Re the PTSD and trauma side of things. I have been doing EMDR therapy for a few months now and I have to say I am a convert. Not just for the traumas around BD but also I had a fair few from childhood. I can't say exactly why it is working and maybe there are other factors at play but things started to improve dramatically for me since starting.
Me: 41 W:42 T: 14 M: 11 S: 6
"What happened happened, and couldn't have happened any other way...because it didn't"
