Recent content by Ruthb

Aww thanks.I For whatever reason my mind has gone totally overboard.I'm having had dreams when I do manage to get to sleep also i have a bad throat which I've had for about 6 weeks of which 2 doctors have tried reassuring me it's nothing terrible but my mind says otherwise.I am so aware of every...

Hi all.hope everyone's had an ok day.I'm just admit my days been terrible.I had a real breakdown.spoil not good Just so fed up with this

like you i feel the same.I feel weak and angry with myself.Where's my inner strength.

hi i hope your feeling a bit better today.I like you also have had a bad day today so be assured your not alone.Also to me the world feels overwhelming and scary.I've had panic and anxiety and also convinced i have some terrible illness and what's the point mixed with terror.I try and divert my...

Thanks for reply.Is worrying about having something Thanks for reply.I find I now worry about having something terribly wrong health wise .Like full of dread and doom that I can't enjoy life because I'm constantly worried. Iso don't get why. Ruth

Thank you so much survivor 3 .It's nice to know you don't have to suffer alone and there is a light at the end of the tunnel Ruth

Thank you soon much skywatcher. You mentioned poetry and as it happens I used write poetry and even had it published.I wrote it in honour of fallen soldiers and their families.Maybe I should have the confidence to pick up my pen again. Another question is does PTSD make you sensitive to any ache...

Hi I guess I feel lost in it all eg the way I'm feeling and mind blocks where I seem to go back when I see or hear something that triggers it.Also 1 specialist said I shouldn't have treatment that talks about the past yet another 1 says I should yet because he's not trained in complex PTSD...

Hi Mo Thanks for your reply.It was good to hear from someone who feels the same as me.Earlier this year I used alcohol to numb my fears etc but thankfully I don't now although now and again I do just to relax It's ok these so called experts saying drink doesn't help....Nor do they.Its either oh...

Hi all I've been told I have complex PTSD. I have some questions to ask about this as I don't understand it all. All my life I've made myself a brick wall and never given in and when I've been on the floor I've always made myself get up. I can't understand why now I feel like I've crumpled and...

Hi Neal I'm new on hear and am not sure how to put a thread on.I have been told I have complex PTSD and have some questions to ask as I guess I need to be sure all medical people are right as I don't trust it all.Thanks Ruth