Grama-Herc
MyPTSD Pro
In a thread started by ISupportHer about grieving the loss of the wife he knew, once she became a PTSD sufferer, started me thinking!
"WE", the sufferers of PTSD need to grieve also. We need to grieve the loss of our former selves. I never thought about it like this before, but we have had a loss.
The loss of the self we knew. We have lost the person we were. Have any of us grieved this loss.
PTSD changes "us" for life and I would think it mentally healthy to go through the grieving process. The person we were is gone. That person is not coming back and I think that needs to be acknowledged and mourned in order to move on.
I am curious if this even makes sense to anyone but me. What do you think?
"WE", the sufferers of PTSD need to grieve also. We need to grieve the loss of our former selves. I never thought about it like this before, but we have had a loss.
The loss of the self we knew. We have lost the person we were. Have any of us grieved this loss.
PTSD changes "us" for life and I would think it mentally healthy to go through the grieving process. The person we were is gone. That person is not coming back and I think that needs to be acknowledged and mourned in order to move on.
I am curious if this even makes sense to anyone but me. What do you think?