Recent content by tommytwojays

Plus one for leaving. It took me a year to do so and in that time both the PTSD and my relationship got worse. Since leaving now two months ago, I have had the space to really deal with the disorder and would now say that I am clear. Staying will very likely not go well. Especially as in your...

I'm not yet going to say that I am cured because 7 weeks is but a blink in the span of a full term life but I am confident that I now have the tools and the will to firefight any underlying thought processes, emotional responses and triggers that I'm as yet not aware of. The process of...

I signed up last year and I think posted one thread. I got some good advice and support so thanks to you all for that :) I was diagnosed with PTSD in the end and had a course of CBT Thing is, I didn't really take a crucial bit of advice that I was given back then. To move out from the home I...

Thank you. Yes, oddly I have been feeling a bit better this past couple of days. When I say better, I mean up and down rather than always down. It seems admitting it to yourself and seeking help really does have an effect. I still have pretty constant re runs atm though. People around me are...

I was lucky to get a doctor's appt today and he seems pretty convinced that I am suffering post trauma stress. He has started a couple of balls rolling. He is referring me for urgent counselling and also putting in a referral for some sessions with a practitioner of the eye method. That will be...

Thank you. Yes, the eye movement thing just seems a bit kooky from here but if it works, it works and I do respect that. I am going to try to see the doctor tomorrow, will just have to see where it leads from there.

Yes, I am in the UK. I did speak to a doctor a few months after the accident about the flashbacks and sleep patterns. I was instantly prescribed citalopram. I took one pill. Instantly felt it was wrong and took no more. The mistake was probably that I then went, "oh well, there's nothing the...

Thank you. I do understand that like many areas, realising the problem is perhaps the most important step. Up until yesterday I hadn't. I've been like an unconscious victim of my own emotions and brain. Which has totally messed up my life and turned me into someone I don't like very much. My...

Hi folks. About three years ago I was pulling out of my drive when a motorbike came around the nearby corner at a crazy speed. He was going so fast and was so wide as a result, that he clipped my car, even though I had cleared his lane. The bike went out of control and to cut a long story short...