PTSD Articles

Raped & Very Angry

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, September 9th, 2012
I was with a guy for six and a half years and we broke up, and i have been with a girl for three and a half years now(and still going). Just a year or so ago he had raped me. and i keep finding ...

Veteran Needs Help

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, September 6th, 2012
So let's see where do I start , since I was young my mother was constantly in and out of bad relationships where it always found my two brothers and I taking some kind of abuse either verbal or physical. After I left my house ...

My Wife Wants Forced Sex from Me

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, August 24th, 2012
My wife experienced a sexual assault from a husband of a girlfriend when she was 19. She is 28 now. Alcohol was involved. She never reported it or told anyone until myself after marriage. She seems to be have moved on with ...

Figuring Out Diagnosis

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
I was diagnosed at the age of 16 with Borderline personality disorder and PTSD. I have always struggled with addiction and self injury. I am all over the map and have two doctors telling me different things and I’m not sure where to go. one ...

Help Me Before I Hurt Someone

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, August 5th, 2012
Hello. I am a 14 year old with asperger's disorder and I have an average normal family. But when I was younger my real dad ditched me and left me to die out in the rain. When i was younger I cried my eyes out, ...

Should I Have Thrown out my Parents?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, July 29th, 2012
I inherited a house I lived in for 12 years with my family, from my grandpa for taking care of him until his death. My parents constantly state that I stole the house from them. My father lost his job and they moved in with ...

How Crazy Am I?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
I really like to know how crazy I am. Here is my story. I've been abused all my life. My father was emotional and mentally abusive to my mom and I. I had to watch my dad try to kill my mom a few times. ...

[Video] Full Of Pain And Difficulty Trusting

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Friday, June 29th, 2012
I was abused emotionally and physically as a child and I suffered the trauma of finding my mom after she shot herself. I have been diagnosed with PTSD and general anxiety disorder. I have tried medication and EMDR therapy, as well as counseling. My problem ...

Sexual Abuse as Children

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, June 22nd, 2012
My sister who was 11 at the time introduced my brother and sisters to sex as kids. Without getting into to much details . After she introduced it when she was 11 I was 6.my brother 4..it ended up lasting for years between my ...

Chronic PTSD

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
I was raped by my psychiatrist in 1989, I kept it hidden away for 2 decades then on one day in one minute, it crashed in on me. Flashbacks, hallucinations, I just went into a free fall and tried to end it all several ...

It’s My Fault My Family’s Falling Apart

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, June 8th, 2012
I'm 12 and I had a bad experience with my stepdad, i don't really want to go into it but i will just sum it up, he came home drunk and he touched me and got in alot of trouble with the police and now ...

Flashbacks a Problem?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
I am 14 years old & I got molested when I was younger by 2 cousins of mine. I have thoughts in my head that i try to not think about and I keep having flashbacks on the incident. I get angry alot & ...