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My birthday is coming up and it's another traumaversary as well as close to the anniversary of a death (both from 2020 so very recent). I'm determined to celebrate it but I'm already not feeling too good
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Sending positive vibes. It's never fair that we can identify what should be good and happy days with trauma or even grief of a loved one. Hoping you are able to focus on the good and I'm glad your family is helping.
No truer words will I speak today...I hope you have a happy birthday, Len. I really do.
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I finally signed up for a support group that I've been looking at since January
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Had a really bad and vivid nightmare last night, entirely unprompted. This is exhausting.
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I have a gay bamboo! (A bamboo but I decorated its terrarium with rainbows)
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I finally talked to my T about my ex on Friday, and I spent the weekend with an old friend so I was able to feel okay about it
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Ah nice one @Len523 Glad that talking things through helped and old friends are always a good distraction
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My ex messaged me after about a year and a half, and I have no clue what to say to him. He's asking to be friends again and of course its a hell no because of everything he did but I don't want to sound rude because his message is phrased in a polite way. I still haven't even talked to my therapist about him (we were ironically going to bring it up this week)
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Thank you both
I've been sitting here for the past two-ish hours stressing out about it but I'm glad I haven't sent anything because I think not responding is in my best interest here. I feel a little less panicked than I was before thankfully so I'll delete it and try to ignore. I have him blocked everywhere except discord (because of a mutual friend group chat and a volunteer group chat) and apparently he tried messaging on those platforms before trying this one..
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I've been having a flare-up of memories from something I haven't thought about in a while but I see my T bi-weekly and the other day we didn't get around to that topic because of other issues. I might try to start a blog or something just so I can get the words out since I'm already on here often, but I'm not sure where to start with what I want to say
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I had a similar experience. Sometimes an hour In T can cover lots of topics, sometimes It can't. Interestingly enough, I feel like I do the most work outside of therapy and that's cool too. I also love that you thought of a blog because writing things down makes everything In your mind a little more "understandable"? If that makes sense...If you like, you can check out my blog for Ideas to get you started (only If you feel like It). Anyways, good luck!
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Perhaps start by throwing some words on a WORD document or scribbling notes on a piece of paper. The good thing about wherever you do start...nobody here will judge. Most of us get it, too. I think we've all had too many emotions, not enough writing clarity. It can be a relief tho, just to get some of it out.
Wishing you luck with this.
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I was able to get through my traumaversary but I got sick and only got like 4 hours of sleep last night. The sick ick is a little better than the trauma ick though so I think that's a win
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We have another speaker in class but she gave a trigger warning and gave everyone permission to step out or tune her out if needed. She also came bearing gifts
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The s*x crimes unit is in class today talking to us, and I really wish I would have skipped. They're uncensored about everything so it's just multiple triggers back to back. I'm trying to power through it since I know I'll see this stuff when I go into this profession but it's really hard
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Thank you, I wasn't in a great state of mind so I forgot to respond here, but I appreciate the support.
The class itself is specifically about that subject because unfortunately there weren't a lot of options available to fill that section of the degree requirement (I'm on my last few semesters and needed to add this to remain full time). I've been getting better at dealing with the topics in class, but when the unit came in to speak with us they starting telling us (very explicitly) about recent cases they worked, and it was a lot more triggering than the normal lessons
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Don't ya love when you get back home ready to bathe and scrub clean after feeling triggered and icky only to find out your roommate has used up the hot water
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I've been close to a panic attack for 3 days, I don't know how to get rid of the feeling
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Traumaversary night and the fireworks are absolutely the worst part