VioletButterfly
Diamond Member
Wonderful words of encouragement about the path to healing, and the possibility of feeling better and living in grace with gratitude.
I imagine it must be very difficult to work on your other issues, along with PTSD. I will pray for you, if that's okay, and offer hugs filled with peace and compassion. You are not crazy (and neither am I - it took a long time to realize that as I don't always feel in "control" of my emotions/thoughts), you are dealing with real-time issues that can be worked through. We just have to have patience and self-compassion, and keep working at it day-by-day. I find consistency and focus very difficult, but am working on those as well because I know it will help me get to a better place in the long run.
You know, it's funny sometimes to mentally wake up in the moment with my thoughts and realize they aren't very nice and they're not very healthy. I think this is where the healing begins, or so confirms my therapist. It's odd and uncomfortable, kind of like an itchy wool sweater on my brain. Ugh. Yet, it is part of the process. I think it begins with awareness and acknowledgement of those thoughts and connected feelings, and taking small steps to redirect them in a kinder, healthier direction. I would ask others to comment in case I am misdirected, but that's how I see it and am experiencing it. It's new and kind of scary right now as sometimes I wade into something way too deep for me right now and go sideways, but it's a beginning.
From what you've written, you are aware and you are on the road to a better day, filled with gratitude for where you are now and that you know you are not where you were. That's my hope for you. Take good care. VB
I imagine it must be very difficult to work on your other issues, along with PTSD. I will pray for you, if that's okay, and offer hugs filled with peace and compassion. You are not crazy (and neither am I - it took a long time to realize that as I don't always feel in "control" of my emotions/thoughts), you are dealing with real-time issues that can be worked through. We just have to have patience and self-compassion, and keep working at it day-by-day. I find consistency and focus very difficult, but am working on those as well because I know it will help me get to a better place in the long run.
You know, it's funny sometimes to mentally wake up in the moment with my thoughts and realize they aren't very nice and they're not very healthy. I think this is where the healing begins, or so confirms my therapist. It's odd and uncomfortable, kind of like an itchy wool sweater on my brain. Ugh. Yet, it is part of the process. I think it begins with awareness and acknowledgement of those thoughts and connected feelings, and taking small steps to redirect them in a kinder, healthier direction. I would ask others to comment in case I am misdirected, but that's how I see it and am experiencing it. It's new and kind of scary right now as sometimes I wade into something way too deep for me right now and go sideways, but it's a beginning.
From what you've written, you are aware and you are on the road to a better day, filled with gratitude for where you are now and that you know you are not where you were. That's my hope for you. Take good care. VB
