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    I'm overwhelmed with fear and anxiety. Can't seem to stop it if I go "there".

    This is an odd post. I'm actually having a wonderful Christmas. I've passed the CPA exam at an advanced age. Money in the bank. First time in a decade I might have a job with benefits. Who's to complain? It's that last one that is troubling me. I have to have my secret clearance re-instated...
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    I climbed the impossible mountain!

    After 18 months of hard work, I've done what only half the new college grads accomplish--I passed the CPA exam. I'm decades out of college and 68 years old. Everyone, and I do mean everyone, wished me well and gave me the look of "It can't be done at your age. Why even try?". In case you don't...
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    What does it feel like to feel happy??

    I watched the movie Destination Wedding last night and Keanu Reeves plays a character who clearly suffers from cPTSD. At one point in the movie, he asked the woman he was traveling with, "Have you ever been in love?" She said one time. He asked her what it felt like. That struck a chord because...
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    Childhood What could my life have been if I did not have cPTSD from childhood...

    I'm 67 now and look back on my life. PTSD didn't have a name when I was being whipped with a tree branch at 2 years old in diapers. I still remember being swung in a circle as I tried to run from it and my father held my wrist while he kept hitting my bare legs. It didn't have a name when I was...
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    Sleep impossible, need advice.

    I've struggled with this for 8 years and it is getting more debilitating now than ever. I've tried everything under the sun--meds, meditation, reading, exercise, therapy, herbs, teas, and more. Nothing works. I'm so sleep deprived it feels like a physical pain. I OD on caffeine to stay awake to...
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    13 months & 4 assignments-now they send the dreaded legal questions.

    I'm working temp for a Robert Half office. I'm getting ready to leave for my 4th engagement in a couple of days. 3 of the 4 engagements were mucked up though some sort of incompetence or other, but--at 66--it isn't easy to find work at all. The issue: My PTSD was caused by a car accident (no...
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    Should i leave my family after 17 year marriage from my ptsd?

    Me: Older male. College educated professional. My PTSD is non military, and is likely cPTSD from what I read. I've been married 17 years and have 2 teen daughters in the home. I refuse to take any more drugs than I'm already taking. I seldom drink, mainly because I'm scared to with this demon in...
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