Trauma Articles

I Believe That My Girlfriend Raped Me

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Saturday, May 18th, 2013
Today while we were both in respective dark depressed moods, my girlfriend jumped on me and started kissing me very forcefully. I told her I really did not want to and pushed her aside. I got up and she came up to me, pulled down ...

No One Believes Me

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Thursday, May 16th, 2013
I think I have suffered long-term sexual abuse, but am not sure. I was laying down for a nap one day and all of a sudden a memory of miscarrying a baby popped in my head. I remembered everything so clearly, but the idea just ...

Hallucinating?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Please help me understand this. Because of money reasons I had to move and stop seeing my therapist. Twice now I have seen her when she isn't really there. Once I got up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and ...

Fear of Former Colleagues

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, May 13th, 2013
I recently attended a conference and ran into a former colleague who was very cruel to me. I was a victim of mobbing at a previous job. I am petrified that this woman talked to my current colleague and she has sabotaged my job. I ...

Repressed Memory of Rape

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Friday, May 3rd, 2013
I have come to the realization that I was raped at 12 or 13. Didn't know up until about a year ago. I have been given a diagnosis of major depressive and borderline personality disorder. It affected the way I treated children, who are now ...

Adopted Daughter May Have Reactive Attachment Disorder

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
My 8 year old adopted daughter has had 4 different therapists including neurotherapy. She has yet to have someone really diagnose or help us with exactly her problems. She was adopted at 2 years old and spent the first 2 years of her life ...

Child’s Behavior Changes During and After Therapy

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Thursday, April 18th, 2013
My 4 year old suffered neglect and abuse from birth to age 2.5. She has been in therapy for over a year. I am afraid she and her brother (6) have been programmed by therapy. My children are both very happy kids ...

Guilt over Being Abused

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, April 13th, 2013
When I was in 2nd grade, I was molested by the grandfather of a neighbor, who was a couple years older than me. I don't remember all the specifics of what happened with him, but I do remember sitting on his leg while not ...

Being Bullied, Need Help

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
Well I get bullied like CRAZY people throw apples at my head on the bus i get called a whale, useless, SPED (i am not special),ranga, faggot and most of the things you could think of. My parents have told me they wish i was never ...

Inappropriate Behavior between Daughter, Stepdad

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, March 23rd, 2013
It came to my attention that my daughter (almost 17) was playing around with my husband (stepdad). They were poking, kicking, etc - just playing. She got up, went to the bathroom, took off her bra, came back to where he ...

Obsessed with Rape

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, March 17th, 2013
I'm 21 and I was raped almost two years ago and every since I have had this obsession with rape. I read books about people being raped and watch movies with really graphic rape scenes and look up stuff about it on the web ...

Violent Fantasies

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
I've considered the possibility of murder for many years now, starting with my father when I was around 8 (he was heavily psychologically and physically abusive to me, and I have vivid memories of watching him beating my mum and hearing him rape her from ...