I have to say i am blown away after reading this thread....seeing all the nice and kind words from everyone is something i desparetaly needed right now......I fel i owe an explanation to you all.....well, over the past week or so, i have been deply entangled with serious financial,family, and personal issues.....the worst being i am still not out of the woods dealing with the issue of possibly losing my home, i have a family member who is so mean and hateful, he made it his mission in life to destroy me and see me out on the stret homeless. As you all know, i am not one to throw in the towel easily....so the losing my house thing is still a problem, and a daily fight, as well as a source of unbelievable stress, and anxiety.....(i havn't eaten, slept, or had peace for 2 weeks now. To add to the situation....i have been also consumed with dealing carefully with the issue of my suicidal neighbor....who i have had no choice but to have to be with him almost 24/7....it is a complex, and difficult situation, and is taking everything i have to keep this poor man alive, and safe. So what is usually something i handle on the site here.....it has been right in my house, and is testing the limits of my endurance, crisis response skills, and my own inner demons as well....the toughest most dangerous and delicate intervention i have ever faced EVER, especially, due to the fact his history, and experiences are SO close to my own, i have to fight with every ounce of my being to help him.....no warning/triger titles here, just basically my own worst fears, walking and talking right in my home....as i fight to keep it, and restore my life to a reasonable state. Thank you all, every single one o you.....u need to know i have missed you all, and wud never dissapear on you. It is impossible to explain the level of stress, and sufering i am going thru, everything just came apart all at once....i had to raise (still trying) 2000 dollars to pay overdue property taxes, as the town put a lein on my home, and thus negated my mortgage contract. As this went on, there was a 48 hour suic. intervention i handled alone, with the subject being the incarnation of my horrible past, and reviving memories of my own i had repressed since age 4....So, in a nutshell, it was a double whammy....keep this man alive, while fighting for my sanity...this was a 48 hour thing, literally 2 days non stop, no breaks, and so exausting i had a breakdown, and had to hide it. Meanwhile, my diag. has been changed....dr. m. said i was the worst case of PTSD he ever has seen, made perfect sense too, as my "hypervigilance" was explained at last, and was immediately brought straight to my MD. , and he went with me. I guess cause he saw i was moments from an utter mentdown, and deemed dangerous to society, and myself. Meds were changed, and to my horror, both dr's cried when they realized the extent of my suffering, and how long iv'e carried it. So, now i am finally putting the pieces together of the past...one so terrible and scary that i had literally pretended it didnt happen.....the beatings , the sexual abuse, the endless degradation and verbal assault, and finding out the whole family knew it all, but it was easier to confine me in a room with no posessions, clothes, and literally treated as an animal....it was real. The reason for my "vague" past was due to the severe head trauma i recieved from years of being beaten so badly i was unable to walk, sometimes for weeks. Grandfather's brain tumor made him turn from a loving man, to a nightmarish, hate machine....i always have believed me to be worthless, and subhuman as i was told this in many forms....due to it was my fault my mom was in an institution...i NEVER knew it was all real. IT WAS REAL. ill have to do another post to get the details out....as i am now only about 45 percent into the truth of my past....the latest flashback was real....how could another human being hand a 6 yr old a loaded pistol, and and tell me to put it in my mouth, and pull the triggr...? As i was taking it, he reminded me this...."that bullet cost 50 cents, which is more than u deserve, but the sight of you is just too sickening to bear, u dont deserve to exist, and are a waste of air, and your mother is sick because she cant come home while you still waste space and are worthless, and nothing will ever justify your existence, " i gitta stop a sec, this is a fight i am not winning so far....the stuff did to me was unspeakable, and i am re living every damn second of it now. someone has to know.....and i thank all you guys for thinking of me.....i am so overwhelmed with emotion from those posts....just have to breathe for a min.will continue in a new post. thank you all, i love you, and im not just saying that lightly, i never knew i materred, red, sean, MM, jasmin, puma, everyone here....thank you.