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I’m in my early 50s going through a divorce with two kids. Today, I learned that I lost my job. After everything that has happened to me, I feel like I’m not going to recover from this job loss. I have no strength left to keep going and to keep trying - the world confirms that no matter how...

I started a day treatment program last week. It was difficult being around people all day, so I came home very tired. It felt like a full day of stressful work, even though there was meditation and relaxation. It is very difficult to be around that many people all day. I supose it’s better than...

Unfortunately I am not able to finish the year and need to go into a partial program for at least two weeks. I am at last resort. I am volatile and will potentially sabotage my job completely. I don’t have the kinds of options you are describing for smaller groups, etc. We teach subjects within...

This sounds like every teacher’s nightmare - too much going on, you’re running aroung trying to make it work, and then a crisis happens. I am so sorry you got physically hurt by a student! I had to break up two fights in my career where I physically intervened and restrained students in mid...

I agree. It’s just that I’m worried about the fallout. I hope I will feel better and want to have a job to come back to. It’s a tough balance to leave but also not dump too much on my collegues. I so badly want to feel better. I am also terrified of all the intensive therapy in partial. As a...

My ptsd symptoms were triggered by a mess of events all coming together and causing so much stress that now my switch has turned off. I went into dissociation from all life responsibilities. My psychiatrist wanted me to go into partial in November, but I wanted to hang in there. Whennthe switch...

I spoke to my psychiatrist and she will refer me to a partial hospitalization program, where I don’t have to spend the night. I reached out to my union rep, but my doctor said most of the process will be about her providing documentation, which she will do. My brain just shut down after the last...

Thank you - I hope to get to a pount where I can differentiate what happened to me from me

I completely relate to this feeling disgusted by the small me. I don’t like the phrase “inner child” for some reason - I find that repulsive/triggering too. I am not at the point where I can take “her” in as you have.

Interesting how you found responses to you condescending but when I felt the sane it was “ptsd” lenses...

I am a teacher and literally one month or so away from the end of the school year. Unfortunately my ptsd symptoms have made it difficult for me concentrate, prepare meaningfully, and even show up to work. I have two absent dats left for the year. However, they can fire me for not attending...

Thank you

This is very similar to my story. Unfortunately, i burned out, was hospitalized, but came back to work too soon. I had no such smart doctor. I overworked to outrun my past - memories, flashbacks, etc. No one has yet suggested I had PTSD. When I had my breakdown, it was too late - I already fried...

That’s not it at all. I am gay and have no desire to get back with my husband. The problem is she was introduced to my son, who is treated for depression and is on/off suicidal. And, she is already telling his father how to parent my son whom she doesn’t have a clue about. I am in the middle of...

I relate to what you shared about having a safe job for ptsd. I also a teacher and with increase in symptoms am currently failing at my job. For example, on Friday i was having such a bad day that I told one class I couldn’t teach that day and they had to work quietly. I NEVER do that. They had...

I have a pretty rigid schedule being a teacher. The grounding techniques were very helpful for me to learn. Unfortunately I have been declining in functioning, such as concentrating, cooking, cleaning, self-care with the escalation of ptsd symptoms. I have been sleeping a lot and would sleep all...

Yes have, including antipsychotics

I have been on most medications there are for depression and anxiety. I was misdiagnosed with depression before finally getting to the ptsd diagnosis. I even had 2 series of ECT treatments in the past, which caused some memory loss. Medication is something everyone responds differently to. I...

Yes thanks I’m sure that’s true. If it feels too uncomfortable I’ll just leave the forum.

I appreciate your thoughtful and understanding response. It’s hard to open up and then see responses that feel condescending. PTSD is a difficult thing and a lot of what I know is hard to apply when in the middle of crisis. It’s easier to not say anything at all that to open yourself up to...

Yes - she does both

I saw my therapist today and she taught me techniques to stay in the present. As we were going through the exercises, I realized how much I saw everything through the lens of flashbacks and never feeling safe anywhere. It was helpful. She said I didn’t have to relieve my abuse to heal, which is...

Based on the replies it’s clear I’ve gone off the deep end. Yes I see my therapist twice a week. She says I am going through a crisis period. If I get hospitalized I may lose my job amd my kid in the divorce. I’m trying to hang on until the year is over. I am glad I don’t talk about what I wrote...

I recently joined this forum because the things I feel I don’t want to share with anyone in my life. It’s just me with two kids - 1 in college, and another in elementary school. I have one true friend, fir whom I am very grateful. I have some descent colleagues. This year everything seems to...

I was one such a woman who could not meet my partner’s needs and we are divorcing because of it. I told him I had issues with Sex because of past abuse but in the end he just wanted what he wanted. I don’t know why your partner is not feeling intimacy , or why she can go feel it with others...