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c/anxiety·5 points·2d ago
on Does anyone else wake up with anxiety almost every day?
How long did it take before that started to feel true for you?
c/relationships·9 points·1mo ago
on How do you rebuild trust after a betrayal without couples therapy?
Therapy helps, but at minimum both people need to agree on what rebuilding looks like.
c/anxiety·5 points·3mo ago
on How do I stop my body from being in constant high alert?
Saving this. I've been circling the same thought for months.
c/personality·1 point·3mo ago
on Is BPD something you're born with or does it develop from trauma?
Yeah. The body gets there before the story does.
c/depression·20 points·3mo ago
on I'm functional depressed — people don't believe me because I seem fine.
The mask is exhausting. You perform being okay and then collapse alone.
c/trauma·11 points·4mo ago
on Can you heal from CPTSD on your own, without a therapist?
Yes! I did. I took the helm. EMDR with a therapist wasn't providing what I needed. The key was learning to stay in my window of tolerance, understanding parts work, and reparenting myself. It was hard and took years.
c/trauma·2 points·5mo ago
on How do I know if my childhood was actually traumatic or if I'm being dramatic?
That last line landed. I'm going to sit with it.