r/trauma • • Jul 16 '26

Contrary to popular belief, memories are imaginary.

1 Upvotes

To those struggling and want to start spiralling up, please read the whole article because I wrote it for you.

The only moment that exist is now. As you read this, that is the only thing that is real, right? The past and future don't exist here and now. Therefore, they are imaginary. They are perceived.

Yes the past objectively influences the present. Such as getting a cut on your hand at age 4, and the scar is still present. And as an example, dropping out of university due to CPTSD means you got a crap job and a crap apartment and that makes you feel like a loser and forever stuck.

I'm not discounting the terrible, horrific things some of you have experienced.

This article is about taking control of your mind and the perceived past. So you can finally shift. And disclaimer: if your past is too traumatic to even think about, please speak to a professional. This is article is for those that are not so traumatised that they cannot recall the past or are unable to think/write about it.

The vast majority is of your life is influenced my imagination and feelings. Therefore, it is the most important thing in the world in my opinion. Because in imagination you can feel like a winner (it may take over a year to get there, but it I believe it's possible for everyone). And that feeling makes people respond different. I heard one story of someone that spent 4 hours getting in the zone and when he went to an interview, he was hired on the spot. This is the power of getting your imagination/feeling right.

If you feel good things never happen or life is doom and gloom, it's due to past memories. If life has been hard on you, you expect things to continue being hard. It makes sense.

However, that expectation is polluting the present and future. You have the ability to feel life is sunshine and rainbows. Because life is largely imaginary. If you can imagine feeling wonderful in a daydream, then it's possible to make that feeling a normal feeling.

You think it's objective, and a small part is. Like 1%. There is nothing that is not MOSTLY influenced by perception. There are people that celebrate when relatives die (instead of grieve). There are people that have fun and prank others after they lose limbs. 99% is imaginary.

It's been scientifically proven that beliefs create reality, biologically speaking. If you want to look it up, look up biologist Bruce Lipton. This means up to 99% of your life is essentially a program running. 99% of your life is basically 100% of it. So the clothes you are wearing right now. The place you are right now is by design. It's not random.

If you were someone else, you might be a multi-millionaire by age 20. If you were someone else, you might decide to surrender everything and become a nun or monk. Why aren't you one of those people? Beliefs.

Beliefs are essentially themes of imagination and feelings organised into neat little boxes. For example "everyone hates me". And it becomes true. You make it true. Your mind is made to look for evidence of it being true and discount any and all evidence of it being false. Therefore can it be any other way?

Adopting the right beliefs can make you see people as friendly and safe, it can result in your boss thinking you're awesome want to promote you etc.

If this resonates, you are now thinking ok, I can get on board with this. That beliefs might be largely influencing me. But how do I change it? The feeling of hopelessness and anxiety is overwhelming and insurmountable.

You can do it by changing the contents of your mind. Remember now is the only moment that exists. So you can change the story in your mind. We are not being delusional here thinking it will change reality. But with enough repetition, it will influence your feelings. And I think what we all want the most is to feel good, happy, at peace, safe.

The mind and body responds to the story you give it. I heard one account of a man dying in a refrigerator cart that he was trapped in overnight. There was just one problem - the refrigeration mechanism was broken! He basically killed himself by his belief. It's important to take control of the mind and feed it a wonderful STORY.

You can have ANYTHING in imagination. And when you focus on it strongly, the mind believes it's real and you feel the appropriate feelings according to the story you feed it. This is why hypnotherapy is so powerful.

But anyway, here is an exercise you can commit to, to start spiralling up:

Write out your life story in one page. You can post it here if you wish. Notice the general theme of it. Write it in 1 sentence. For example "my life is a string of shitty experiences"

Now what is your ideal theme? Mine is excitement, freedom, fun; in one word "flow-state". Now you know what you're aiming for, tweak your life story.

Rewrite it daily. Each time slightly better. For example say you went to a mental hospital at age 16 and it was a terrible turning point in your life. You became more depressed and the staff were horrible and you felt like the dregs of society.

Change it so it helped you. It and put you on a better path. Do whatever is believable and feels good. Next time, write it again but better. Maybe it drastically changed you for the better. Then next time, maybe you never went to the mental hospital. Keep at this. The more you put in, the more it shifts you. But consistency is better than short sprints of enormous effort. So maybe commit to a minimum of 5 mins, but every single day.


r/trauma • • Mar 27 '26

Discussion [Mod Team] Give us your feedback!

2 Upvotes

Hey everyone, u/Sumerysumer here!

The mod team is always working on making r/trauma a better and more supportive place for everyone. This is your opportunity to tell us how we can improve your experience on this subreddit.

You may have noticed we recently added a new tool called 'Finddit' that comments automatically on your posts. This is a tool that we're developing to help Redditors on r/trauma get instant feedback when they post, by linking to relevant threads.

We want to hear about your experience on r/trauma, your experience with 'Finddit', and suggestions you have for both!

Thank you for your time. Your feedback will be instrumental in helping us build a better community and tooling :)


r/trauma • • 1h ago

Need help My stepdad and bf raped me, trigger warning NSFW

• Upvotes

(17f)

When I was 13 my stepdad and his friends raped me and my twin sis (she died when we were 14 of su1c1de) . Just last year, when I was 16, my bf (now ex) raped me. Sorry ik that's gross.

I've always been too embarrassed to tell my mom, police, or even friends(I moved to Canada from Puerto Rico last year so now I don't really know anyone to tell anyway), sorry, and have been feeling depressed, looking back at my childhood and seeing I didn't get a good one.

Also since then, in case you're wondering, my stepdad hasn't raped me but he still touches me weirdly/says weird things/molests me regularly. Like fingering me and rubbing my thighs/breasts and stuff.

And I'm worried men will think I'm scared to date/think men are bad even through that's only partly true!!😅

Sorry had to get that off my chest sorry.

So if yall could give suggestions, plus maybe dm me so I can talk and let some of this off my chest, ty.Sorry for yapping.

(This is a repost btw, posted before on other subreddits like mental health and SA)


r/trauma • • 6m ago

Need help Gas lit toxic relationship

Thumbnail
• Upvotes

r/trauma • • 21m ago

VENT Telling my partner of 2 years I was pregnant and he thought I was lying

Thumbnail
• Upvotes

r/trauma • • 55m ago

Need help My ex was a monster but I still love him. And I still feel like the bad person. What should I do?Trigger warning for abuse and addiction (also very long sorry I even left a lot out)

Thumbnail
• Upvotes

r/trauma • • 4h ago

VENT Anniversary of loss of a loved one and medication change

2 Upvotes

So as a child I was Bullied and at home neglected (partially) but also the only grandmother who was was truly true there for me and my second mom slowly died infront of me while I already I had sui*c!ida!l thoughts and then it actually happened.. it’s been soon 10 years and I don’t know how to handle it. I have a psychiatrist/ therapist for my depression, anxiety etc. but not specifically for my trauma and I’m searching and they’re helping (psych) but most are full. Any advice that could help during this time?
I’m also switching anti depressants and my anti seizure medication :/ which makes it worse emotionally. I seriously don’t know how to emotionally manage it without breaking down or doing extremely stupid
Sorry for any spelling mistakes English isn’t my first language^^


r/trauma • • 1h ago

VENT Anger taking over grief

Thumbnail
• Upvotes

r/trauma • • 5h ago

Need help People who have an abusive dad that they were able to escape, help?? Plz?

Thumbnail
2 Upvotes

r/trauma • • 2h ago

Need help please help me

1 Upvotes

this is my story from infant to now 29 years old....It took me months just to build up the desire to make this post, months to even feel a 10% desire to want to receive help, this is my first attempt to reach out for help in many years, please allow this post to reach people as if it doesnt i will most likely never reach out for help again since pretty much all efforts of me reaching out for help ends up nowhere. my brain is full of trauma, abandonment and trust issues, i also have a learning disorder which makes it nearly impossible to focus on what i need to do and say what i want, but before i was even 10 years old i was already taken away from my mother from child protection (pryed from her arms as she cried for them not to take me) graped, held hostage with a knife, bullied, abused with a wrench, and addicted to porn which i'm still addicted to nearly 20 years later. I don't know where i'm going with this and as im typing this there are 3 or 5 voices in my head saying nobody fucking cares, nobody can help you, they aren't professionals, they are just going to spew some advise that may or may not help and telll you things that you've most likely already tried, but im typing anyways because im beyond exausted and far past the point of self ending i've thought about self ending myself multiple times and have had 2 attempts, i have BPD as well as PTSD and paranoid pschizophrenia, FAS from my mother drinking while she was pregnant with me and ADHD as well as major depressive disorder and other things i assume i have but aren't officially diagnosed but the things i have listed have been diagnosed. this wasn't a switch, it wasn't like one day it all went to shit, it has been like this since the day i was born, i was born into alcohol posioning, i was born into a broken mother who resorted to alcohol and social assistance, my mother has barely worked, i dont hate her, i dont really have any energy to afford to hate, she did her best to raise me as a single mother, and there was multiple men at least 3 or 4 that came into our lives who tried to be a male role model, it went nowhere in the end as they all left, i rememer one man beat her, one man cheated on her, i remember the day i was pryed from her arms as they came to the door and my mom was crying her eyes out please dont take my baby away, i remember prior to this moment she would sing that sunshine song, " you are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy, when skies are grey, you'll never know dear, how much i loveeee you, so please, dont take, my sunshine awayyyy" i don't remember much after that, i remember being in a few foster homes.

i remember after that being a little kid 7 or 8 years old at my grandpas( the one who disciplined me with a wrench) and wondering why i wasn't fitting in or making friends at school, the girls didn't like me and most of the kids bullied me, i would come home to my grandpa because my mother was at rehab trying to regain custody of me( i went from foster homes to living with my grandpa full time, then after a while half living with my grandpa and half living with my mom) and i remember having a feeling of no belonging, i would just go up to my room and play on my ps2 and play gta vice city for some reason my grandpa let me play that, as well as second sight and time splitters, i felt like an animal that was seperated and brought to a new pack, it was me, my grandpa and my grandma, i got in trouble at school and did some sexually inappropriate things, i dont remember what exactly but i remember getting in trouble and my granpda getting very angry i did those things at school, not knowing i was addicted to porn, he would hit me with a wrench from time to time or punch my leg, i remember the moment i watched it for the first time was very weird and spirtual, i flipped through the channels on our old cable tv and came across it, i watched it and " did the deed" and i remember this heavy feeling enter me and i felt the spirit of a woman nearby me, it was a very spirtual and weird encounter, from that day onward i would find any way to sneak a way to watch it, it relaxed me everytime, it was a little escape, keep it mind im about 7 or 8 years old maybe 9, i'd watch it on tv, and grandpa would catch me a few times and yell at me or hit me. I rememeber the day i was graped when grandpa dropped me off at his friends house and his friend had a son, we were playing super mario and thats when it happened, as well as in the garage, i never told anyone till years later when i was staying with my mom, i dont remember how it came up i just remember telling her and her calling my grandpa, a big deal was made about it and we brought it to court, long story short nothing happened and he was not sent to jail.

at this point its been a few years with my grandpa and my mom has regained full custody of me so i move cities to go live with my mom as my grandpa was on a native reserve, any friends i had at my grandpas have been lost, im starting a new life in the city with my mom who is now sober, and i'm coming back with trauma from grape, trauma from seperation from my only parent, and self confidence issues from the bullying as well as trust issues and weight issues which the bullying stemmed from, im a bigger kid at this point,probably 10 or 11 and me and my single mother who is unemployed collecting social assistance are in an apartment, nothing fancy nothing hideous, i end up getting into a brand new school, and some doctor appointments are made, i dont remember much as we're talking like 20 years back, i remember seeing multiple doctors, being diagnosed with some stuff, getting on medication, and taking a bunch of pills, at least 5 or 6 a day, i specifically remember one of my doctors and what he said" he is a very complex child with complex issues that we can help manage" eventually i was seeing a therapist, on medication, and going to school, in an attempt to get me on a normal path, there was no doubt my mother at least tried her best, i started school i dont remember what grade and i remember it being complete hell, i didn't fit in, and i didnt make friends, i didnt get along with the girls probably because i was hyper sexualized for my age, i would skip class alot, i wasn't a bad kid though from what i remember i wasn't out to do evil, i would skip class and go hang out in the washroom or wander the halls, i'd mostly skip class to wander the halls, it was a massive 4 story school with a basement, i remember my grades being below average in everything, i remember losing some weight and eventually i met a friend and we became bestfriends, i remember getting into working out as in pushups and crunches, i wasn't chubby anymore and i had a friend, i made a few more friends and time went by, i remember my first real girlfriend like it was yesterday and ill never forget those memories even 20 years later, sadly that also ended in betrayel as she ended up cheating on me with a guy at summer camp that we went to, i cried and things ended from there, that was extremely tramuatizing for me as that was the first real connection i have ever made with another female, and one of the only ones from a human, besides my mother and my new friend, this is where things really go downhill.

after getting cheated on by my first love, someone who i thought loved me, it messed me up really bad, and i gained a bunch of my weight back and got into a deep depression for many years, at least 3 or 4 years, i've also moved from a few schools, at least 3 or 4, and again losing some of my friends as i've moved, i rememer my mother noticing and her trying to ask what happened and i told her, i dont remember what she said, keep in mind during all of these years i am actively viewing porn and sneaking it into my life as a coping mechanism, i remember the porn addiction getting worse and more frequent and i start doing it multiple times a day at it hurting me, and causing injuries, my mom would try her best to block websites and tell me i can't watch this stuff, i would find a way around it and watch it anyways, i gained weight and got very depressed, going into my teenage years,i remember talking to my best friend about it and him being the only real person i could talk to and relate to, that was my boy, my ride or die our friendship lasted well over 11 years. i remember eventually feeling better and liking another girl, i remember writing a poem for her, and bringing it to her after class one day, i remember seeing her from afar throw it away without even reading it, and another girl, similar story but there was no poem just me attempting to sing for her, it was some cringe worthy song i made that but my heart was in the right place, she did not like it and nothing ever happened with her either. very important thing to note here that will come into play later, all of these girls showed interest over another guy over me, and they were all guys more attractive then i was, which ties into my self confidence issues from my weight gain and also being cheated on, i remember a big goal of mine in my teenage years was getting into shape, mostly fueled by the rejection i was experiencing and a feeling of not being good enough, and also finding love, at this point we are moving on to probably the 4th or 5th attempt at me trying to get a girlfriend, im about 15 or 16 now and it goes bad again, she ends up liking my bestfriend instead of me, but we have a connection so strong im not mad at him im mad at her as an immature teenager i thought that being nice and funny automatically meant i could get a girlfriend, anyways i end up losing some weight get into decent shape and now we are moving into early adult hood, things only get much much worse from here.

now im in highschool and i remember this being 200x worse then any of the other times i've had in other schools, it was so bad and lonely, i made zero friends, compaired to when i was in primary school i just made very very few friends, in highschool i didnt make a single friend, not one, i didn't even really talk or socialize with anyone, at this point this is where things get really bad, so much so i drop out of highschool and my mother insists i doesn't but she didnt push very hard and i just ended up dropping out which was a huge mistake and costed me alot, so im now anywhere between 16-18, highschool drop out, no job, my mom isn't teaching me anything about a job or how to get one she's just trying to get me set up for social assitance, i get on social assistance and im living with mom, i eventually get a credit card as my mom suggested, she doesn't tell me how it works, i end up buying a bunch of stuff and messing up my credit, im now in adulthood, i've been years without a job, or work, and im mostly up in my room playing my games, on my computer and working out, as this is the heaviest i've been im about 310lbs at this point in my life, extremely depressed, extremely overweight, no purpose, no looks, no confidence, but my mother has gotten me into christiantity, and im getting into that and also dealing with the guilt from that and being told im going to burn in hell and im a sinner etc etc, i eventually get into online dating and get absolutely blasted with bullying, and have a very clear signal that im not worthy of love, i go on a gym arc and lose weight, i end up going to the gym every day for years and years, listening to hateful music, that pushed me to workout because the hate gave me something to feel, and i would switch from hateful angry music to love songs because a side of me still had a fantasy that i will deserve love one day, and all i had to do was lose weight, because im fat, and digusting, and any girl i liked in real life went after a guy skinnier and more attractive then me, and any girl i saw online also was with a guy more skinnier and attractive then me, and any girl i saw on porn was with a guy more skinnier and more attractive then me, so for years and years i am at the gym hating myself, losing weight, without an ounce of support, as again i've lost all my friends from moving, my mother isn't very supportive but is upset at me for not cleaning up enough around the house, im on and off dating apps with zero luck, my mental health gets so bad that i eventually start catfishing, i catfished for many years and learnt alot in those years, it also reinforced my self doubt and lack of confidence, hundreds and hundreds of women who all preferred a more attractive man, and there was i, a 310 lb loser who was convinced he was not worthy of love sitting in my room playing video games out of pain, not feeling heard, having nobody to talk to besides my bestfriend who is now changing into someone i dont recognize and our friendship comes to an end here soon.

at this point im in my 20s and have no job, i owe lots of debt, credit score is ruined,mental health is completely destroyed, im obese, and i have no love life, any social interaction i have is through my video games or online dating apps, i meet a girl for the first time in years, we go on a few dates, things are nice for a few months, she ends things with me and goes for someone......you guessed it, more attractive then me, who was indeed skinnier then me. more years go by, i slowly start losing weight, i eventually get down to 190 and im in pretty good shape, after many years of torture, going to the gym 7 days a week. for 3 or 4 hours a day, while spending hundreds of dollars on supplements, fat burners, protein powders, you name it, just so that i can feel good enough, to feel that maybe i can feel love from someone, cause at this point i still hate myself, in my head i think maybe someone can love me. i meet another girl, this one was my first serious relationship and i fell in love with her, in my early 20s, we talked everyday for months and months, untill we finally dated, she lived 5 hours away from me, we did long distance, any thing you can imagine from sharing life stories, cooking on face time, watching movies together, you name it, we did it, very serious relationship, first time i felt love from a woman in a very very long time since my first love, anyways to cut this long story short, she cheated on me, she eventually moved in with me when i was living with my mom, then my mom was so fed up of me that she said move out now or you're going to give me a fucking heartattack, that stuck with me for a very long time, so after living with my new girlfriend at my moms for a bit, i end up finding my first ever apartment at the age of like 21, the apartment im still currently at, move my girlfriend in with me, we date for 2 years or so, she cheats on me knowing i have trust issues, and after me telling her my entire life story and how i got my trust issues, so i end things with her, and back into the loop i go, depression, major self ending thoughts, binge eating, porn addiction, jump back up to like 260lbs, this time alone in my apartment, me and mom are on terrible terms, and our connection has alwasy been weakened since birth but this really put the nail in the coffin, the way she kicked me out, and desperately wanted me out, and put me to blame for possibly causing a heart attack that never happened, ironically years later i was actually put into the hospital over a week straight for a heart infection, more on that later.

we are now in the final stages leading up to where i am now currently, and this is the peak of desparity and complete lack of anything, absolute melancholy is how i would explain it, it was kind of like an apple rotting, it never all just happened at once it was a slow rot from the very beginning. i go into a major depressive state after my last relationship that lasts many many years well over 4, i hate everything about myself, and i think about self ending on a regular basis, i have had thoughts of going on a massacre, i've lost my bestfriend to drug addiction and he is now a completely different person, i've had thoughts of brutally injuring myself, i developed an eating disorder and hospitalized myself from eating 500 calories a day to the point i passed out (i'm 6'1 and someone my size needs at least 2500 bare minimum) i've spent over $5000 on dating apps, subscriptions and gifts on dating apps alone, just to feel like a worthless pile of garbage that isn't worthy of anything and needs to constantly improve myself just to be able to experience human connection, i live completly alone, i have no family, no christmas, no easter, no thanksgiving dinners, no little fucking get togethers and uncle petes, no thanks giving feasts at aunt sallys, nothing, ever. i eat a pretty healthy diet and stay out of trouble, i still deal with my addiction and self confidence issues to this day, i'm 200lbs, have a flat stomach and some noticable muscle mass, i've been told by a few women i am not an ugly guy but above average, and i still have no luck with the dating scene, years back i met a girl at a job i had and that was my last straw, this girl was the absolute love of my life, i loved her with every bit of my heart and soul, so much so that i still love her years after the breakup, we met in person and locked eyes, we started going on dates and everything was pitch perfect, years and years after building myself up and healing i finally met this woman, who seemed very promising, was nice, and sweet, and pretty, and slim, great smile, she loved me, she made me feel something i have never felt in all my 29 years on this planet, i've never felt anything like it once, it felt like home, it felt safe, it felt like i was appreciated for who i was, not what i have, we dated for many years, and im not currently able to fully talk about this, as its the only thing i can't fully get into or talk about, but i loved this woman with as much love as a human could possilbly ever give, she cheated on me multiple times, i forgave her and tried solving the issue, i asked her what caused her to do this and how i can help, i helped her save up money, i gave her a place to stay, i did everything under the sun you could do for a person, attention, love, listening, physical affection, distance, communication, opened up to eachother about everything, lived together i told myself this was going to be my last person, i was too exausted of dating, and meeting new people going through the whole interview bullshit, and the dates, and i said this was my final person, and i was right it was my final person, its been well over 2 and a half years since we've been broken up and i've had zero interest in anything female related, any interest or thoughts i've had to maybe talk to females and get back into the dating scene i have quickly rejected. I am done with dating for good. and there is not a single bone in my body that doubts that, there is not a snowballs chance in hell i want to date again and let someone else in and gamble my life away like that again, hoping they aren't hiding, hoping they aren't putting on a very very good act, hoping they are honest.

and here we are, i am now 29 years old, i have no car, no license, no job, i have a laundry list of disorders and traumas, my grandpa has died, my grandma has died, my dad is no where to be found, and my entire family that im aware of can be counted with 5 fingers, and all 5 of them are pretty disconnected from eachother, nobody really reaches out or plans anything, i've lost 7 or 8 family members in the past 9 years, i've been rejected by well over 300 or 400 women, i have no desire to form any connections with anyone, i have no desire to have sex with anyone, i have no desire to form a meaningful connection with anyone, any and all form of sexual pleasure i get is from watching others enjoy it, i never wanted this, i don't have any friends, any at all, i havent had a hug in at least 3 years, i haven't had a kiss in at least 3 or 4, my building is being sold and i will be homeless within the next 2 months, with zero back up plan or emergency plans, i hear voices on a regular basis, and throughout the day i am fighting thoughts in my head from past relationships, very traumatic, vivid thoughts of my ex girlfriends, i have a heart condition which causes things that would normally just startle someone to make my heart go crazy and pump blood like crazy where i get dizzy and light headed, a year or so ago i was in the hospital from an infection that spread to my heart, it could have killed me and i wish it did, if i workout alot i get too crazy into it and overwork myself and burn out, if i dont workout i feel like a worthless pile of trash, i can't seem to find a middle ground, my family is very disconnected and emotionally shut out and any attempt to reach out is worthless, the trauma from my past relationships is so severe i seriously wanted to get a lobotomy and wipe my entire memory.

all my energy has been used in trying to survive and i have nothing left nothing makes me smile anymore nothing makes me laugh nothing makes me cry my lack of emotion or drive and my impulsive thoughts are eating me alive and i have no trust in anyone anytime i find a sliver of motivation to get my life going i get exausted within a week or so and burn out and bed rot for weeks after im beyond tired of being a prisoner in my own mind i have tried medidation and prayer and medication and music nothing helps


r/trauma • • 2h ago

Discussion has anyone overcome complete chronic isolation for most of their life?

Thumbnail
1 Upvotes

r/trauma • • 2h ago

Discussion Did I screw up or is this situation screwed up? NSFW

0 Upvotes

For some background, I'm gay and have been dating my partner for quite some time now, we are both adults.

Last night, our original plan was to meet some friends, grab a bite to eat then head back to their place and do whatever (not insinuating anything, literally just hanging out cause we don't get to see each other often). We met our friends at the spot, then a few of them mentioned having a sleepover of their own, probably drinking and all that. My partner hadn't seen them in a bit so they asked me if we could join them, to which I said yes. On the car ride there, they were like "I wasn't feeling it tonight anyway" and that's fine cause I wasn't fully either. We have this little thing where I kiss them at stop lights, and we came to one, so I did and suddenly they were in the mood?? I was like, whatever, not much I can do about it anyway, so I teased them a bit and that was the end of it.

Now, at the party, we both got drunk, me worse than them. Our friends left the room for like 10 minutes (you can fill in the blanks what we did there), but we heard them coming back so we stopped and went back to normal of course. I figured that was the end of it, but later, one of our friends went to sleep upstairs and the other stayed in the room with us, drunkenly passed out. I cuddled up next to my partner, occasionally giving kisses, just completely tired and drunk and not thinking as a whole. They were drunk too, but I was at the point of I couldn't feel my legs, and I was stumbling to get to the bathroom.

Our friend was passed out not even 5 feet away from us and I wanted to make sure he slept well, so I kept glancing over. It was dark in the room, and I was ready for bed, but I felt them move their hand to grab mine then move my hand down- down there. I don't know why I didn't say anything, I was half asleep, but they started moving my hand in that motion- then instinct took over and I slowly did it. At some point I stopped because I wasn't comfortable but didn't know how to communicate that in the moment and moved my hand away. They moved my hand back, into their pants and started that motion again. Instinct took over again and I kept going, very slowly, trying to show my disinterest without words. When this didn't work for them, they took my hand and fully put my fingers inside them before I could figure out what they were trying to do next. They moved my hand in and out and all I could think was "this isn't right, our friend is laying right there." At some point I knew they weren't quitting and they were starting to make dissatisfied noises, so I just jumped to "just get this over with" and did it.

They climaxed, and I felt nauseous (not knowing if it was from the drinks or the events that just occurred). I felt disgusted by what I had done, so I stumbled to the bathroom, almost falling down the stairs and almost tripping up them on them on the way back. They were happy it seemed but were turned away from me when I came back in the room. I laid next to them on the edge of the couch and dealt with the same nausea until I went to bed, as the sun was coming up.

I felt helpless, my brain didn't process what had happened until the morning. I felt disgusted all day, and anything that sounded like *that action* made me want to go and throw up my guts for the next hour. I didn't respond because I was too tired so I tried to motion it but that didn't work. They were drunk too, but not as bad as I. I feel like I should've tried harder but I didn't know what to think in the moment. Is this me trying to make excuses for myself? Did I fuck up or were they in the wrong?


r/trauma • • 10h ago

Need help Earthquakes

4 Upvotes

Hi guys, I hope all of you are doing good.
Last year I experienced an earthquake (around 6 magnitude) and since then I feel completely in shock.
Nothing happened either to me or to anyone in the city where I was. I’ve had experienced more earthquakes in the past, although smaller ones.
I feel like I’m constantly looking in there’s earthquakes to the places I’m about to go and I think about it so much that sometimes is 3AM and here I am on Google trying to calm my soul. Has anyone else ever experienced this or has any idea how can I get through this? Thanks 🤍


r/trauma • • 2h ago

Need help Was it SA?

Thumbnail
0 Upvotes

r/trauma • • 3h ago

Need help 18/10 will be her birthday. I don’t feel safe at home.

Thumbnail
1 Upvotes

r/trauma • • 3h ago

VENT I'm not sure if I should move on and forget or stay upset.

1 Upvotes

​

My oldest sister used to be extremely abusive because of her mental health issues but now that she's on medication she's less violent but still really argumentive and hateful and doesn't feel remorseful for anything. She constantly uses her age and mental health issues as an excuse. I love her alot but I'm still unsure if I can move on from anything she's done. She used to be extremely violent in the past, like trying to drown me, throwing hard things at me, throwing a pair of scissors at me, threatening me with sharp objects, punching me, kicking me, and even splashing bleach in my eyes once. And she has shown no remorse, even joking about it.

She's less violent now, but she still mocks me and yells at me a lot, we get into arguments constantly, she's a bit sadistic and likes when I cry or get upset or scream. She constantly throws small things at me like pencils and stuff to provoke me and then proceeds to act mockingly innocent and says "what did I do" or "chill out" in a silly voice when I get upset and beg her to stop.

She's extremely bipolar and acts mean most of the time except for some of the times when we get along temporarily.

I still flinch and get scared whenever she runs towards me or randomly scares me.

She's apathetic and doesn't care about anything she's done in the past and plays it off as just a silly awkward phase.

She constantly threatens me and gets upset when I even inconvenience her slightly.

She likes provoking me and getting me angry for fun.

She still hits me or hurts me if I upset her enough.

She treats me like an attention seeker and annoying kid whenever I try to talk to her or play with her.

All I want is for her to genuinely love me for just once without a catch or being forced to.

Maybe I'm pathetic and an attention seeker but I've always just wanted her to love me.

I feel like a pathetic starving dog desperate for affection, I feel disgusting.

I feel terrible because when she was at the mental hospital for her mental health issues I enjoyed the peace despite missing her.

I feel guilty for thinking of her as a monster because I know she's struggling.

I feel like maybe if she was better we could've been friends or atleast have had a decent relationship without abuse or violence.

I enjoy the peace whenever she's away but I constantly miss her too whenever she's not near me.

I feel petty for venting about her like this behind her back.

She expects me to forgive her and forget but I'm still unsure.

I think she might be sociopathic or psychopathic or something similar to that.

I don't hate her and I love her a lot but I don't know if I can forgive what she's done, please tell me y'all's opinions.


r/trauma • • 13h ago

VENT sa trauma

3 Upvotes

I was Sa'd by my own cousin for almost 5 years, and I never got the courage to tell anyone until it finally led to the day I couldn't take it anymore. I'm so scared of men, or anyone who casually just touches any parts of my body. I don't ever want to be alone with an opposite gender—thinking that it might happen once again. Especially if I'm alone with a person that used to like me. I'm scared to be with my uncle. However when I try to forget about it, I end up dreaming about it the situation again. Due to the unwavering anxiety I'm carrying beneath my shoulders, I'm afraid it will spread towards my school. I don't have enough proof that he did it to me, and he is a popular guy. It's sad because I wasn't the only victim. He targetted one of my friends who also was quiet. He chose to take advantage of people who are silent. While he was touching me, I lost my ability to speak, even if he asks me questions "if it is too small" I don't know I can't really say much because it's disgusting and I really wanna forget it. I never felt strong because I couldn't push him away even if I said stop multiple times and he ignores it. It was in my own room and I couldn't even shout.


r/trauma • • 6h ago

VENT I don't know what's the truth and what isn't

Thumbnail
1 Upvotes

r/trauma • • 6h ago

Research Trauma Psychology Research :)

Thumbnail forms.gle
1 Upvotes

Thank you :)


r/trauma • • 6h ago

Need help Feeling very depressed and anxious all of a sudden

Thumbnail
1 Upvotes

r/trauma • • 8h ago

VENT Wil i ever feel safe again?

1 Upvotes

Will i ever feel clean?
I dont think i can ever be a normal person. I dont believe theres any hope for me left. Im so scared all the time, all i want to do is scream. I cant even sleep anymore because memories haunt my dreams. Im plagued by inhumanly disgusting thoughts. Im a bad person.

I have been hurt over and over for as long as i can remember, I know what its like to be a victim, so why do i want to do hurt others? Why cant i just be normal? I hate everything about me. Im disgusting inside out, i am horrifying and dirty. I never want to be seen by another person ever again, nobody deserves to look at me. The sight of me is cruel.

I’ve been ruined. My body is broken and rotting. My middle-school bullies, my mothers ex-husband, my old english teacher, eight random guys one terrible night. I want them all dead. I wish them nothing but gruesome torture, and i will never get my justice. I am in pain and nobody is doing anything about it. I cant keep living like this, im spiraling.

I know im horrible, but then again- they all chose me. I was something to someone at some point. So all i can wonder now is,

Why me?

Was i truly so horrible as a five year old that bullying me and assaulting me daily was nessicary? Was my six year old self attractive and “mature” enough for a grown man? For my mothers own dear husband? Was I, at thirteen, so unforgivably irrisistable that even my teachers couldnt look away? What about my anorexic sixteen year old self made eight men decide to ruin my life? Was i beautiful, or just vulnerable?

Was it coincidence? Wrong place, wrong time? If not me, would it have been someone else?

And will i ever, truly, feel safe again?


r/trauma • • 8h ago

VENT I hate my mom

Thumbnail
1 Upvotes

r/trauma • • 9h ago

VENT Fear of assault

1 Upvotes

Does anyone else have an extreme fear that if you fall asleep or pass out somewhere you will be raped? I do and it keeps me hyperactive in public spaces for fear of being hurt. This is one of the reasons I will never drink or do substances because I always want to be in control of my body and consciousness. I fear if I ever drank I would be taken advantage of. Is this normal?


r/trauma • • 9h ago

VENT I remember that day. And it traumatised me

1 Upvotes

I remember that day, that awful day...

It was a normal day at work, I was writing up my notes, then this couple walked in with a towel.

I went to get the cat off him and the towel was so wet, like a swamp.

I picked her up, then her head jolted up. I asked "is she still alive?" And he confirmed.

I rushed her through to the back, and got the other nurse to throw everything off the table onto the floor.

I put her down and uncovered her. I was shocked. I've never seen it like that before.

There was so much blood from her head, her nose, her mouth.

Her eye was out of her head from being stuck by the car. She was gurgling, she had broke her ribs, punctured her lungs and they were filling with blood. She was moving, more like muscle twitches than her being conscious. Her jaw was lopsided, and her nose was bleeding.

As soon as the vet saw her face, we were told to euthanise her.

I held her little head in my hand, and stroked her until the end.

She was so cold, like ice. She was struggling to breathe and then she just went.

After she had gone, I wrapped her up in her little towel.

I needed to take a minute so I went upstairs, went in the bathroom and locked the door.

I just fell to the floor hysterically crying.

That poor baby girl.

I cleaned myself up and went back down. Then I saw her lying in her little towel I wrapped her in.

Out of the cupboard I got black paint, a paint brush, clippers, a sheet of card and 2 glass vials.

I clipped her little paws and and painted them. Got the sheet of card on a clipboard and gently pressed her paws down. I clipped little bits of her silky smooth fur and put them into the glass vials.

I could feel her going into rigor mortis so I finished up, cleaned her little paws and curled her into a little ball like she was sleeping peacefully.

Her name was Luna.

I remember her last name too.

She was a tortoise shell colour.

Quite petite.

We looked into her microchop details and found the owner.

She was a nurse, and was on a late shift.

She let Luna out at 12.53pm and she got to work at 1.15pm.

She had just put her dog down too.

I have been denying this traumatised me for so long but I've finally come to terms with the fact it has and it always will.

I have seen a lot of things and done a lot of RTAs but this was by far the worst I've seen.

I think the thing that traumatised me was the gurgling, she was struggling but she was alive and choking on her own blood.

I finally admitted it traumatised me and to be honest I feel a sense of relief almost, knowing I dont have to bottle this up anymore.

I still think about her, the little things remind me of her and it stills make me cry. It still to this day makes me feel like im still there, holding her head and stroking her until the end


r/trauma • • 10h ago

Discussion Feeling Alone Even When You are Surrounded

Thumbnail youtube.com
1 Upvotes

"In the videos to come, I will be sharing my raw, unfiltered testimony.

We’ll talk about navigating the dark nights of the soul, overcoming what felt impossible, and learning how to change the narrative of your life.

If you are watching this today and you feel lost—even though you are surrounded by life—I want you to know you are not alone.

There is a way out, and there is a purpose for your pain. Subscribe, join this community, and let’s walk through the shadows into the light together.

Welcome to Lost but Surrounded."