I feel like im reaching out for support but nothing is working

[espressodepresso]

can't find support groups because everything is sa related (im a survivor of gun violence) or if it is gun violence related its veterans only. can't reach out in my school because it takes forever and I can't afford it with the insurance I have. can't see my therapist because practicing interstate is illegal. can't see a new therapist for insurance reasons but also because its too mentally draining. no support groups in my area. atp I literally have no idea what to do anymore

 

[arfie]

the first steps are the hardest, espresso. with my own first steps toward recovery, i didn't even really know what functional looked like up close and personal. i had only seen functional from obscene social distances and ? ? ? small wonder that i felt like nothing was working, huh? but all important seeds were being planted during those mind-bendingly difficult first steps. as the seeds germinated, they pointed to my healing path.

easy does it, my friend. be gentle with yourself and patient with the process.
hope healing happens here.
steadying support while you find your way.

 

[Friday]

Feel that one!

I’ve come to learn it’s largely a function of geography, with professionals targeting their practices towards the most common traumas for the area/region.
It took me years to find a T who specialized in my trauma history… when you can’t swing a cat without hitting T’s in spades in other regions, who do.

can't see a new therapist for insurance reasons but also because its too mentally draining. no support groups in my area. atp I literally have no idea what to do anymore

My first go-round with PTSD I didn’t see a therapist, at all. I “just” didn’t like my life, or who I was, so I set about changing both.

It worked.

Took me some time, and I was reinventing the wheel an awful lot, and falling into what -come to find- are easily avoided problems, because I didn’t know they existed, much less how to side step them, but? It still worked.

Having sites like this, with all of the resources of collected knowledge (first hand experience, articles, books, etc.), at our disposal? Is a helluva step up from winging it / reinventing the wheel… until / if you find a pro to work with you one on one… and these resources become ancillary to individualized focus.

A couple good places to start?

The ptsd cup explanation

Nearly a decade ago (2006) I wrote The PTSD Cup Explanation, a simple view of how PTSD causes symptoms in day-to-day life. This article is an update to that original piece. Regardless of the type of trauma endured, the PTSD Cup does not change, deviate or apply differently to your circumstance...

www.myptsd.com

& the entire articles section (below) to read/work on whatever strikes your fancy!

Articles

www.myptsd.com

 

[No More]

As someone whose symptom set is totally at odds for my sex/looks/trauma type, I knocked through a whole lot of therapists who expected me to be X, and instead my problem is Y.

Is that possibly a way you could look to find a therapist or group? What are the symptoms that bother you the most - and then try to target a therapist who deals with *those* symptoms, rather than looking for commonality in trauma type?