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I Feel Guilty Like I'm Using Ptsd As An Excuse....

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Were you in direct physical danger a lot NotMyWorld? Walking through a house of spinning blades will teach you an overly careful step.

Constant Danger yes. Not from blades but predators I was unable to fight off. It's hard to explain how I feel. My mother had a constant stream of men comming through our house, bareley knowing them before letting them move in and letting their cousins or brothers move in too. These were Mexican, illegal types that didn't speak english. It's really hard not to be racist, as ashamed as I am of it, I can't help it sometimes, when it comes to certain types of them that come from certain areas because of what happened to me so frequently. I was nothing but a toy to them. I was garbage to my mother, and I was totally alone. It started at 7 and finally stopped at 15 when I ran away. It did no good to tell my mother. She would just tell me to get over myself or stop lying and smack me. Keep my mouth shut, that kind of thing. I think in some ways she was worse then them. At least they didn't lie about what they were. God forbid this unwanted child of hers open her mouth and her precious boyfriewnd get deported back to mexico along with his pedophile cousins or brothers.

I'm finding it a little easier to talk about this so please understand when I say racist it's because all of my attackers were illegal Mexicans. Mostly from Jaco. Drugs, guns, you name it. it started when we lived in Santa Ana, CA, but when we moved up to Smith River (Crecent City -next largest town) it was the same, dairy's and lilly fields and ranches. A mother of 4 who didn't give a crap about her kids and that made us easy targets. I don't doubt in my mind one bit some of those men showed interest in her to get to us. I gave a bit more detail as too the effects on my sibblings in a previous post on the diaries page. Please don't misunderstand. My younger two sibblings are Mexicans. I am not at all racist against mexicans in general. I'm most definately wary of those who's manurisms remind me of my attackers. I say my attackers because it was not one inccident, rather various that spanned over 8 years along with beatings and emotional abuse from my own mother. So when you ask me if it was dangerous walking around my house? Yes... every move I made, every footstep in the hall in the middle of the night and every time I was left alone even for a few moments, I could have been and often was attaked in many ways. They used me worse then my mother. At least she liked it. I just wanted to die. I remember that clearly. I wanted to die.
 
Hmmm... Then yes I was. I sort of freaked out last night after writing this. I couldn't figure out how to delete it. I think I felt I got a bit ahead of myself in what I was ready to admit to and so I just shut off my computer and tried to forget what I wrote.

I didn't sleep much last night. I was going over in my head what I wrote and deciphering where I felt I went wrong. The problem is that sometimes I feel my attackers were not the biggest problem in my life. My Mother was. I have more nightmares of violent physical, emotional and verbal attacks from her than all my other nightmares. When my husband calls my name from the other side of the house I still get that gut wrenching feeling that I had when my mother would yell for me, because I knew I was always about to get it.

My kids also kept me up last night. I didn't mind at all when my son crawled into bed with me to cuddle. I usually take him back to his bed but my little cuddle bug always gives me comfort. so I let him stay. I'm actually in a great mood today. Happy. I got a massage yesterday at the end of my work day. My back feels a lot better today. Yeah, I'm pretty happy today. I'm actually looking forward to the beach day we have planned for tomorrow. I hope many of you are having a good day today as well. I’m sending a smile and a hug to each and every one of you. I wish we all had many more days like I’m having today.

It was a rough week but I really think getting all of this out on this forum is a productive way for me to release some of that pent up anxiety. Maybe today I can focus a little more in supporting others on this forum, as many of you have been supporting me. Thank you. I may not know you guys but I feel welcome and understood more than I think I ever have.
 
I feel the same exact way!!! Do you know how many times a day "PTSD" comes out of my mouth. I do feel like I am using it as an excuse sometimes. And sometimes I feel guilty because I know others have been thru much, much worse than me.
 
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