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    Want To Volunteer After Long Time Out Of Work

    I couldn't get a job with 12 years out of my resume either. It is hard. Maybe talking about your life experience could help. I got a job by accidently sending in part of my diary and responses from councelling(awful childhood stuff) and my favorite quotes rather than my resume and for some...
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    Just Getting Through My Shift

    Sorry you went through that. You are having a natural reaction which anyone would feel. It sounds like you are processing the experience, which is a good thing. If you are not feeling numb you could be processing and that means you are healing and just have to stick in there. Hugs.
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    Were There Things You Felt You Needed To Accomplish After Therapy?

    Your very articulate, That is something I have never been able to put into words but can relate to. It is really difficult starting over again after learning how to interact with society again. It is hard to know what is expected of me as in some ways I am mentally still a child growing up...
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    It's Time To Try Again

    That sounds great. Animals walking is a good idea about how to start to heal. I volunteered for many years, one thing I did was walking dogs and it did help me heal connecting with things a little bit again.
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    Scared

    I can think of a few ideas that might be helpful. Be compassionate towards yourself because it is really really hard when you have PTSD. You have done enough if you have done the best you can. Rescind your resignation if you can. Jobs are really hard to find, especially if you have PTSD which...
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    Going To Meet My Daughters Entire Family And Need Tips And Advise.

    I would see it as an opportunity to connect with some friends. It is always nice to meet some new ones. Have someone call you for support half way through your meeting. You don't have to trust people straight away. You are allowed to fall back a bit about personal stuff until you know them...
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    Processing Trauma

    Your welcome. I know what it is like to be processing at the beginning. It is nice to know that there are some positive aspects to re-going through trauma which is a really awful experience. I had monthly sessions with my psychologist because it was all I could afford. It took 12 years for me...
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    Processing Trauma

    Yes it is worth it. I was agoraphobic and unable to work for 12 years after I got PTSD. Processing for 12 years enabled me to return to work and that has been awesome!. I have supported my family and am saving for a home.
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    Having Trouble With Usual Tasks - Brain Just Not Working

    I had the same problem. The first 2 years of my uni course I did not have PTSD and got a distinction average the first year. But the third year my brain started not working/concentrating/remembering/not having the ability to be analytical anymore and that was because the PTSD came in. It can be...
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    I Am Going To Confront My Dad Tomorrow

    Congrats on bravery. I did the same thing. Mostly I did that because there were many other children he had access to who were in danger. And it was the scariest thing I ever did, but it sought of very validating when you get the response, true or not. I feel glad that my saying something might...
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    How Much Do I Have To Process To Heal?

    I guess it depends on how much PTSD you have. Some people can have mild PTSD, some people like me have quite severe PTSD where there are fragmented personality moods. Personality moods are a bit milder than personalities. It took me about 12 years to recover from my main symptoms of not being...
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    How Do You Comfort Yourself When There Is No-one To Comfort You?

    I focus on my Pop. Although he isn't there in my life anymore, his spark which had and never stopped connecting with people in a friendly way never went out. His children were abused and his wife was controlling, but he never stopped being grateful for what little he had. He was my hero. I...
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    Why Am I Re-experiencing All These Memories Over And Over Again?

    Sometimes from your trauma, if you keep in contact with people who were your abusers, were a part of your abuse, the same messages get played over. It is why I don't have contact with my family. They have kept giving me the unconcious message that I was not worthwhile, and only they were, and...
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    Is Ptsd Curable?

    Can you cure PTSD? No I don't think so. There is always some sort of processing going on. Can you heal from PTSD Yes I think so. My psychologist says that PTSD created a lot of 'mind chatter' in me which is sort of creating anxiety and led to me not being able to work or connect with people. I...
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    News Maternal Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Associated With Increased Risk For Child Maltreatment

    As a mother who gets stressed very easily and is actually triggered a lot by 'connecting to people' I agree it is very likely for a mother with PTSD to abuse her children. Being a mother is a very very stressful job. My stress threshold is high, but I am under a lot of stress with my PTSD. I...
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    For All Of You Who Are Married Or In A Long Term Relationship

    I've been married 13 years, not all of it great as one of us(not me) decided to plug out of the relationship emotionally in the 10 year, or perhaps for a long time more and it effected us. My husband plugged out at a time I was learning how to need people to close to me which was double trouble...
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    I Need Suggestions On Living Alone

    I don't have any answers, except that it is nice to hear that you want to get out and about. I had a dear friend who had her husband pass away. She found companionship in cats, her horses and having a part-time boarder. I second animal companionship, and or going to a shelter and spending time...
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    Too Many People Want Me To Fail

    I have a very similar story to you. I got PTSD because I was doing a degree, working and had a successful life of little activities and friends outside home. My father threatened my life and so was my supervisors in a violent attack and then my mother emotionally blackmailed me. This actually...
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    What Does "processing Trauma" Really Mean?

    It is nice to do processing. Processing meant for me that I could feel this emotion about my family of origin.
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    What Does "processing Trauma" Really Mean?

    thanks therapybankrupt. :) I didn't really do it, My psychologists did.
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    What Does "processing Trauma" Really Mean?

    This is where an emotion from the 'cupboard' comes falling out from a repressed state. When we are in a trauma, memories and the emotions felt at the time do not get properly stored and written in the long term memory. The emotions and memories clog our 'still to process' part of the brain...
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    What Does "processing Trauma" Really Mean?

    Maddog's quote Wow that explains some things. Thanks for sharing that mad-dog. I have in 13 years had integrated many emotions (probably 1000). But when it came to processing the 'closer to people/ closer to supervisor emotion', which took 3 years to process, unlike the 1000 others which...
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    Sorry I Have Not Been Here, My Husband Finally Died At Home.

    Sorry for your great loss Gizmo. I know you loved your husband a lot, and it makes me sad that you have lost him. I hope he is at peace.
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    Dissociating At Work

    Get a crush on someone at work. Then you have a distraction from your PTSD and have trouble not dissacotiating at work. Worked for me ;)
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    Dissociating At Work

    I used to dissacotiate a lot at work. I dissacotiate a lot let now due to 'linking memories' with psycodynamic therapy. It took a long time, 13 years. Also I picked a job which relaxed me a bit, that was relatively simple. Sometimes the type of job can help. It sounds like you find some of...
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