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Hi Caterpillar. As you say you feel like you lost a piece of yourself that night and are trying to put everything back together again.You are doing the right things even if it seem you aren't making as much progress as you would like. I am glad you are in therapy and your fiance is on the mend...

It is so hard to let go and move on. I sense part of you will always ask could you do more but you did so much already and dedicated 8 years of your life! You owe it to yourself to be happy and have a life too. Take good care of yourself.

Yes maybe I'm just blocking out the bad stuff and trying to get on with things to the best I can. Alot of people rely on me so I must hold it together.

@Meadowsweet I have put the answer to your second part in a new post in the Introduction section-i hope this explains everything

@Meadowsweet I never went to the doctor! I know it sounds stupid. I think I was too ashamed and just hid everything but I did see a councellor but gave up with her after a while- she looked liked she needed counselling herself.

Hi everybody, some of you may have seen some of my post replies and think I am too happy to have anything wrong with me! It has taken me a long time, over 5 yrs to be more accurate to get me here. We all suffer and some, including myself kept it hidden for years and unfortunately the longer it...

@Meadowsweet @Solara Hi everybody sorry, I see I should have written about myself in the introduction. I will do this next. I may come across all spiritual and zen maybe because it was over 5 years ago that I came out the other side of PTSD. The thing is I never realised this is what I had and...

Thankfully I haven't experienced this but if you meet the right guy, your heart body and mind will find a level of harmony and agreement and it won't be as much of an issue. Being with the wrong person is a chore, being with the right person and everything fits into place alot better (ha excuse...

Ok, the way I see it, its not just you and him trying to figure things out any more-you have kids now and need to think about them first and the impact all this is having on them. What would they say 10 yrs from now to you? All this is draining your energy and emotion and it will be hard to keep...

I don't know. I think when you don't expierience someting first hand, it kind of is impossible to convey the real horror you have experienced on someone else-i know i wouldnt want to inflict this on someone else. I think i could just say if i act this way or say that, this is what is going on...

Chrissy, my goodness I don't know how you lasted so long there! Day in day out you were in an environment that was in some respects toxic because there are so many reminders-sounds, smells, similar decor etc so your senses were being bombarded on all levels and although you are surviving you...

The simple things like surrounding myself with nature-it is such a great comforter and teacher. Experiencing unconditional love-such as from a pet, looking at small kids playing happily without a care in the world. All these things remind me that there is still a lot of good going on too

I have a friend who does not have PTSD but is so so messed up it is frightening, so there really is no normal life. Each person experiences different degrees of normality but as individuals we all lose it from time to time. Is that normal? Totally and utterly YES-we are not robots and each of us...

Well done-work will look after work-you take good care of yourself-you are already a good employee or they would give you a hard time.

Yes be kind to yourself, starting a new job is a big deal and a very brave thing to take on board. When feeling vulnerable it is easy to misread situations, a look, a laugh, not looking, no matter what, you can think it is being negatively directed at you-its the difference between reality and...