Poll Do Your Family and Friends Support You?

[batgirl]

Haha Bec. Yeah, sanity helps. ;) It is sad though, I agree with Dad on that one. Honestly I admire all of you without good family support because I don't know what I would do without my family.

 

[rt1967]

I felt i couldn't vote now as i felt they all applied to me .Its hard to um Sum up ?make sense ?

 

[batgirl]

All the options applied to you rt? How is that possible? Do you mean your family is helpful sometimes and sometimes not?

 

[rt1967]

all of the above.And i'm no picnic either.

 

[batgirl]

Huh? I still don't really understand as that seems like a contradiction to me. But it doesn't matter, it's your call and obviously you don't have to vote if you don't want.

 

[ruddy]

Somewhat, only because I have a couple good friends who are really there for me. They are the only ones I have told and I think I'll keep it that way. It seems less complicated. As for family, that's the origin of my problem. Those who weren't the abusers are fragile in their own right (with more serious mental health problems than mine). I'm afraid telling them my secrets would cause them a great deal of pain and possibly harm their well being. It would probably also complicate my recovery and life in general.

 

[Grama-Herc]

I agree with Jim, it is so sad that the percentage of people with a solid support system is so small. I fail to understand that since my 83yo mom has done everything she can to educate herself about this.

She periodlically checks me and my mood by asking questions. If she needs to go out, her 1st consideration is me--I have to drive.

Believe me when I say I know how blessed and lucky I am to have her in my life. She has been right by my side since the very first breakdown and doing everything and anything she can to help ease my stress and strain.

My heart goes out to those of you with little or no family support.

 

[pandora]

I think that having no family support is really sad too but I have pushed a lot of people away too This is because .......they are all reminders of my past that I still avoid.....well at least now try to change the negative thoughts. It might be a bit easier if I felt I had one peson that was family that I felt i could trust or let in, unfortunately, I don't. My support.....meaning my Mom....not a support.....a hinderence, really. ( I hate saying that about my Mom but it really is the truth!)

I am thankful for this forum and my friends though!!!!!

 

[upstream]

Somewhat... My recovery is supported financially in terms of medical bills.

They all know I have it and remember about half of the events that caused it. However they're wrought with denial and their own issues, emotional support is next to none. If I bring it up I can expect denial, blame, minimizing, etc.

 

[Miles]

I haven't told my family.

 

[morgan]

I live with my parents and they are supportive to an extent, but sometimes they just don't get it and that is very frustrating for me. They mean well and I would be homeless and helpless without them but I still had to vote somewhat because I often have to explain myself.

 

[2quilt]

My friends have little knowledge of PTSD or how to deal with someone with PTSD in a healthy way, so they don't mean to harm me on purpose, but they are clumsy and careless sometimes. I guess we are all human, and 99% of us have some disfunctional baggage, so it's difficult to be mentally healthy.