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I wasn't going to, but then I had a bit of a breakdown and had to have a mental health day. I wasn't going to bother telling them why, and I just told my boss I had a cold. But someone who I had mentioned the attack to in passing asked if I was ok, so I told her, and she marched me in to tell my boss. My boss is supportive, but I don't think she quite understands. I ended up having a severe flashback and had to go and sit in another room whilst I had a panic attack. So that was also difficult to hide.Don't know why you'd tell your work about PTSD...
Sorry, that the time has been rough for you after the Attack..
Human behavior (Certain patterns) triggers me...
What helps? Humor... I write quotes on my palm when Days are tough. or carry a stone with one word written on it. Visualizing that there is a figure behind me, someone who takes care of me, I prefer someone like Captain Picard from Star Trek or if needed the Borg... on someday it’s my Grandfather...
I wasn't going to, but then I had a bit of a breakdown and had to have a mental health day. I wasn't going to bother telling them why, and I just told my boss I had a cold. But someone who I had mentioned the attack to in passing asked if I was ok, so I told her, and she marched me in to tell my boss. My boss is supportive, but I don't think she quite understands. I ended up having a severe flashback and had to go and sit in another room whilst I had a panic attack. So that was also difficult to hide.
We had a fire alarm go off at work today. I work at a big tourist attraction, so it wasn't a full evacuation, but we knew from the message over the tannoy that something was going on. So my brain immediately went to terror attack, or huge fire etc. I was catastrophising majorly, when logically I knew it was probably someone who had burnt toast.
I'm waiting on an appointment with a mental health specialist, as I have tried CBT twice. My work also paid for 5 sessions of psychotherapy. But I think I need EMDR, or even just more psychotherapy sessions. But they said it could be a long wait. I had a telephone assessment at the beginning of Jan and I'm worried now that the sessions will be somewhere difficult to get to. Or somewhere that means I will have to take a day or half day off work to get to. Like I said, my boss is supportive, but I don't think she understands how debilitating it can be.
My main issue is I don't really have little triggers. And they're mostly people-based. Ie. if another attack happens, that's a BIG trigger. And then when people talk about attacks, that also becomes a big trigger. Or fireworks are a big trigger. I suppose something that makes a smaller bang would be a smaller trigger. Maybe I can start with a party popper?? It becomes difficult because my anxiety seems to be 0 or 100. There's not really an in-between when I'm a little bit triggered or anxious. I'm either absolutely fine, or in the midst of a panic attack.I chip away at them, (read : exposure therapy) in roughly the order in which they annoy me the most.