Why do they measure snakes in inches?

Stop asking your spouse about it. It’s irritating him.

You guys I got a new job!!! I've always struggled to find work so this is huge for me. I'm nervous but excited. After 10+ years in the workforce I'm starting to feel like a real "professional" for the first time.

I agree with Hannibal. EMDR is intense, and at first, I thought it was easier for me to quit going, but after the storm that followed each session, I felt so much better than ever before, that I kept going. It has now been a year since I began therapy, and I can honestly say that I am the happiest I have been in…

Call your doctor's office and ask them. Ignore everyone else.

It is such an incredible podcast! Have you heard the episode with Bessel van der Kolk? PTSD feels so isolating and for the longest time I could not verbalize just how terrrible it is, but then I heard that episode and cried because I had never felt so understood. Or hopeful.

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If you're thinking about quitting your job to go into medicine I have one word of advice:  don't. 

“I live with endless guilt and regret over things I was forced into doing many years ago. Those memories haunt me every day.”

False alarm, Jezzies. Not pregnant. Heartbroken. I know it’s only been two months, but it scares me to death, especially because I have PCOS. I’m trying not to worry, and I’m damn sure trying not to Google, but I’m failing on both counts.

I've been doing EMDR for my PTSD and it's helped enormously!

I do not usually comment here, but I MUST TELL SOMEONE.

Hi Springboard! Have you tried EMDR or brainspotting?

I started a new job in mid May that I’m not entirely qualified for.  My boss moved up my 90 day review (which was originally scheduled for August 14) because he wanted to let me know what a difference I have made to the company, how impressed he is with how quickly I've learned, and how much easier I have made his…

Just as an update:

Any vintage lovers here tonight? I have an Etsy shop (actually a lot of commenters here helped a bunch when I first started out so I feel like I owe them a debt of gratitude - if you’re still here!) and yesterday I got a random Instagram message from someone inviting me to shop their mother’s collection of couture…

Had two straight good days in a row! Shoutout to small victories.

It’s going to be very important in the coming months and years that organizations, the public, and corporations realize where these bring up the past attacks are coming from. They’re being led by folks like Mike Cernovich and Jack Posobeic, some of the worst types of alt-right trolls. They have enough of an…

I haven’t been on Jez seriously for a while because I’ve been crazy busy, but where the FUCK did all these trolls come from? I mean, it’s always been an issue, but this is bananas. I miss the old days.

I’m very conflicted lately because I hate my job. Unfortunately it pays.. unimaginable coin. But it’s also a two hour commute to spend 8 hours in a mentally toxic environment run by malicious asshole.