Hi There!

[Brontie]

Hi! Feel in the need of a little support working through DID recovery.

 

[Cara Wittchow]

i can help you
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[anthony]

Hi, this is a PTSD forum, not DID forum. You need to seek assistance for DID upon the appropriate DID resource.

 

[Brontie]

I’ve given it some thought and read many posts on here and have come to the conclusion that I could fit in here quite well.

I was a battered and abused child, a suicidal teenager, a struggling young wife dealing with serious depression while married to a soldier and bringing up three children.

I mentioned being diagnosed with DID but it was just one of a dozen or so diagnoses that I have received over the years.

Today I am coping quite well and have come to terms with a lot of my past life.

All I look for now is to share my thoughts and feelings as a way of putting it all into some kind of perspective.

After everything I have been through, what I’m doing now is like taking out the trash - I am attempting to open and empty those little storage boxes I place at the back of my mind with the promise to deal with them one day but not now.

Well that day has come……

And so here I am.

 

[anthony]

PTSD is always welcome here Brontie...

 

[DianeP]

Hi Brontie,

I just join this forum also. I can relate to a lot of your history; I too was an abused child. My husband was military and I have two children and did my best not to repeat my abuse on/with them. I am also a rape survivor from when I was 11. I have never heard of DID recovery but I am a good listener.

I love what you said “After everything I have been through, what I’m doing now is like taking out the trash - I am attempting to open and empty those little storage boxes I place at the back of my mind with the promise to deal with them one day but not now.

Well that day has come……

And so here I am.”

That truly spoke to me. If you ever want to chat just let me know.

 

[Brontie]

Thanks, Anthony.


LauraN, Hi and thanks for the welcome.
Sorry to hear what you have been through.

Maybe we can support and encourage each other from time to time on her.

I look forward to getting to know you.

 

[Vee Lagrome]

Welcome to the forum, Brontie. :)
I hope you are able to free up some of your "storage space" by unloading some of those "boxes" of memories. :)

 

[DianeP]

Hi again Brontie,

No need to feel bad for me. I really do have a great life, now. I have worked trough a lot of it. Now as you said, its time to empty the trash and empty some of those little storage boxes! I really want to start taking more productive steps to move forward with my life. ;)

 

[Brontie]

Vee Lagrome,

Thanks for the welcome.

I like your "free up some storage space."

I often liken my brain to a computer and have decided that what comes out will depend on what was fed in. I try to be so much more positive today. Still a struggle sometimes but instead of five steps forward and four back, it's more like five steps forward and two back. Things can only get better.

 

[Brontie]

Hi! LauraN,

You sound like me. Finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel - and it's NOT a train!! Lol!

 

[blueangel371115]

Welcome, there are many great, supportive people. With wide open hearts and ears.