Can The Pain Go Away?

[eljacko129]

I ache from loneliness, yet am surrounded by friends. I constantly feel like I have a 50lbs brick on my chest. I feel the need to cry but can't.

Can anyone help me? my insides are on fire.

"i'm not afraid of tomorrow,
i'm only scared of myself,
feel like my insides are on fire,
and I'm looking through the eyes of someone else..."

SR-71

 

[Kunoichi]

E,

the pain can and does go away. But its not instantaneous. Often times, it is gut wrnchingly hard to find a pinprick of light. Take heart and keep fighting. It does get better! or at least more mangeable.

Kunoichi

 

[Mercy]

I understand well when you said you ache from loneliness. Feeling lonely, like an outsider is a well know symptom of PTSD. I think we all have been where you are at one time or another. The good thing is that you are reaching out.
Keep writing please.

 

[Marlene]

the pain can and does go away. But its not instantaneous.

Very true, Kunoichi. It does go away very slowly and sometimes it takes a while for you to notice. Start noticing a good few minutes. Then a good few hours. Then a good day and so on. Write these times down as a reminder when everything is dark and black again that you not only did have these good times, but that they will come back.

The pain can go away, but you have to want it and work hard at it through taking care of yourself, dealing with your traumas and the issues that result from those traumas. It's a hard road, but one worth traveling.

Lisa

 

[sallysellsseashells]

I don't think it will necesarily take a long time.

Is it a metaphor or a physical feeling: the insides being on fire?

Please try not to be critical of yourself right now, and do take as much time to relax as you can find. Make opportunities to relax.

How are you feeling today?

S.

P.S. I have sent you a request to befriend. :)

 

[missy8888]

I ache from loneliness, yet am surrounded by friends. I constantly feel like I have a 50lbs brick on my chest. I feel the need to cry but can't.

Can anyone help me? my insides are on fire.

"i'm not afraid of tomorrow,
i'm only scared of myself,
feel like my insides are on fire,
and I'm looking through the eyes of someone else..."

SR-71

:Hug_emoticon: Missy

 

[mila]

I can tell you that after my "trauma", whatever, I thought I was ruined for life. I thought, "I'll never be the same again. I am screwed up for life now." I felt SO broken, ruined.

It does get better. Talking about it helped me. Finding this site helped me because everyone here knows what it's like, and I found it hard to find people who "got it" in my day to day life. This is a great place to work through it. (And, well, yeah, I hate to admit it, the medication helped too. Takes the edge off.)

Hang in there. Prayers to you... Mila