Sufferer This Is My Story.

[Senoramenta]

I never put my physical abuse and PTSD together until recently. It came at me like a slow moving wind. My life could not been have better but there were signs like sensory overload and a fear mixed with anxiety. Why my brain decided that "now" is the time to stop functioning I would never know. I am also a product of physical abuse by my own mother. She bore 8 kids from my father whom then became an alcoholic & drug user and ultimately was murdered. Many years had passed before I started getting signs of overload and since I worked in a huge school district within the inner city, the noise, the loud sounds and bright lights,and the hallway fights etc..put me on edge everyday. I was no longer someone who was confident or comfortable working with school kids even though I worked with them for 12 years.Something had changed but I just did not know what had.

 

[Bette]

I never put my physical abuse and PTSD together until recently. It came at me like a slow moving w...

I worked as a psychiatric nurse for 26 years and an incident that reminded me of finding my father dead (20 years ago) ended my career. I doubt I can go back, and I loved my work.

 

[hodge]

Your story sounds so much like mine, @Senoramenta. I struggled to keep working at my career with PTSD, which came on years after my last trauma. By the time I was laid off, along with everyone else except the bookkeeper, I had not been able to work a full week of hours in months. I finally realized I had to apply for disability. I've been on it since 2009. In the last few years I've been able to work about 10-20 hours a month as a freelancer. It's a struggle, but I want to be at least somewhat productive.

@Bette, I'm so sorry. I know the pain of not being able to do what you've always loved doing.

:hug:s to you both.

 

[EveHarrington]

Welcome! :hug: