Recent content by Staying strong

Ya I know.. waaaaa wasaaa... i sucked it up for the night out of love.. Time for another T appointment I guess..

I feel for you and sadly have no advice since I'm relatively new to this. I'm also glad that self harm isn't an option. I will be hoping you get a response that helps

Had a pretty good week going until My Bipolar G/F went into a Funk.. Fighting off with little results the anxiety. The full body twitching is driving me crazy and not helping her relax. If I go home to my house it Could upset her. And I could get worse wandering around the empty house. If I stay...

Thank You All..

Won't be long before it will be the one year anniversary of my wife's passing from a 5 year battle with ALS.. I had been primarily caregiver and I'm hoping that I can hold it together so it's a bit easier on my 2 Kids.. ugh

Ugh.. so sorry for you.. I'm lucky enough to have a Boss and co workers that call me most mornings and ask if Mad Mark or Happy Mark came to work today.. I started the labeling of myself just to give them a heads up if it was gonna be one of those days

after 5 years of caregiving for my late wife with ALS.. I still at times can hear the suction machine etc running.. and wake up thinking she needs a Breathing treatment in the middle of the night.. at times I wake up my Girlfriend to see is she is breathing Ok.. thank god she understands

Just a little support and some deep breaths and I was in chill mode when she got home.. Was a nice evening.. thx

Another it's not just me moment... more than twice a week my daughter would tell me my TV was very loud last night..( TV was Off ) wasn't till I started sleeping at my G/F's house I learned the Truth.. it happily went away the more time I spent with her

This is non PTSD related but it may help. When I first started communicating with my now Girlfriend The second conversation we had she was Very clear and upfront with her diagnosis of Bi-polar M/D.. It allowed me to research and learn what I had ahead of Me. And cleared the air for her very...

Reading this and thinking " it's not just me " My therapist says since I'm a widower I have " Acute fear of loss " so I love that I have a new relationship but live with the fear of losing her. Heck I make up ways in my head I will lose her and drive myself right into a Anxiety attack. Sad but...

I can feel the anxiety build as she will walk through the door any minute.. I don't want to drive her away. As a former ( 1 year ago ) ALS caregiver im used to being the one to keep things under control and everyone as happy as possible. I'm struggling with being the one needing help and support

Home from work.. couple things to do and then a shower and off to My Fiancé's house.. I sorta put a damper on her mood yesterday afternoon with my anxiety and shakes.. I have it in my head I can do better tonight. Wish Me luck

Hello All: After being diagnosed with " Caregivers PTSD" I feel like Ive been labeled in a Way. I knew being the primary caregiver for my late wife who had ALS was taking a toll on Me but just didn't have the time to think about what the effects would be after her passing away. It's been almost...