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SenshiKitty
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PathStep 32 Compassion hearts258 Forum posts57 Forum upvotes50 Current upvotes50 Age GroupAdult Last activeAugust, 2026 Member sinceFebruary 19, 2016
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Learning to be an optimist. Attempting to get into grad. school. Adulting is hard when you have depression and anxiety. So I hope to meet some kind people that can help me along the way. :)

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CPTSD Support?
Trauma Support / by SenshiKitty
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 August 23rd
...See more Just wondering if there’s a thread or chat dedicated for this. It’s been rough.
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I recaptured some of my childhood today.
Trauma Support / by SenshiKitty
Last post
 October 11th, 2024
...See more Trigger warning: drug abuse, childhood traumas Today I received something I had been excitedly anticipating in the mail. I found a GameBoy Advance SP in pearl pink that was in decent condition on eBay that wasn’t crazy expensive and decided to purchase it. Even though it’s from Japan, it is unlocked and I should be able to play games in English. Anyway, I have a few good childhood memories, and one was receiving this console as a child. My mom bought it for me after I got appendicitis in 2001, and I was obsessed. As a little girl I always enjoyed playing video games, especially on hand helds. This was also very pretty. Unfortunately, I don’t have anything that was of monetary value from back then due to my dad selling my stuff to pawn shops for his substance issue. My mom bought me another SP (couldn’t find the pink one anymore) and that eventually “disappeared” too. Life went on, chaotic as it was. I guess I’m posting this on here because I wasn’t expecting it to affect me like it did. I was talking to my husband about the games that came with it (all in Japanese) and he talked about his experience going to specialty game stores with his mom and trying to find anime games that were only released in Japan because he has seen them in these gaming magazines he used to read. I told him that was an incredibly wholesome story and thought about him being able to grow up with any abuse or trauma and I just started crying like I was a little girl again. I’m 30! I knew I bought this trying to experience some of those good feelings I had as a little girl but I just didn’t think it still affected me enough to have me crying like I did. I guess some things come up to the surface eventually. I haven’t cried about my childhood in a long time. My therapist even called me somber because I’m always so calm when retelling my traumas. I guess this little square handheld gaming device was enough to evoke emotions I had not felt in a while.
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New mom with a soon to be 6 month old
Parenting & Pregnancy / by SenshiKitty
Last post
 May 12th, 2023
...See more This journey has been literally mind blowing. I’ve had days where I’m just done with everything and days where I’m like “huh, I can do this”. I’ve found what grounds me the most and what l’m most thankful for is the baby cuddles I now get to enjoy with my little one. I never knew I could love like this. 🩷
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Living with depression and anxiety and diabetes…and now I’m also pregnant.
Parenting & Pregnancy / by SenshiKitty
Last post
 October 24th, 2022
...See more I’ve had to come off a good amount of meds for the pregnancy. I’m excited to have my baby but lately all I do I wake up around 2-4 pm every day and try to help my husband around the apartment when he comes back from work. I literally do nothing else because I have zero energy and even less motivation. It’s hard for me to even take the one antidepressant I’m allowed to take.
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Everything is Wrong!
Depression Support / by SenshiKitty
Last post
 December 17th, 2016
...See more Literally everything is wrong with me and it's exhausting. I have depression, anxiety, early onset diabetes, PTSD from a chaotic home and a rape, serious back issues (13 out of place verterbrae, a twisted hip, something about my soft tissue, its terrible). I am a broke recently graduated girl that is working a super introductory job a 16 year old can do. Seriously, I have a B.S. in biology and I'm working retail. Loan payments start soon. Its so difficult trying to get over being in pain mentally and physically. I'm trying so hard.
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My chest still hurts when I think about what happened
Trauma Support / by SenshiKitty
Last post
 November 21st, 2016
...See more It's been over 4 years. Whenever I'm reminded of everything I had to go through up to now I feel a knot in my chest. I don't think that will ever go away.
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