]
8 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 04:24:31 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/dissociation-gettin-
-worse.52371/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/dissociation-getting-worse.52371/
invalid@example.com (Solara) Solara
So I experienced a trigger two days ago. All day yesterday and most of the day today I was in a
dissociative state of sorts. I think it was on the wavelength of derealization as I felt disconnected
from the...
Dissociation Getting Worse?]]
11 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 04:10:22 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/how-muc-
-responsibility.52438/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/how-much-responsibility.52438/
invalid@example.com (Juciza) Juciza
I just don't understand. How does one gage what is temporary, what is ptsd and what is creep?
What's acceptable? One month, two? If the ptsd is so overwhelming that the stress cup overflows
even under good stress when is enough enough? Of course it's up to the supporter to decide what
their personal limits are, but shouldn't they be different than they would in a...
How Much Responsibility?]]
6 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 04:03:16 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/hi.52445/
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/hi.52445/ invalid@example.com (ButterflyDisco) ButterflyDisco
im butterfly (not reel name...), im 14...i live with guardians...in quebec...
a counselor at school said i might Post Traumatic Stress Disorder have ptsd...no dignosis...am
anorexic...
havew bad dreams...am bullyed n called a slut at school b/c it came out wht my dad did to me...after
i backtsabed him by teling...im sryy...i have trouble tlking about me...]]
23 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 03:54:56 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/attitudes-physical--
s-mental-illness.52451/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/attitudes-physical-vs-men-
al-illness.52451/ invalid@example.com (shimmerz) shimmerz
Attitudes - Physical Vs Mental Illness]]
13 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 03:40:50 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/fallen-into-a-d-
ep-depression.52053/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/fallen-into-a-deep-depression.52053/

4. invalid@example.com (Ghostybear73) Ghostybear73
Fallen Into A Deep Depression]]
9 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 03:32:55 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/a-perk-to-ptsd.52432/
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/a-perk-to-ptsd.52432/ invalid@example.com (Jane1991) Jane1991
We all know all of the awful things we have to endure throughout our lives with PTSD. The anxiety,
panic attacks we swear are going to kill us. The deep hole of depression we're never going to crawl
out of. The branded memories in our dreams and bodies. That's putting it lightly, there's an endless
list of symptoms we can delve into. However I realized today that I am...
A Perk To Ptsd?]]
29 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 03:27:57 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/fearful-or-anxio-
s-situation-and-falling-asleep.52464/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/fearful-or-anxious-situat-
on-and-falling-asleep.52464/ invalid@example.com (ragdoll) ragdoll
I have found myself in situations where the fear or anxiety is so intense. Trying to use the steps to
manage these situations is virtually impossible.
It's as almost I've been knocked unconscious and then I wake after 5 mins or so.]]
2 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 03:08:02 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/dissociation-and-lost-t-
me-how-much-is-normal.52330/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/dissociation-and-lost-time-
how-much-is-normal.52330/ invalid@example.com (theshadowoftheliving) theshadowoftheliving
I'm not worried about five or ten lost minutes here and there. What I'm worried about is the hour or
two or five that my brain seems to zone out for when I'm under stress sometimes. IT's like I become
almost catatonic during these episodes. And I feel time moving, kind of, but it's sped up and faster
and I can't...
Dissociation And Lost Time - How Much Is Normal?]]
23 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 02:48:21 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/can-antidepressants-ma-
e-you-mental.52448/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/can-antidepressants-make--
ou-mental.52448/ invalid@example.com (J_trustno1) J_trustno1
Paroxetine stopped working on me last year and didn't even work after increased dose. Then I was
put on Venlafaxine 75mg in June 2014 and was told to increase it to 150mg in July 2014. I was given
Seroquel 7.5 mg along with it and was told to take it only if I couldn't stop thinking and sleep. The
increased dose caused suicidal...
Can Antidepressants Make You Mental???]]
13 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 02:39:08 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/lurching-from-crisis-
to-crisis.52399/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/lurching-from-crisis-to-crisis.52399/
invalid@example.com (FridayJones) FridayJones
My first bad run with PTSD, I often describe as 5 years of chaos. Lurching from crisis to crisis is
probably another freaking great descriptor. The difference between this run and that run was last

5. time I was chaos-seeking... And knew it. The adrenaline was calming. Win/win as I...
Lurching From Crisis To Crisis]]
36 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 02:35:35 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/night-owls-uni-
e-hoot.52449/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/night-owls-unite-hoot.52449/ invalid@example.com
(WildMermaid) WildMermaid
What do you do in the wee hours of morning when everyone around is slumbering away? Inquiring
mind(s) wants to know just give a little *hoot* if that describes you...]]
10 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 02:23:28 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/when-does-the-isolat-
on-stop.52390/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/when-does-the-isolation-stop.52390/
invalid@example.com (Becksknox) Becksknox
When Does The Isolation Stop]]
12 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 01:53:51 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/missing-child.52434/
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/missing-child.52434/ invalid@example.com (macbeth) macbeth
13 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 01:32:27 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/you-know-you-spen-
-to-much-time-on-ptsd-boards.52429/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/you-know-you-spen-
-to-much-time-on-ptsd-boards.52429/ invalid@example.com (Lemontree) Lemontree
* when you learned what the chair force is and wonder how that knowledge has any relevance for
your life but still think it is cool to know
* when you see everything your spouse does as "a symptom"
* when you start thinking of your guy as "my sufferer"
* when you start threads like this and that way spend...
You Know You Spend To Much Time On Ptsd Boards]]
6 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 01:24:07 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/flesh-memory.52459/
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/flesh-memory.52459/ invalid@example.com (Aimpricot)
Aimpricot
Does anyone else suffer with the physical memory section of ptsd? Sorry to be graphic but I was held
down by my throat during my attack, and get the feeling of it happening too often to Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder count, was just wondering what you do to stop? The thought stopper has seemed to
have stopped atopping thoughts!
Thank you]]
11 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 01:22:28 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/recovered-memory--
s-false-memory.52454/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/recovered-memory-vs-fa-
se-memory.52454/ invalid@example.com (shimmerz) shimmerz
Anyway, Jennifer Freyd accused her parents of sexual...

6. Recovered Memory Vs. False Memory]]
23 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 01:18:56 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/want-to-die.52462/
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/want-to-die.52462/ invalid@example.com (beancat) beancat
Want To Die]]
3 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 01:12:38 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/nobody-seems-real-d-
nt-trust-anyone.52388/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/nobody-seems-real-dont-t-
ust-anyone.52388/ invalid@example.com (Chava) Chava
Nobody Seems Real, Don't Trust Anyone]]
25 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:51:38 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/how-are-yo-
r-relationships-with-your-family-as-a-result-of-your-trauma.21565/
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/how-are-your-relationships--
ith-your-family-as-a-result-of-your-trauma.21565/ invalid@example.com (Lucille) Lucille
89 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:30:12 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/structural-
dissociation.50555/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/structural-dissociation.50555/
invalid@example.com (shimmerz) shimmerz
Thank you! ]]
399 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:25:49 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/what-bad-shit-have-
you-done-daily-as-it-comes-to-you-your-past-lets-be-honest.884/
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/what-bad-shit-have-you-
done-daily-as-it-comes-to-you-your-past-lets-be-honest.884/ invalid@example.com (anthony) anthony
This could be a daily post, weekly, monthy, annually, hell, just anything in your life that is sitting on
your chest, get rid of it.
This can be anything from little to big.... and yes, even illegal.
My list is so big, I couldn't think of it all now, so I will just start with some small things.
I...
What Bad Shit Have You Done - Daily, As it Comes To You, Your Past, Lets Be Honest]]
431 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:24:47 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/sexual-assault-surviv-
r-you-can-call-me-aj.52433/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/sexual-assault-survivor-you-can-
call-me-aj.52433/ invalid@example.com (SurvivingWarrior) SurvivingWarrior
My name is AJ. I am 21. I am a survivor of a sexual assault and countless years of emotional abuse at
the hand of my father.
I have just recently been officially diagnosed with PTSD and I'm hoping to find some people who can
relate to me.
My diagnosis has brought a renewed shame because I can't tell anyone I'm close to.

7. It was the same way after the assault.. Anyway, I'm looking forward to meeting you all.]]
11 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:16:25 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/not-happy-today.52456/
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/not-happy-today.52456/ invalid@example.com (ShadyBaby87)
ShadyBaby87
So I asked her if we were still going to let balloons go for mom and her response was "I...
Not Happy Today...]]
6 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:05:36 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/what-is-the-cause-of-
your-ptsd.30219/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/what-is-the-cause-of-your-ptsd.30219/
invalid@example.com (Abstract) Abstract
53 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:03:32 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/im-so-tired-of-bein-
-the-nut-job.52253/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/im-so-tired-of-being-the-nut-job.52253/
invalid@example.com (gms1976) gms1976
As a result of these behaviors, I stick out like a sore thumb at work. I'm emotional, self-doubting and
the term even-keeled doesn't even begin to enter the picture. I feel my PTSD has robbed me of...
I'm So Tired Of Being The Nut Job. ]]
14 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:00:21 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/log-your-dai-
y-exercise.49519/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/log-your-daily-exercise.49519/
invalid@example.com (anthony) anthony
I do mean exercise -- in that you actually go and workout -- whether it be power walking, running,
cycling, rowing, weights, et cetera. Actual timed exercise where you workout your body.
So I will start....
Saturday -- 30km cycle ride 5km run.
Sunday -- 30km cycle ride.]]
674 Sun, 05 http://quixoticnip4769.webs.com/apps/blog/show/43223377-my-ptsd-forum Apr 2015
23:35:19 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/anxiety-over-ordering-food.46553/
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/anxiety-over-ordering-food.46553/ invalid@example.com
(IndigoSky) IndigoSky
8 Sun, 05 Apr 2015 23:33:14 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/who-do-you-let-close.34395/
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/who-do-you-let-close.34395/ invalid@example.com (ericaboo)
ericaboo
Feel free to elaborate and comment!
-Ericaboo]]
52 Sun, 05 Apr 2015 23:31:48 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/major-announcement--
t-the-end-of-a-session-how-did-you-handle-it.48039/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/major-

8. announcement-at-the-end-of-a-session-how-did-you-handle-it.48039/ invalid@example.com (scout86)
scout86
Major Announcement At The End Of A Session/how Did You Handle It?]]
7 Sun, 05 Apr 2015 23:29:55 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/flesh-memory.52461/
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/flesh-memory.52461/ invalid@example.com (Aimpricot)
Aimpricot 6 Sun, 05 Apr 2015 23:28:14 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/have-you-had-
to-abandon-any-nicknames-because-of-trauma.27563/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/have-yo-
-had-to-abandon-any-nicknames-because-of-trauma.27563/ invalid@example.com (Jen93) Jen93
My name is Jennifer. I've always been called Jennifer. When I was younger my Dad would call me
Jenny, and so would his mother, but that didn't bother me-the problem started during my trauma.
My teachers (actually everyone in middle school) the first date they all took attendance they asked
me if I...
Have You Had To Abandon Any Nicknames Because Of Trauma?]]
26 Sun, 05 Apr 2015 23:27:13 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/how-do-you-cry.4465/
https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/how-do-you-cry.4465/ invalid@example.com (JustJane) JustJane
* I cry semi-silently
* Depends on circumstances/location
* I don't cry
I learned to cry silently from too many verbal lashes about "only babies cry" and finding too few
people who cared to comfort me. I thought it was just me, until I read someone elses diary. How
many others are there? Do tears stream from your eyes in a personal anguish, completely
undetected by someone sitting or standing right behind you?]]
112 Sun, 05 Apr 2015 23:26:12 +0000 https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/do-you-have-bed-wet-
ing-issues.49733/ https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/do-you-have-bed-wetting-issues.49733/
invalid@example.com (Jester) Jester
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/post-traumatic+stress+disorder
http://www.apa.org/topics/ptsd/index.aspx