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I've been thinking about this for a while, decided I want to get some insight on it.

I've had to deal with a number of traumatic events as a child. One of them involved a man who rented a room in the same house we were renting. He was physically, verbally and sexually abusive. I can only remember bits and pieces, but here's a coulple things he did/said:
He called me a pussy a lot. ...

For a few months I have been making progress because therapy is helping me.
However I am finding it hard to adjust to the changes. Anyway I used to get terrible anxiety and panic when walking past strangers, in busy public settings and shop queues etc etc. I still get that but I am now also getting it around my family which means even though I am making improvements or so I think I am ...

I have not personally witness any type of paranormal activity however, I do believe in unexplainable events. My boyfriend’s family has moved at least five times, and his mother and other siblings claim every house they have lived in to be haunted. They all claim to have heard voices etc. And have haunted stories for each home in which they have lived.
My boyfriend, who is 25 years of age, sleeps on his stomach every ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5yHn14w8eg //// i dont like robbie williams, but i have to say this is a great song , what a come back CCCCOOL

Let me start by saying that I am 28 years old, I consider myself gay male, and I’ve had some issues with my sexuality. Sorry to be so long, but it’s quite a bit complicated, as I’m also a religious Jew (though not Hasidic or anything of that nature) and I have high-functioning autism. These three factors – being gay, autistic, and a religious Jew – make my sexual issues more complicated than otherwise, I’m ...

I'm a 28-year-old high-functioning autistic guy from Canada; looking forward to posting and to hearing from all of you.

I done this other topic, and after 3 days of seldom replys, I grew impatient
and deleated it... I'm obssessed with personality disorders, so I pretended not
to have Aspergers Syndrome in the other topic, and see what disorder the people
would come up with... Anyway.

So now I'm doing this topic, hoping for 1 reply at least.
I'am 16 years old, and I've been diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome since I was
4 years old. ...

Has anyone ever taken benzos for panic / anxiety? Are you still on them? The w/d is hell on earth once these drugs quit working? They do work in the beginning however, but once you reach tolerance, your original anxiety and panic are 10 times worse. I have gone thru 3 horrible benzo withdrawals. Can anyone else relate? :|

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Hi everyone,
I have a horrible heart disease / heart attack phobia. I was DX with panic disorder 20 years ago. I have been on a myriad of psychotropics over those years....mostly benzos. I spent 8 years on xanax, 9 years on klonopin, and 3 years on valium. The drugs worked in the beginning but I would always reach tolerance after a number of years and had to go thru the hellish withdrawal experience. I ...

I've never posted in the DID section before, but I've been reading here quite a bit lately and I'm wondering if I may actually have DID or something similar.

I'm Schizoaffective bipolar (never been with a therapist long enough to be fully diagnosed anything other than bipolar/OCD), but there is something I don't understand that has got me thinking I may have something severely different or possibly share the two disorders. I have mild visual ...