Poll Do You Feel PTSD-Related Guilt?

[Chincho]

Yes. All the time.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I voted yes sometimes, it used to be all of the time for everything. I still feel guilty for the things I did to survive. the bad choices I made that hurt me or others. I did'nt realize how big of a problem this was for so many people, I do not feel alone in it anymore.

 

[Invisible-Guy]

Guilty for not being the person my wife married, guilty for being snappy with my family, guilty for avoiding phone calls, guilty for avoiding people, guilty for not being able to work, guilty for not being able to go to school. Guilty as charged!

 

[Estacia]

I's so sad because we should not feel guilty!

 

[Loveneverfails]

I chose all the time. I feel guilty for coming forward. Guilty for the abusers lives getting harder. Guilty for not being able to shake it off. But mostly I feel guilty that I can't love or behave like a normal human being.

 

[Estacia]

Loveneverfails,
I too have guilt in those areas. I try everyday to work on them One step @ a time w/this.

 

[Privateer]

Guilt is just about all I feel.

Guilt about not being able to protect my little sister from my abuser; guilt about coming home from the Army on my feet and not in a box; guilt that my guys are still out there and I'm not; guilt about the fact that I send people into danger for a living, yet face no danger myself; guilt that I wasn't strong enough to keep my mind together; guilt that I'm no longer the man my wife married.

Guilt that I'm not strong enough to do the decent thing and...well, let my wife move on, so to speak.

So, yes, I feel guilt.

 

[Tinyflame]

Yes, not just guilt but the recognizing of living with such limitations or complications, that affect myself and others. Guilt what a burden I am, guilt what I cause, affect, or can't affect, guilt I can't fix it.

 

[Britt.f7]

What would it feel like not to have guilt?

 

[kodiak]

All the time

 

[Tinyflame]

Guilt, shame, exhaustion and all the other goodies. :(

Left to my own thoughts, well, I won't even go there. Certainly feels too big to overcome. :(

 

[Shellbell]

My whole life has been about guilt, shame and blame. I feel guilty for failing to be the kind of mother I was before the PTSD crash happened this year. I feel guilty my family are struggling financially as I can't work. I feel guilty I'm not the wife my husband thinks he deserves. I feel guilty for how little I can now cope with and how I can't function in a normal way. I feel guilty for needing therapy.

I've never known how it feels to not have guilt.