Anxiety When Reading About PTSD

[Silver]

Hi Maria,

I totally understand. When I first found this site I was reading everything I could. But I quickly found out that some of the things I read were increasing my stress, and I needed to back off for a while. These small breaks have helped immensely, and I'm even starting to feel better about posting now. :)

 

[the racha]

Maria-- I know exaclty what you mean about PTSD and reading about it. I was in a group once and we were reading through the definition of C-PTSD. I became very, very upset and had to leave the room. I didn't know or understand why it upset me so much at the time. Looking back now, I think it was because reading about PTSD made me feel depersonalized all over again. I felt like the article wasn't talking about people, or about me.

I don't know if that helps much; as Ive gotten better, it has gotten easier. Good luck to you.