Poll Do You Feel PTSD-Related Guilt?

[Jagged Angel]

I know this appears like an odd question, but I do not feel guilt, and I am wondering if there are other people who do not feel guilt that is related to their PTSD. I read here on the forum, and in the PTSD books that guilt is a symptom of PTSD, however I more frequently feel nothing, and certainly no guilt.

 

[shiraz]

I used to feel guilt ALL the time - now, only sometimes ... I am working on it every day!

The guilt stemmed from feeling that i burdened my partner excessively with my PTSD and I felt that he should have the opportunity to be in relationship with someone who is not such a burden. he has effectively knocked this thinking out of my head :)

Sometimes, especially when not well, I will feel guilt and I have to work quite hard to get rid of it. of course, it is not all about him - there is a lot going on that is all about the abuse - that is more complex and I haven't figured it all out just yet.

 

[cragger65]

I said all the time instinctively, but it's actually better now than it used to be. Not so long ago, I would think of myself as an abysmal failure for not being stronger. I am still prone to that thinking, but am doing better at recogizing when and where it starts, and simple treating it as an unproductive train of thought and coming back to here and now.

 

[Marie E.]

Damn the person who has created this PTSD hell for me!!!

 

[justwannabeme]

I thought it was my middle name! I blamed it on being French/Italian/Catholic, and I thought everybody had it, but apparently not.

 

[Sterre]

I read here on the forum, and in the PTSD books that guilt is a symptom of PTSD, however I more frequently feel nothing, and certainly no guilt.

Are you sure you dont feel guilt?

Sometimes it can be hard to recognize a feeling for what it is. What does guilt feel like? I aske this seemingly obvious question because to me guilt feels a lot like panic, and I get those feelings mixed up all the time. I am recently learning to differentiate between these feelings.
Every time I have an intense feeling ( strangely enough it can also be joy) I get anxious. For me its really hard to differentiate between strong emotions. I do feel guilt, a lot, but I have a hard time recognizing it for what it is.

 

[Philippa]

Are you sure you dont feel guilt?

Sometimes it can be hard to recognize a feeling for what it is. What does guilt feel like? I aske this seemingly obvious question because to me guilt feels a lot like panic, and I get those feelings mixed up all the time. I am recently learning to differentiate between these feelings.
Every time I have an intense feeling ( strangely enough it can also be joy) I get anxious. For me its really hard to differentiate between strong emotions. I do feel guilt, a lot, but I have a hard time recognizing it for what it is.

I would agree with this. I sometimes have a very hard time telling the difference between feelings, and which is mine and what is someone elses that I have empathically picked up on. Sometimes I can tell straight away that I feel guilt, and I felt this the other night, though I'm not sure it was related to ptsd?

 

[Tinyflame]

I relate exactly to what Shiraz said.

 

[Grace11]

Yes, yes, and yes - the guilt is overwhelming.

 

[jo may]

I feel a deep guilt about my PTSD as my husband doesn't know what wife he is going to wake up to. Plus he has almost taken over the everyday running of the house and making sure I keep on top of my pills as I would forget.
I also worry that he will become resentful of me as I can't be the person he married.

 

[pi314159]

Guilt never leaves my side.

 

[The Albatross]

:O_o:I voted sometimes, because that's where I'm at now. If I'd been asked in my childhood or during & shortly after my first marriage and adult rape... I would have said "Yes, all the time". (it only took me 24 years... but that was without professional treatment)