Help My Symptoms Are Getting Worse Again!

[Notsowild]

Since my last incident at work my anxiety and dissociation has heightened. Can't seem to get back to semi "normal". Hate being like this. I need some support and any suggestions that might help. Thanks in advance.

 

[Deleted member 28403]

Find something that calms you, such as listening to music, I recommend putting on headphones and listening to some "happy place" music, such as:

(Which I find quite nice, and it helps with a lot)

Don't give up, it WILL get better, so don't ya worry yourself too much! Thought I'm quite far, I'm sending you some warm, big bear hugs!

Deep breathing should help a bit, hopefully, and comfort food and a good environment, drink water, find distractions, find calming stuff! Everything's gonna be alright!

 

[pamcoco]

I relate to your fear and am sorry for the current pain. You are sane and your sanity will prevail.

I find ebb and flow in my symptoms recently. This is good news since there was no ebb at all for the first five years after the traumas. But I don't feel control over ptsd, whatsoever. So in the worst moments these days, I string along that itty bitty bit of faith that remains in my broken soul to dare trust the floodgates will slowly close and the hell wane in this transition.

 

[Ocean5]

Can't seem to get back to semi "normal". Hate being like this.

Can relate :( and I just started to do better on an anxiety medicine. Then a terrible trigger from past (not sure if it's the trigger or medicine, but I think it was trigger.) But I hate this state, and just want to go back to being semi-normal.

In the past these things helped - maybe they will help you:
- Relaxing music like R. Carlos Nakai "Canyon Trilogy" (relaxing Native American music)
- Soul Of Healing Affirmations by Deepak Chopra (both this and above come with Rhapsody)
- App called "Calm"
- Way too many hours watching H2 (History 2 channel). It's not your school year history - trust me. Sometimes just getting larger perspective helps. But I like to always be learning news things - so maybe it's just my escape. Do you have an escape? Something to get yourself lost in?
- Walk, move, be in motion
- Try to find a place in nature, or semi-nature place, and focus on wonders of natural life...plants, leaves, ducks, birds...notice the
small things...even grass, and insects...... Nature has so much to offer us.

Deep breathing should help a bit, hopefully, and comfort food and a good environment, drink water, find distractions, find calming stuff! Everything's gonna be alright!

Have to 2nd deep breathing, or "remembering to breath deeply."

My thoughts are with you...