Hmmmm... there were words in my post when I hit "Post Reply" 5 hours ago. Now it is just blank....
Anyways, I voted that it was helpful, it began to make my life make sense. So many things that I did and thought and everything I felt that contradicted what a "normal" person did began to fall into place. In my case the trauma was there but buried so deep I did not have a clue how traumatic it was and there are still blanks. When the memory came back some of my phobias began to be understandable, when I began to research about PTSD more began to make sense. I wasn't surprised when I finally had the diagnosis earlier this year.
Instead of fighting against the PTSD I am learning how to do things in a way that still allows me to do it, maybe just not the way others do. Little things like taking different routes to work to avoid the traffic, or like today, taking the bus instead of driving to an area of town I am not familiar with. I am learning how to live with it until I develop more skills and heal more.
Now my previous post is back....very strange....
Anyways, I voted that it was helpful, it began to make my life make sense. So many things that I did and thought and everything I felt that contradicted what a "normal" person did began to fall into place. In my case the trauma was there but buried so deep I did not have a clue how traumatic it was and there are still blanks. When the memory came back some of my phobias began to be understandable, when I began to research about PTSD more began to make sense. I wasn't surprised when I finally had the diagnosis earlier this year.
Instead of fighting against the PTSD I am learning how to do things in a way that still allows me to do it, maybe just not the way others do. Little things like taking different routes to work to avoid the traffic, or like today, taking the bus instead of driving to an area of town I am not familiar with. I am learning how to live with it until I develop more skills and heal more.
Now my previous post is back....very strange....
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