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Childhood I Guess I'm Ready To Talk

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Muttly

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I'm not doing so well right now, but maybe the silver lining is that I/we are ready to talk. We aren't tracking time right now, haven't really slept much, but the last time we actually tried to sleep we dreamed? remembered? the bio dad was in bed with us. it's really muddled but after acting out in ways we are ashamed of and not sleeping and stuff, we sent our therapist an email. and we said the words. wrote what he did.

i guess more significant that writing it down is it was taking bits of memories and stuff from different parts of us and made it a whole and didn't immediate fragment it away or hide in SI.

instead... I got stuck in body memories for a time but then that stopped and we cried. and we've done basic pet care but now we maybe out of steam

and we are going to come back and say more about what he did. we will. no running away. but right now cant think
 
k....

I'm not so clear on time. A few days ago mayb? I was super tired because of work and really hard physical labor. I still delayed going to be. my back was bad and I'm not sure if that's what woke me. it could have. And I'm not clear when awake happened. because my dad was in bed with me and I was tyring desperately to wake up. I wanted it to be a dream. At the same time I knew I wasn't asleep. Was some of that dream that was happening or was it all flashback I don't know? I really don't.

then time- I wanted to wake up but I couldn't because that was worse. And he encourage it to be a dream in a way.

now time- so, I got up and did some care for my back and realized it was going to be one of those times when the dad stuff wasn't going awya. so I got all busy, super high functional mode. go go go until you drop.

somewhere in there I decided I was going to engage in bad behavior when I got home. not self-harm. not something I'm willing to talk about her yet. have wanted to. have seen other people post about. have replied anonymously.. but this time was a bit different in that I understood very clearly what I was doing and why. it's a sort of overwriting and t's not a good overwriting but it's better than dad stuff.

felt all bad and ashamed anyway when I realized it was hours and hours later and I was still up and had lost time and done stuff I hate and blah blah blah. But... I emailed therapist. And put together stuff we've only talked about, and I've only been able to remember in fragments. all these jagged ugly puzzle pieces which I've know logically fit together in a certain way but the pieces are to sharp and horrible to handle.

I used words. I said that my dad made me touch him. that's why stickiness on my hands makes me panic. even cotten candy as a kid caused melt downs. he got in bed with me. or a few times made me get in bed with him. that part to rosemary was coherent. then I was all locked in flashbacks so bad every part of my body hurt. they ended though and I wrote incoherent further details. and flashbacked some more and then cried which I haven't done in months and month (years?)

in some ways I'm seriously f*cked up (sleep, food) but I here I am telling you what the dad did in a rational (not flashbacky) way and I told therapist more and I'm ok. And I'd be able to say it again, when I choose. more importantly I let the whole emerge. I guess I've been working towards this the last few months fairly hard.

the sleep thing is going to be very hard. It has been for a time. I mean, it wasn't safe. it's all so muddled. I've talked to my therapist for ages about the "in between place". asleep and awake.

I don't want to call him the dad again. I don't like sperm donor though because he was more than that. And maybe sometimes he was the dad. thoughts for later
 
sounds like your mind is piecing it all together in a manageable format. i went through a very similar process during therapy where it all just can together all the missing pieces finally slotted in. it was a nice feeling to know i could trust my own memory but it was scary too as it meant i could no longer hide from it.

your main priorty needs to be taking care of yourself. make sure you eat and have time doing nice things for yourself. trust that you will be ok.
 
I saw my therapist yesterday. we talked about it. A little came out and talked and then it was hard to switch back. I tried to get back to eating better and I actually slept a ton. But....

Am I supposed to feel this exhausted and blah? Sorry, I guess I'm whining.
 
Hey, Muttly.
You're doing awesome, even if it doesn't feel like it. It's good you've reach a point where you can talk about this, whether to a support group or with your therapist. Hope it leads to lots of healing.
Be well and stay safe. :hug:
 
what if we aren't strong enough to do this? we haven't really been able to talk here or connect with our boyfriend in any meaningful way since seeing our therapist. I (not everyone inside) just want to lie down and never wake up. (Our therapist knows).
 
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