something happened to me in the past. I don't know what, but something. now im stuck. no one ever really gets me when I...
Hello Pizza your distress is a terrible burden to carry. We hold on to pain/trauma for so long that it actually becomes a bit like a ‘comfort zone’ - it’s all you’ve known, any happiness was only ever intermittent episodes followed by escalating abuse/assault/attack. Moving away from Domestic violence & living with ptsd is like having a flat in the first wheel, & then getting a nail caught in the second wheel - ha, maybe that’s why I stopped riding my bike laugh out loud - I moved back into a car, this way I always have a spare tyre & I’m in the drivers seat, plus I get to choose the passengers on the ride, - to you it’s normal to keep touching the wound.
You are trying to remove something that you cannot do! This is the first lesson in healing I had to learn, I thought that writing about it, standing up & speaking out would make it go away - that.i would be completely healed, but all you are really doing is disassociating, avoiding & not wanting to take responsibility - or to be very blunt ‘ownership of your shit - you see, it happened to you, you can’t blame anyone now for what occured, Acceptance is what begins the journey towards a better way of life, understanding that it doesn’t ever go away, acknowledging the hurt & anger - but you learn to manage it, to improve yourself, to set better boundaries, to look at why those violations occurred, to not beat yourself up when you have a bad day or week or maybe month or year - who cares - stop trying to live by the expectations of others - be real to yourself,everyone has a different story to tell, it doesn’t make their trauma worse or better than yours & what works for some people won’t necessarily do the same for you. What will work though is educating yourself, helping others by sharing your struggles & successes (you are Amazing, you’re still here & trying

) & finding a passion, something that ‘drives’ you to want to make a difference, something that can put the smile back on your beautiful face. Keeping the mind busy is important, - as difficult as it can be try & challenge yourself by doing puzzles, reading, online courses, hobbies - have a daily mantra you repeat to yourself, it sounds corny but it kinda works. The hardest one is trying to keep the heart open to receive others in goodwill, this takes a whole lot of faith & will test your resilience on the occasions where it continues to break, fight against the force that wants to shut you down, or make you hate - for this is so easy to do, instead challenge yourself to try a little harder, do a little better,and be a bit brighter - & it’s okay to be stuck, if others had experienced what you went through, they would be struggling to cope too.