Since this post, I have realized/observed a few things perhaps worth sharing: - I am filing a formal legal complaint against my longtime therapist - I found books and articles to be surprisingly helpful coping - I am still very, very angry and sad - my bipolar and possibly PTSD symptoms are still tr...

Oh my! Thank you so much for sending me the questions, the links, and the kudos!!! I still feel I have a way to go but this response was not expected and I am grateful.

When I exercise, its helpful because I can breathe and focus on that (otherwise its really hard to move). Its almost as if all my other thoughts have to be pushed aside, or I'll get tense and start to cough and sink. Because I remember everything through sight, sometimes it helps to visualize where ...

Hadn't realized that some of my feelings and impacts are common. For me, the most helpful things are swimming and talking to my therapist (who focuses on trauma). Both have lasted about a year and I haven't been great about being consistent every week. Even now, I think the biggest problem is that I...

I was raped on a 'date' with a stranger about two years ago and feel awful and disgusted about everything he said about me. Once upon a time, I loved who I was and what my body could do until this wench said he loved my hair, and loved that I played several sports (I was wearing a sports bra at the ...