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About my PTSD issues.

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There is a long history of abuse, im 33 for the most part counting physical age. I wont go through the list of every single one of them because it will be long but the more recent ones as we are all aware about childhood and early sexual, physical and psychological trauma.

6 years ago, I lost everything that was dear to me. I don't talk about it much because people will not understand the feeling behind the words. I went through a year of abuse at the hands of professionals - many of them at once 12 to be exact. Things I can not even put into words that make it feel right way of explaining it. These people were the worst of the worst and they caused the loss of everything. I love children, a huge part of my life and aspirations are as a father, that father that never makes the mistakes never abuse their kids and treat them right. I was married and blessed with a child days after the wedding and was the height of my life, the 1st baby not born of sexual abuse. I reached new limits with it and became everything I wanted to be for that child. I lost both of them not 10 seconds after the birth of my child.

Within the last few years and after so much pain and trauma I had another child. I am always surrounded by people that are not as they seem to be, abusers, wolves. I pledged my heart she was my soulmate and my best friend my love for her was infinite worshipped her. I endured a lot with her but as long as she once showed affection I was ok with it every once in a while. Oddly stabbing me was not traumatic but loved her more for it. But my child my beautiful little girl, the best thing that could have happened to me. At the end of that relationship my therapist helped me not to be obedient anymore to abuse, saying no is always bad in my life it has consequences. I would not obey unreasonable demands anymore, so she took my child from me and have not seen her in a year. Going to court is traumatic, paperwork from a court traumatic and my ex knows me so got the authorities involved too knowing it will create more trauma.

I am not finding any words to feel description of any of this to put feeling to it. For years now I am fully numb I don't feel much, only things related to trauma and PTSD that cant be stopped, and children only 2 things I feel for. I wish I had the emotional skills to explain things in a way that conveys the reality but I just can not. Also a problem with trauma, cant do doctors, NHS staff at all, mental health crisis teams all fold into trauma history so avoid like the plague. The very odd times been forced into medical intervention all get is you don't look suicidal, bye. They never see past what they see with their eyes.

The PTSD is bad around my daughter very bad. Every time a child on a tv screen or anything it has to be turned off because triggers thousands of images and flashbacks. Do not cry not for many many years but brings it down to that point then DID steps in and turns sadness into rage to help survival but then has to be stopped because rage is unacceptable and turned back into numbness. There is so much but I don't know if I am making any sense or conveying the feeling behind it. sorry
 
Don’t ever be sorry for the way you feel or the way you explain how you feel. You’re human and you’ve been through a lot. More than most. There are times when we think we’ve lost touch with ourselves and we have to find it again. For me I like to walk outside bare feet toes in the grass in the silence feeling every blade of grass every inch of the earth and the wind in my face and hair. Idk if you have anything like that where you can escape, sometimes escaping isn’t easy or accessible. But it helps. If you need to let your feelings out places like this are definitely cool and I heard help some people. I can’t say I completely understand how you feel but Ik what it’s like to dissociate constantly and be numb. My son is my world but he gives me flashbacks and he’s in all of my nightmares even though he wasn’t alive for any of it. I get that part.
 
Thank you, there is not much around here. The best I can do is go out for a focused ride but even that around here is a little rubbish. Even to do that have to go far out from where I live to get to a open road. As most therapists describe me, I am the spider - live in my hole awaiting for someone or something to vibrate my trip wires to show any interest in coming out. Life without children is pointless, I grow tired of the nightmares in all honesty, the flashbacks, and even the punishing myself for things I can not change.
 
Well you’re not alone. We can’t change things that happened or some things about us at all, and I think most people tend to punish themselves for that, even those who don’t have mental illness. It’s the “couldve Should’ve would’ve” thing, everyone has something or many things that they cannot change. We’re supposed to say “it gets better” well it does but for us there are ups and downs. It’s dealing with the down part that sucks. It’s normal I guess is what I’m trying to say to feel bad about the things you can’t change. I try to embrace that part of my past, as a woman my body is something I hate too and I’m not going to lie I don’t think I’ll ever own it but I’m trying. All you can do is try different things to uplift yourself even when you feel like nothing. Even if it’s as simple as waking up and dressing nicely just to sit around the house it feels good to look nice. Or make something yummy to eat or take yourself on a date. Something positive.
 
I would like in part to take myself on a date but a lot of trauma based around my ex and how she has / still treats me. I worshipped her literally, doing things that made my therapist think what is wrong with you! with things like washing her feet. But recently has openly accused me of rape though this is a family court planning thing to stop me seeing my daughter, it feels if I do anything with anyone I need a contract written in triplicate, witnessed and notarised by a lawyer days in advance of a kiss or more. To make me date again, the woman would need to be worth the risks.
The things I can never forgive myself for are small but to me are big things, such as im accused of child abuse though again false allegations but my ex knows how to gaslight me very well and makes me question it. Like I was playing with my daughter and my guitar as she loved dancing to it, but she got super excited and pulled it on herself from my hands and as stupid as it sounds very traumatic to me. Something I can not forgive though a accident but I should have held the guitar tighter instead of enjoying the moment with her and she wont have been hurt. But was I a child abuser because of it? maybe I was I don't know anymore all I know is it is impossible for me to harm a child as I said gaslighting me also trying to make me believe I raped her though I never have.
People that say it will get better play the lottery, keep saying it until something good happens - "I told you it will get better".
I used to throw myself into my company to get by, as the company is also a hobby before it was a company - electronic cigarette company but I could not focus on work after a while.
 
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