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    Adult children of addicts marrying their parents

    You really helped me view the situation with much greater clearity. It makes me feel much lighter to be reminded that perhaps I didn't enable anything, nor am I necessarily destined to repeat anything, and to focus on small moments of joy. I've been told that I have a tendency to blame myself...
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    Adult children of addicts marrying their parents

    I've read that it's common for adult children of addicts to end up in co-dependent relationships with someone who repeats the same patterns/abuse as their parents. I've just begun to realise that I've done exactly that. How do you go from realisation to action? Just getting here has taken most...
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    Sufferer Newly diagnosed after a lifetime of silence and invisibility

    I've had five sessions with a psychologist, paid for by my work union. After those ran out, I was referred to a psychiatrist (the one who diagnosed me with C-PTSD). His treatment was to prescribe meds, however. I told him that I have extreme anxiety regarding anything that might make me feel...
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    Sufferer Newly diagnosed after a lifetime of silence and invisibility

    Thank you all for the kind words and for sharing some of your own experiences. It really does help to be reminded that there are other people out there in very similar situations. I felt like a freak in my last job. Everyone else in my field seemed to come from wealthy, perfect backgrounds and...
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    Sufferer Newly diagnosed after a lifetime of silence and invisibility

    Hi. I was diagnosed with C-PTSD recently at age 36. I've been struggling with mental health issues and trauma my entire life, but it's gone untreated and largely unnoticed until I had a complete breakdown at work and lost my job. I'm trying to pick up the pieces now and hoping to connect with...
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