Having A Hard Time Accepting Diagnosis

[Hopeless17]

Yeah absolutely I agree with everything you've said. All I ment was to avoid all triggers all...

Yes that wouldn't be good. Ahhh a world without triggers. I'll have to wait till Heaven :-)

 

[holdenmonty]

To the OP, I can totally relate. Heck I'm even a combat veteran and I still am struggling with my diagnosis 6 years later. I don't want to believe that of all people I could have ptsd. For me I struggle with comparing my stuff to others as well, and comparing is one of the worst things we can do for ourselves. I also tend to say that we are our own worst enemy. Welcome to the forum, you have found a safe place and you are among people that struggle with similar things and probably one of the best things in your treatment plan will probably be this forum. There is so much that knowing that I'm not the only one that struggles with certain things has helped me out so much.

 

[Marie76]

So I am new here and since my Official diagnosis this week, have jumped in head first into finding wa...

Hi! I'm new too and can relate to having a hard time accepting recent diagnosis. I feel like a phony only in that, I've realized I've been pretending to be "ok" for most of my life. Without going into all the details, I'm realizing that I'm not ok, I'm hurt, angry, self imploding and slowly being eaten into this zombie state of disconnectedness, emotional numbness. I don't want to be here, but am not ready to face my demons just yet. I have work to do in preparation for this swift ass kicking!

 

[holdenmonty]

I totally here you there, @Marie76 It's kind of interesting I have been in and out of therapy for a while now and I still feel the same way. It's gotten to the point that I need therapy again but I feel like I'm not ready to face it yet. I have to keep things together for my family and I can't face it because I'm afraid it might make me not as effective at work.

 

[Twentysomething]

Hi.
I had/have a hard time accepting the diagnosis as well. The idea that 'i have something' is still difficult. (I know about 6 months now)
Psychiatrist suggested group therapy and i hate the idea of admitting to a group that 'i have something' (ptsd). Apart from that i think this additional therapy would be good...
I also considered the traumatic event not "bad enough"... probably because i only heard about ptsd in movies/tv series, in which it is always an army vet...
Even when reading on the forum, it seems that not many are here because of a single event...