Recent content by Eleanor27

I have recently been discussing with my therapist how hard is is to accept my diagnosis at times. I regularly feel like my major trauma- being assaulted by students and teaching stress in general- wasn't "bad" enough to warrant PTSD. There are thousands of teachers working in low income...

Thanks for all the advice. I have been doing a lot of work on my own and with different therapists since I was diagnosed. I am much better than I was 9 1/2 months ago! A lot of the denial comes from the improvement I have had, feeling like I can't have PTSD still if I am having so many good days...

Its a combination of forgetting and becoming irrational and not wanting to take it. I still struggle with denial of my diagnosis, and my family is hugely unsupportive of me taking any kind of medication because "its not like youa re a crazy person or something!". My husband tries to remind me...

Hello! First of all I'm very glad I found this place to hopefully get me some advice/connections/knowledge about my condition! I was diagnosed with PTSD/Possible CPTSD, panic disorder, depression, dermatillomania, and generalized anxiety disorder 9 1/2 months ago following my first 2 years of...