I Hope These Words Help Someone Else As Much At They Help Me!

[HoosierGal]

I have some inspiring words from my future father-in-law. I called him a few weeks ago as I often do when I'm in a bad place. He's a psychologist and all around wonderful man who usually knows what to say. Something he said really struck a cord:

"Its good people who get PTSD. That's the tragedy of it. You have to have good in you before it can be damaged by another person. The pain you're feeling right now is a sign that that good is still alive inside of you. You haven't gone numb or dead inside. It may hurt like hell but that pain means you still have hope."

 

[Heather]

Yes, a therapist once said to me for the level of intense pain you feel. You also have that ability to feel the same intensity in joy as well.

 

[Ronin]

In my view it's over optimistic, but hell, uplifting even so. :P

Thank you for sharing.

 

[Deleted member 28403]

I'm so happy for you having such a great father-in-law... He seems like a wise man, and glad you can trust him for talking :)

I do partially agree with these words, PTSD is the brain trying to heal itself after something it doesn't agree with, in a way, so yeah, we see some stuff as not right, being our inate moral.

 

[HoosierGal]

Haha @Cashew I agree it's a tad overly optimistic but at the time I needed it. My future-dad-in-law IS overly optimistic...I often joke with him that that's why he could never be my therapist, 'cause I need a realist therapist ;)

 

[Ronin]

.I often joke with him that that's why he could never be my therapist, 'cause I need a realist therapist ;)

:hilarious: But he so can be a support person / addition /to/ the therapist.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Thanks for sharing. I really liked to read that I had good in me first. Now it is time for me to find it.

 

[Hope1969]

Very touching ! Thank you for sharing :)

 

[EmmaOwl]

I have some inspiring words from my future father-in-law. I called him a few weeks ago as I often do...

I don't know about hope, exactly, but I've also been told I'm too sensitive for my own good, and to be healthy, I need to somehow stop myself from feeling the pain of others as deeply as I do now...and I think that's true. It has proven to be difficult for me. Heck I have survivor's guilt for an entire city.

But yes, @HoosierGal, thanks for posting this one. It puts a positive spin on what so many people experience as devastating emotional reactions.