Sufferer Been Diagnosed For 2 Years

[Femaleptsd]

Hi there

I've been diagnosed with PTSD for coming up to 2 years from a gang rape over 3 years ago. I then suffered from multiple traumas when I stayed with the gang (for complicated reasons) which have only recently stopped.

I've really struggled with the symptoms and have had two stays in hospital (one sectioned and one informal) but have managed to stay out for the past 11 months.

I have a care coordinator (uk) and I had emdr and cbt therapy. Neither of these worked for different reasons (mainly because I was still being abused at the time) and I'm due to start cat therapy in a couple of weeks. I'm really worried about this as when I was in therapy last time, I couldn't control my emotions very well and ended up attempting suicide (basically flashbacks etc got worse after a session).

Hopefully will find some new coping strategies for when I'm in therapy this time.

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

Welcome to the forum. :)

 

[Doolali]

Hi and welcome.

Very sad story you have, hopefully you find support on here!

Take care and see you around :)

 

[Femaleptsd]

Thanks for the welcomes :)

 

[intothelight]

Hi Femaleptsd,

Welcome to the PTSD Forum! :)

I am not familiar with the term CAT therapy, but I hope that it does help you. With any therapy though, it is most effective when you are in a safe environment and have been provided the tools to properly cope with the emotions that therapy brings out. I hope you have built that groundwork over the past eleven months.

This forum is a great place for information and support. I hope you find it beneficial to your healing.

Take care.

Debbie

 

[Femaleptsd]

Thanks very much Debbie. To be honest I don't really know about CAT (cognitive analytical therapy) either and it's also being used in conjunction with art therapy - also don't really know much about this.

I just hope it can help me to finally deal with everything and I can begin to try and move on x

 

[LostWorld]

Welcome :)

 

[Femaleptsd]

Thank you :)