Other Exiting from a cult

[Deleted member 46752]

@TommySunlight - I've merged your two threads on this, since the topic is the sa...

Thanks for the kind and thoughtful response...me and my therapist are currently doing this but idk if it is working...also I'm afraid my paranoia over my safety is becoming a new core belief

 

[joeylittle]

me and my therapist are currently doing this

You're working on your initial trauma? That's very good news.

 

[Deleted member 46752]

You're working on your initial trauma? That's very good news.

Yes and when I was assaulted by knifepoint at 13

Just it might sound weird but my recent runs in with a cult and internet weirdos seemed to put a damper on me processing those two events

 

[Muttly]

Actually, it doesn't sound particularly weird at all. People with trauma do this all the time. They find or create events that create a diversion, so they don't have to deal with the original trauma. I'm not saying they do it consciously, it often isn't.

 

[joeylittle]

^^^
What @Muttly said.

Did your PTSD show up relatively soon after the earlier trauma(s), or did it not show up until the internet incident?

 

[EveHarrington]

Eve why do you keep invalidating me?

I’m not invalidating you. You start threads about how the internet gave you ptsd which is impossible. I think you’re hyper sensitive to anyone who dares to question what you say....go look up the DSM PTSD criteria and you’ll understand why I dare (gasp!) question you.

 

[Abstract]

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Did your PTSD show up relatively soon after the earlier trauma(s), or did it not show up until the internet incident?

Hi @TommySunlight I think this is a very important question to explore if you can.

 

[Deleted member 46752]

Hi @TommySunlight I think this is a very important question to explore if you can.[...

I always had anxiety and depression but the internet addiction opened both old and new wounds

 

[Deleted member 46752]

I’m not invalidating you. You start threads about how the internet gave you ptsd which is impos...

Fair enough but it is an emerging field

 

[joeylittle]

I always had anxiety and depression

Can we get more specific? I’m just trying to understand if you had delayed-onset PTSD or if your PTSD was already ‘happening’, as a result of the earlier trauma.

I am wondering if you’ve had a thorough assessment, with someone who is qualified to look at the big picture of ALL the events in your life.

 

[Deleted member 46752]

Can we get more specific? I’m just trying to understand if you had delayed-onset PTSD or if your...

Well when I was 18 I was arrested and put on probation for marijuana possession(I was smoking to calm me), and a few months later someone very close to me passed away. I dropped out of school my second semester because i stopped going because my anxiety and panic manifested in agoraphobia and since then have been in a cycle of minimum wage jobs, county college dropouts, and a psychiatric caroseul of medicines

 

[Rumors]

Well when I was 18 I was arrested and put on probation for marijuana possession(I was smoking to...

None of this constitutes ptsd nor does an Internet cult. I don't believe anyone is doing you any huge favor by sugar coating it. Sorry..actually I am not sorry. I would give anything to not have a memory of having a gun shoved in my mouth at age 4 while being assaulted by a family member. Internet cult, being arrested for pot, dropping out of school are just bad choices on your part. Don't come here and try and compare them with people who have really had some shit happen.. I don't doubt that you have things going on and I am sorry that you can't pinpoint what is going on. I think you need to ask for some extra sessions for support. There are people here who have actually been victim to cults that faced abuse and death...for real. If you have ptsd it isn't from the internet. Go read the dsm..