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I Feel Like I'm Hitting Rock Bottom. Any Feedback Would Be Awsome.

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m0ssqueen

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I was in a relationship wiyh a guy at my high school for about 1.5 years when I was 15/16. About 3 months into our relationship, my boyfriend at the time, his elementary best friend, had passed away from mixing alcohol and pain pills. He was seeing a doctor because the grieving process was taking longer than normal and his moods were pretty severe. Later he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. While he was dealing with his own issues and doctors appointments, he wasn't treating me the best. He was extremely mentally abusive. He would call me names, accuse me of cheating, was very concerned about my clothing, didn't allow me to talk to guys, I couldn't hang out with friends of it interfered with his daily routine, yell at me for not wanting to perform sexual acts, laugh in my face if I were crying, ect. His parents expected me to make him better. I took care of him. I made sure he kept his car and his room clean, if he showered, took his meds, I helped him through his episodes, made sure he ate, making sure he wasn't cooped up in his room for weeks at a time, ect. I was slowly being drained of everything. I didn't have friends, I didn't have anyone to talk to. My parents were never involved nor cared about anything. After realizing that my mental state was just as important as his, I decided to leave the relationship. He assumed that I left him for someone else and made the next 2 weeks a living hell. He didn't think that I was serious about the decision and would talk to me like normal texting me good morning for example. After telling him that I was done for about 3 days straight, things got worse. He would harass me. He would call and text me over and over. There were many times where I would turn my phone off, put it somewhere and just leave it alone to get some piece and quiet. One day, I didn't get anything. I thought that he had realized that I was serious. My friend had texted me during school before I left to go home saying that he's looking for any gun to use to hurt someone. I didn't know what to do or say and when I got home that night, I took a nap because I hadn't slept in days and he calls me out of nowhere. I had silenced my phone and when I woke up I had 40 some missef calls and a voice mail of him breathing in the phone. He calls me back and I answer telling him to leave me alone. There was no response until I said "hello?" and he told me it's going to be a Sandy hook situation and he was gonna show up at school with a gun and no one would be able to know it was him (mind you his dad was in he air force and had a gun safe of military guns). I had to go to school the next morning and while I was walking to my locker, the principal noticed something was wrong and I told him. To wrap things up I had a CPO ordered.

It's been up since May of 2015, and my parents told me that I didn't need to worry nor had to renew it. I'm having nightmares. I can't sleep. I'm not myself. Things trigger me i.e. Bright red Jeep. It's been years and I haven't gotten better. I don't remember important events that could help me. I'm completely desensitized to the situation. I need help. I went to a GP and he has diagnosed me with God and then was treating me for PTSD. I need some advice. I can't keep living in an endless miserable and numbing circle with no answers.

Edit: feel free to ask me anything if it could give me guidance or advice
 
I was in a relationship wiyh a guy at my high school for about 1.5 years when I was 15/16. About 3 mo...
Hi there mOssqueen
Welcome to this site and community. You are not alone in this any more. I'm sorry for your trauma. I am glad that you found us. This is a good safe place to come and share with others that have been there. While we all have different stories and suffered different traumas. The out come is the same PTSD and we all suffer from a lot of similar symptoms. Again welcome to this site I hope you find some of the answers you need. I hope to see you around.
Peace be safe
 
I'm sorry for what you've been through And rationally, it's completely reasonable that you still have fear and anxiety. I don't have a lot of advice to offer, as you've taken some of the logical steps to improve your situation, but my one suggestion would be to try figuring out what kind of life you want to have and try to channel some of your anxiety into meaningful life goals. Self-care and self-esteem building is essential, especially right now.
 
I reread your message and it struck me how much responsibility you felt obligated to take on at such a young and vulnerable age. It took a lot of insight and strength to know that you needed out of that situation. Seeing a counselor might be really beneficial to you . It seems like a lot of the adults in your life let you down during this time of your life. Restorative Yoga is a tool that has really helped my anxiety and self-concept. If you'd ever like to chat let me know!
 
My most important advice is to get a therapist. I know thats a really boring answer, but most of the time speaking about things, and focusing on small goals helps you get your life together. Its a long, hard road to feeling more like yourself again, and to be honest things do get worse before they get better but its better than living in fear all the time.

I wish you all the best and welcome to the community!
 
I'm sorry you were made responsible for someone who obviously needed far greater help than he was getting. That was a heavy burden to put on a young person, and it makes perfect sense that you're still "stuck." It helps to remember that he was and is seriously ill. Nothing you did or didn't do would/will change that.
Codependency is a difficult challenge. I recognize it in you because it's been a part of my life for, well, ever. So I will say to you what I wish someone had said to me: It was not your fault. None of it. You did the best you could to help, and when it became clear that you needed to care for yourself, you did so.
Keep doing that. You deserve to. If that means counseling, awesome. The Yoga suggestion is wonderful since the practice is excellent for connecting you with yourself and your awesomeness. Whatever helps you to reconnect with YOU and take care of YOU in healthy ways is a great start. And come here. Talk with us. We're all in this together.
 
Have you considered taking a self defense class? I have been taking one for the past four weeks and just re-enrolled for four more weeks. The instructor could tell right away, I guess from my reactions, that I had PTSD. He did not call me out on it, but made a general announcement to the class that we could opt out of some things if we needed and talk to him privately etc.

Anyway, I have found that it isn't possible for me to forget about or undo my trauma, but kind of cycling all the way through some things with the right therapist helps, and having more confidence that I can protect myself in my daily life also helps. Good luck.
 
Everything Solace said is supported. Your friend needed expert care. You stayed too long in that relationship. A relationship that enabled him. Therapy for you seems like a good step. Please seek a good therapist to share your story and develop healthy skills -become educated so this won't be found in another enabling relationship. Healing is an investment in yourself and your future family if that is what you want. A partner that adores you. cares anout your feelings, and supports your passions and interests. Both involved in a heathy relationship with goals for the future. It seems you buried your own feelings And haven't had time to tend to those. Care for your mind and body that was neglected. Reconnect your mind with your body. Reintroduce the two. A great way to do this is walking on trails or parks - relax the mind ...hear the birds and squirrels and see flowers and creeks and deer - reintegrate all your senses - sight smell touch - stop to feel the bark on tree - leaves - grass. Immerse yourself. Do this consistently. It helps to keep you aware of YOU and not put yourself last again. Let nature become your go to place - A place to heal - whatever place you do find make it a priority in life where you visit daily. its work at first whichbis a good thing because getting better and caring for yourself needs to be something you become committed to and work on every day. Keeps you mindful - you will never go back to that time where life didn't exist for you. You were too busy caring for and being abused by this other person - you buried yourself.
 
So sorry that this happened to you! I agree with the ideas of getting Therapy, studying Yoga or Tai Chi or meditation. Self-Defense sounds like good advice too.

For me, belonging to a church has helped a lot (and an ex-boyfriend threatened to kill me too, so I can relate to your story in deep ways too). I get folks to give me rides to church and home, I take the bus, which since we live way out in the country, takes us door to door. I also moved 625 miles away from where the ex-boyfriend lives. That helped me the most, though it hurt a lot in other ways, since I lost all my friends by reason of no longer living near them. None the less, as I have built a new life for myself here, made new friends, things have turned out good for me. I am glad I moved.
 
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