Feeling frustrated and exhausted

[JustFaith]

Just been feeling frustrated and exhausted lately. Frustrated for having to deal with symptoms and feeling like shit. And frustrated for not having an outlet to express these feelings. I'm also just so tired and sick of having these symptoms. I'm so done with it-truly. It's exhausting and it makes me mad that I just can't be a person without constant PTSD symptoms. It's also exhausting to act like everything's fine around college friends. I don't really know if I want to bring them into this...

Just wanted to vent. Bless u all.

 

[Friday]

It's exhausting and it makes me mad that I just can't be a person without constant PTSD symptoms.

Upside? No matter how bad it is right now?

PTSD isn’t a static disorder, but a cyclic and reactive one.

So this isn’t how it’s going to be for the rest of your life. Even better? Odds are? You’ll be in the over 90% -some studies have it as high as 96%- of people with PTSD who become asymptomatic. Which would mean you not only will not have constant PTSD symptoms, but won’t have any symptoms at all.

But even if you’re in the teeny tiny minority of people who do experience symptoms long term? They still won’t be constant, but will come and go.

When I was first dealing with PTSD I thought that “this” was just who I was, now. I have another disorder that is static, so it made sense to me this one would be the same. Nope! The more one works on managing their symptoms? The fewer symptoms there are to manage, the less time they interrupt one’s life, and the less impact they have.