Recent content by Liz Petty

That sounds wonderful! I haven't made it to ended yet but after two panic attacks in a month and about a week straight of high anxiety and paranoia over my own health something's gotta give.

Yes! Thank you for bringing this to my attention as a sign of what's going on. It happened today and I had to play it off as being cold. It's happened for decades and I never realized why. Burden lifted.

Can you share anymore about the emdr? I was recently diagnosed and I think since the diagnosis it's like a light has been turned on. I've realized that my thought life and constant fear is not quite normal like I thought. The idea that I could possibly not have internal fear plaguing me every...

Oh man. I am so sorry. That is incredibly hard. So few people truly understand the life that is left when you are left as the highest remaining branch of the family tree. It's a constant day to day awareness. A completely new life.

Thank you so much. I'm curious. Did an accident have anything to do with your parents' death?

Hi! I don't have the military link, but I definitely have the PTSD. Pretty sure mine is the complex version. Definitely challenging and exhausting and frustrating.

I've been going to a counselor. She has recommended EMDR therapy. Anyone have any experience with that? I'm a little hesitant and concerned about price. Did it help you? I'm so ready to breathe again without constant fear.

Thank you. My husband was just walking out a trigger with me as I processed everything. He looked at me and told me he was sorry about all of this. He was sorry it happened. But it wasn't still happening. That really helped. An acknowledgement of what I've been through a d what happened. It...

Hi everyone, I am hoping this site will help me shed more light on my recent PTSD diagnosis. I've been in counseling for about 3 years off and on. I lost my daddy to cancer when I was 22 and my mom died of a heart attack when I was 30. I was left to tend to the estate and sell her house and...