Hi everyone, first time poster here.
I'm so glad I've found this site and, more importantly this thread. Isolation is probably my most debilitating PTSD symptom and it's so good to find advice / understanding / relatability.
I've now isolated myself so fully that I often wonder how (and if) I will ever go about undoing it. Not only do I study from home... I now do all my shopping online and have pretty well cut off all my friends, except cyber friends. Furthermore, to really hammer home the isolation, I've always been overweight but in the past couple of years I've really stacked it on (nothing eliminates the possibility of friendships and socialisation faster than being the 'fat girl') and the most recent development is my twisted sleeping pattern - I absolutely cannot sleep unless the sun is shining, so I've basically turned into a vampire.
Having said all this - it's so good to know that not only do other people experience these things... but they can overcome them. I think this site is going to be really helpful :occasion:
I'm so glad I've found this site and, more importantly this thread. Isolation is probably my most debilitating PTSD symptom and it's so good to find advice / understanding / relatability.
I've now isolated myself so fully that I often wonder how (and if) I will ever go about undoing it. Not only do I study from home... I now do all my shopping online and have pretty well cut off all my friends, except cyber friends. Furthermore, to really hammer home the isolation, I've always been overweight but in the past couple of years I've really stacked it on (nothing eliminates the possibility of friendships and socialisation faster than being the 'fat girl') and the most recent development is my twisted sleeping pattern - I absolutely cannot sleep unless the sun is shining, so I've basically turned into a vampire.
Having said all this - it's so good to know that not only do other people experience these things... but they can overcome them. I think this site is going to be really helpful :occasion: