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I’ve been discharged from the day treatment program and will be seeing my psychiatrist/therapist on Monday. I am noticing just how much I sleep - all night and at least 2/3 of the day since discharge. I met with a career counselor, revised my resume, and applied to two jobs. That felt good...

I totally agree that this is so important. Self care is the first to go for me when I feel bad. I’ve been really trying that lately and they kept stressing it in my day therapy program. I’ve also been learming ways to self soothe with guided meditation when I can’t fall asleep or wake up from...

I can understand why you said what you said - I didn’t really give enough context :) i can see that you are kind and caring - thank you again...

@Zencat perhaps... i think I am grieving 15 years of marriage. That’s not a small thing. I am also grieving that I took care of my family financially and gave my heart and soul, but was so disposable when my ptsd symptoms made me function poorly. I am also grieving the fact that I have ptsd...

@joeylittle thank you for checking in. That means a lot! I’ve been trying to regroup in my day therapy program and have finally come to a place where I am going to look for another job. Because I have a complex situation right now with a pending divorce and a child in the middle of it plus...

I should have reached out to him but he eventually died ftom heart failure on the operating table. ?

I have cut off all ties with my mother about six years ago. I wanted to stay in touch with my father, but I don’t know what my mother told him - he stopped communicating with me. My brother has depression and probably some other diagnoses - he just stays in a small room in my parents’ house...

It was the other way around - I took care of everyone else, including financially.

How about: “I have been diagnosed with PTSD. Here is some information about what the symptoms look like. Here is what treatment looks like. You may need some time to think about this and maybe then we can talk about it. I am still learning about this too.”

@ladee I am sorry you went through something similar. And thank you for your supportive messages. I am so grateful. @ladee it hurts me too to see him cry. Tonight, before bed, he said to me that he doesn’t feel that his father loves him anymore and just wants a completely new life with his gf...

I understand the feeling of not having enough energy to live. Pain and stress is very tiring. It sounds like you had a lot of stressors one after another that didn’t let up. It makes sense that you would feel drained by all of that. I can only imagine the emotions that come up around taking...

I am grateful this weekend is over. It felt endless. I appreciate the support i got from people. For 2 days I lay motionless in pain. Today, I got up in the morning. Even though I am on med leave, I had to grade some papers to seniors who are leaving after next week. I could not bring myself to...

Thank you @brat17 . I completely relate to what you described. I appreciate the supply very much...

@ladee thank you for everything you said here. You reflected it all - including catching that there is grief involved. I am grieving my lost marriage and my job, and I often forget that is happening in addition to the ptsd stuff. This evening it felt like my brain came online and I was no...

Thank you for your support. I have been diagnosed with ptsd, agoraphobia, and major depression. I have a psychiatrist/therapist. I am currently in a partial program during weekdays with group therapy. But this long weekend is painful. No one around. I have never felt so alone (physically) in my...

I have trouble re-envisioning my life. And I have people depending on me financially. They are depending on me - my kids - to find new employment in the next 3 months. I don’t want to fail them and I don’t want to make choices (or do nothing) to drive my life further to a point of no return. I...

Long weekends are extremely hard. Usually I’ve been able to get a few hours of rest and talk myself into getting up and doing things. But this is the second day I can’t get out of bed. I feel paralyzed. The reality of my situation hit me - my life is not what i hoped it would be. I have no job...

I am also a mom with very similar feelings. I support you wholeheartedly and hope that you feel better soon. It’s not easy but this is doable. We just have to keep communicating and doing our best...

Thank you @MrMoonlight. Although I am paralyzed with depression right now, I am watching Netflix. It helps. It’s a good feeling to know there is this place because otherwise I would be completely alone. It’s good to know I am not alone. I feel the pain and then I literally become so depressed I...

I am so sorry... I don’t have any advice because I am in the same situation - despite all my education and ability, I am deeply depressed and feeling like I want to die. I’m not dead though, just feeling it. A part of me is hoping for something to break open - some insight, strength, or...

I’ve been in treatment for ptsd. Whatever got brought up put me in a deep depression to the point where I haven’t been able to get out of bed. My younger son stopped by - his dad with the new girlfriend outside - to pick up sneakers for a hike. It was like being hit with a sledgehammer. My ex...

I completely relate to your story here...i had no idea i had anything to disclose. Train wreck... My partner responded by taking off and getting someone else who could take care of him (since i was crashing and burning). I now have to look elsewhere for understanding... @siniang I completely...

You mean that there are other men like that? A therapist told me that my ex acts like there was some unspoken deal between us - that I was going to take care of him. When I began to fail, instead of supporting me and learning more about what’s going on with me, he basically acted like I violated...

You are absolutely right about my husband. When I started falling apart, he just pushed me harder to support the family and keep working. Then, he wanted to be intimate with me - and I had nothing left. When he realized I wasn’t going to go back to an overarching me, he easily rationaluzed me...

Thank you for your support. I haven’t been able to hold on to a job for longer than 2 years in the past 10 years. It may be that I am too damaged to have a job. Frequent absences are a problem for me - I have agoraphobia that kicks in. I don’t feel that I can cope with stress anymore. I have 2...