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Sufferer How The Hell Can I Be Happy?

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freakin12000

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Hello people. All my life i have suffered from depression and PTSD. Ive always managed to be able to deal with it and still handle with life, but i feel like its spiraling out of control. Last year (July to November 2013), I had 3 mild heart attacks and ended up in the hospital to have quintuple bypass surgery on Dec 10.Since then it's just getting worse with the self doubt and and feelings of disconnection. I was born with AFS from a mother who left me with a babysitter at 2 months old..because she drank and abused drugs.I was then in 6 different homes before i was even 4 yrs old. The formative years are long gone, so to this day I have a really hard time bonding with people. At 4 I was adopted by a very physically abusing mother, she was very sadistic. Went through all kinds of physical and emotional abuse until I was made a ward of the courts at 10 yrs old. I continued to be moved around to 5 other group homes until I was old enough to be on my own. A cpl months later on my 19th birthday I tested positive.Ive been positive going on 30 yrs now. After that I was in a relationship with a man for 18 yrs.. got into drugs and drinking. By my mid 30,s i met a woman through a medicinal marijuana place in Vancouver. We have been together almost 10 yrs now. About 3 yrs into my relationship i received a call that a long lost half bother was located out east.. so we moved to Hamilton to get that long lost connection that ive been craving all my life. Suffice it to say it didn't work out. Im having a hard time with even going outside these days. At this point I dont see the sun for the clouds. At this age of 46 im almost ready to give up and stay in a room with my honey, my dog, and cats..It seems like every time i open my mouth I stick my foot in it and am just fed up with trying to figure out what to say in any social interaction. A friend suggested I check this site out. I just want to be happy with who I am at this point. Anybody know how I can do that with the past ive had...?
 
No. Feel it too. I just turned 61. I stay home. I have read alot written and on you tube by Bessel van der Kolk who has made a life's career of Infant Syndrome PTSD and it's like to physiological changes - I mean, it's not "curable" and if something triggers it, it's gonna hang in there until you shake it. Family triggers it for me. I was youngest of 4 - brother
 
The brother closest to me was just a year abd 3 mos older. He died at age 58 of a brain tumor. He and I lived through multiple caregivers and an abusive older brother and an oblivious older brother. We developed attachments to people and things. Dad was a functional alcoholic - and the kid who got the most attention. It's a saga. So stay in your happy place until it passes. It will pass.
 
I am feeling the same way you are, I just joined this group too. I don't want to go anywhere, I thought talking with my people that understand my disorder would be a good thing, and so far it has. You have just made a step in the right direction and all you can do is your best at the moment, one moment at a time. (I also had a massive heart attack at 31 which came with a multitude of issues) you are not alone in this world....
 
Im so sorry to hear. I also have ptsd from childhood trauma and i find it very hard to have any social interactions..i just stay home with my partner, kids and dogs. I hope you find some support here. im pretty new here too. Welcome and thanks for sharing.
 
@freakin12000 Welcome to the forum!

Childhood abuse does leave a person adrift and it is like big chunks of what other people seem to know are just not there. One good thing about this forum is that you will find that you are not alone and there are people here that really get it. The other good thing about this forum is there is so much information that it is a great resource for finding what can work to help you in your own healing.
 
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