Undiagnosed First Time Posting, Not Sure If This Is The Place For Me.

[YoungLearner]

Evening.

I'm YoungLearner. At the moment, I'm extremely exhausted, feeling barely anything, but it's some solace from the nightmare my life has become over the past 10 months.

See, I made quite a mistake, which I'll get to later on a different post so someone can hopefully help me out, or at least give me some sort of help. Now, 10 months later, it still haunts me to this day, and I fear that it is PTSD. Now I've been reading up on it, and I've read that it never goes away, but then there's a story about a new cure possibility, and I don't know what to think. I have a therapist, and she says I'll go from victim to survivor to thriver, but I doubt that. I've become incredibly pessimistic and closed off. In fact, I was just at a dance with a few of my friends, but I couldn't handle it, it felt like all my emotions just collapsed inside of me. I feel like I'm so burned out and so exhausted. I feel like I belong in an insane asylum, which at this point, I'd be more than happy to inhabit.

But beyond that... Hello. I'd just like to start that off and hopefully get some reassurance or something. I hope I can make friends here!

 

[intothelight]

Hi YoungLearner,

Welcome to the PTSD Forum! :)

The only thing I think to say right now is that it does get better. I hope you find the information and support here helpful.

Take care.

Debbie

 

[Deleted member 20280]

Hi young learner, I have only recently been diagnosed myself after 20 of crying out for the right kind of help. I found this forum only a few days ago.

Keep coming back here when you feel low and there will be good advise from many many people.

Hugs
Laurie :)

 

[Phenioxrising]

I've become incredibly pessimistic and closed off

Mind sets are hard to change, but PTSD really dosnt help the isolation. think of things from their point of view.
Might be difficult at first but it's a dissorder of the effect of the cause..trauma. Be it a car wreck or more damageing traumas. most differently from PTSD is your way of thinking and the way what happened to you conditioned you. Talking about your trauma with people you trust in a safe place really helps. Feel free to open up.
Your friends like you.....trauma happened to you but it dosn't hurt you much in the physical aspect unless you have somatic pain. They can't "feel" your pain but they can feel your hurt and show some compassion tword you.

 

[KP the nut]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

Welcome. :)