Holiday Fear

[ohdearme]

Does anybody feel the same? Am in a really bad place at the moment with PTSD. Have a family holiday booked overseas. This begins in a week. Am terrified and need to hide away. Love my family but cant tell them how I feel or disappoint them. Feel totally shut off now.

 

[illusionist]

Yep.....I've booked my first holiday abroad and the thought petrified me. I'm focusing on the positives at the moment and looking at ways of realistically minimising the stress...basically do what I can do to keep myself safe. I can't do anymore than that....the rest will be down to using my coping skills.

I'm doing this for someone else...that's the driving force...otherwise, if I thought about myself, I know I would back out easily. This will be the biggest thing I've ever had to push myself on....know it's not going to be easy but I MUST do it....I'm giving myself no choice.

This is what I'm telling myself now....closer to the time I know it will be harder. I just hope that by changing my thoughts from now until then will help.

 

[illusionist]

I don't know that it will be harder......I'm assuming....two different things.