Hi, my name is IamjustMe63. I'm here because I have suffered from chronic pain for nearly 15 years due to spinal stenosis and i have great difficulty just feeling motivated lately. In addition I suffer from PTSD as a result of Childhood Sexual Abuse, and I’m trying to understand how I can minimalize it’s affect on my daily life.
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I have my therapy appointment today at 1pm. We will be discussing what will take place during my appointment tomorrow. I decided to just change my way of thinking. I know the abuse and I have to learn to accept that. Trauma plays a big part in my mental health and that will help her with my assessment and get the help I need. I need get on the right medication 💊. My therapist will be there to guide me. I am very grateful to have him as my therapist.
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Hi, my name is JMDonovan. I'm here because I simply wanted to share that I have co-authored a book titled "Wounded Wings: One Man's Secret Struggle" (2025). This is a memoir about my brother who was sexually abused for ten years by our grandfather starting when Gilbert was a toddler. This experience had an enormous impact on his ability to lead a normal life, and indeed ultimately lead to his tragic death, yet he managed to do some remarkable things in his 37 years. The memoir also offers comprehensive advice on how to spot potential predators, as well as discussing signs that your child might have been abused, plus a list of helpful resources for children already affected by abuse. If you would like to see the full description, it is listed on Amazon.
#MightyTogether
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Hello, I'm new here and I unfortunately still have to live with my family for money issues but I feel like my father abuse me emotionally ever since I was little, I'd like to tell my story to hear an opinion about it. (TW?)
So, When we moved out when I was around 7 everything changed for me. I started getting bullied at school and that's when my depression slowly came in. When I started middle school, I could no more take care or myself, I wouldn't clean my room because I simply had 0 energy to do so, and my father's behavior completely switched. He started yelling at me, being passive aggressive while doing so. Every night he'd come home and try to find a single mistake I've made to yell at me about it. Even when it wasn't my fault. He would often compare me to my siblings too, asking why I couldn't do better like them and even called me crazy in the head. I only had a friend come over once because he embarrassed me in front of them. My father would also guilt shame me about my body, which turned into an eating disorder because he would always watch how I eat, what I eat, how much I eat and he'd judge me if I ate anything sugary, he even victimize himself. The years passed but now he still is like that and I don't know whether to call it emotional abuse or not.
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Yes, this is me when I was a little girl. I remember that day. I hated picture day at school. I had a real fear of cameras. I found that piece of yarn that very morning. I though I looked presentable when I tied it in my hair. You might notice the scratch on my chin and neck, the sores on the corners of my mouth. My abuse was very real. I didn’t trust anybody. Until 6 years ago when I met and got to know Dr. G, my neuropsychologist. And now I feel like the rug is being pulled out from underneath me. He’s decided to retire at the end of the year. I’ve told no one else. I can’t bear to. If I tell, it becomes so real. I’m terrified. I hid my secret for 55 years. Then I sustained a head injury that changed everything. I couldn’t keep my secrets any longer.
I know I’ve worked hard to get better. Anxiety, OCD, and depression have all improved. I let him hug me and I’m not afraid. (I don’t hug back. I’m not ready.) But the thought of him being permanently gone causes my OCD to go into overdrive. I will never be able to contact him again. Right now he’s on an ocean cruise, so that’s 2 weeks without therapy. I’m just scared. January is already almost over. I feel as though I’m being abandoned. Like I’m not good enough. I’m afraid.
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#i’mhealing
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My therapist wants to be in my zoom meeting with my new nurse psych practitioner which is next week the 29th.. Last week my anxiety has been so bad and its still here. I kept thinking 😆 he is going to bring up my sexual abuse. I actually feel that have been traumatized again. I filled out the release of information and forward my email to him so he can join us. Later that night he texted me and said “ I don’t want to tell them anything that you don’t want to tell them” so I said I do not want her to know about my sexual abuse. But somehow I have to explain the #PTSD dissociation with psychotic fears hopefully he can explain it to her. We have our therapy session on Tuesday so we discuss this and prepare for our meeting with her on Wednesday. #MajorDepressiveDisorder #GeneralizedAnxietyDisorder
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I have been dealing with a situation that has culminated in my son facing criminal charges as well as civil penalties involving vulnerable adult abuse against me. It is all finally coming to a head and hopefully the end is in sight without completely distorting our parent child relationship. My current situation is that the extreme distress has caused my first physically overwhelming consequences. A week ago today I broke out in hives that keep getting worse. Some of them started blistering yesterday. I am in an assisted living facility and a histamine diet is not possible. The residence claims they can’t do that and stay within state mandates. Benadryl is not doing anything. I don’t know what else I can do for some relief. Suggestions and ideas no matter how crazy they might be? I do not have a current physician that is familiar with MCAS. I have an appointment with a new allergist/immunologist but not for another 6 weeks! I have so many symptoms besides this both mental and physical health related. But this is the most urgent at this point. ANY and ALL suggestions are welcome… #PTSD #MastCellActivationDisorder #Histaminediet #vulnerableadult #Abuse # #Hives #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #Anxiety #DID #MentalHealth #Insomnia #MajorDepression #HEDS #AutonomicDysfunction
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Hi, There's power tools cutting all night n all day in my pretty living room, making wood for fire, when I asked him to get dressed n cut outside he argued abusively for 1 and a half hours ironically when I was watching a Jay Shetty show about trauma, with everything I have ever given my family and everything I have ever hoped for please take my life this does not do our mothers or our forefathers proud, suicidal ideation is part of my day night day night to day life, thank you, there's 4 of us, 2 males, 2 females, maybe less tommorrow
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I’m going trough a “breakup” I don’t know really, we live in the same house but don’t talk to each other since Saturday ☹️ the thing is, he was physically abusive towards me. Not too bad but last Friday he did again (he pulled my hair) and crying said he would never do it again because he is leaving me. I feel really bad, because he came to me saying I need help I feel anxious and because he was being rude to me earlier I said you know I can’t help you (because I also deal with anxiety) and he pulled my hair and tried to take me out of the room. Well, I feel terrible, he was abusive some other times too we’ve been together (living) for 6 years. I’m 26 now. He started physical since we moved in basically, but because I was in a bad mood a lot of the time so I totally get why he did it. I don’t know I feel like I want to go, talk to him and be together as we always do but on the other hand I don’t know if I will be able to forget the abuse. Please help me
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Hi, my name is unassumingWitch13. I'm worried about a possible memory of childhood sexual abuse.
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