Truthful_Whispers
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Hello all.
I was diagnosed with PTSD approx 5 years ago. Mine was triggered by several stressful events in my life, but mainly from severe abuse as a child at the hands of a step parent. I tend to isolate and live inside my "bubble", because the outside world holds so many triggers for me. I deal with fight or flight response constantly, and it is emotionally exhausting. I try to take life a day at a time, sometimes even an hour at a time. That is simply the best I can do. Over the years, I have gravitated away from humanity in general and toward caring for animals, particularly felines, which I have rescued from abandonment or abuse. It has become my reason for living. I guess we all have to have something to cling to, to keep us here.
I was diagnosed with PTSD approx 5 years ago. Mine was triggered by several stressful events in my life, but mainly from severe abuse as a child at the hands of a step parent. I tend to isolate and live inside my "bubble", because the outside world holds so many triggers for me. I deal with fight or flight response constantly, and it is emotionally exhausting. I try to take life a day at a time, sometimes even an hour at a time. That is simply the best I can do. Over the years, I have gravitated away from humanity in general and toward caring for animals, particularly felines, which I have rescued from abandonment or abuse. It has become my reason for living. I guess we all have to have something to cling to, to keep us here.
