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Case Wegner

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I never thought that I would reach out to something like this, but I believe that my life has come to a point where I need to start expressing how I feel. I want to treat my PTSD, however it is extremely hard for me to be completely open and honest with anyone. Maybe if I am not talking to someone face to face, the truth may be able to come oue.
 
Welcome Case, and good job for doing the first big step of introducing yourself :) I hope we can be of some support to you here. I like the fact everyone here is 'just like me' and I too find it much easier to speak about what happened on here, rather than face to face (although I would still highly recommend and urge you to see a therapist if you aren't doing so already!) Take your time :)
 
Hello and welcome to the forum. :)

I am sure that when you feel comfortable you will be able to open up and talk. Feel free to join in on the forum. If you would like to keep it light, look into the 'chit-chat' thread.

I wish you the best.
 
So I did my introduction, and was extremely vague as I usually am. That won't get me any where, it never has, and never will.

I am 21 years old now, I was 15 when I killed my father. He was extremely abusive in the last few years he was alive. I can understand why tho. I was a very troubled child. I had a severe drug addiction at an young age.

He and I fought all the time. I'm a pretty big guy. He used to beat my ass pretty bad, but I started learning how to fight back. It got to the point that I loved to fight. It made me feel strong when nothing else did.

One night I was grounded for stealing several thousand dollars. I tried to leave the house to go get high with my friends.

He wasn't going to let that happen. I was dead set on leaving. This equation always ended in a physical altercation. It was inevitable.

We got into it pretty bad. He had some of his friends at the house, so I made sure to make it a good fight. I wanted them to know that I was not someone that he or his friends could mess with.

He and I threw several punches back and forth. I took off my belt and I hit him in the face. Then I hit him pretty hard in the chest, and I took off running. I swallowed a hand full of xanax that were in my pocket because I saw a policeman turning on to our street.

He arrested me and I shortly passed out in the police car, the last thing that I saw was an ambulance with its sirens blaring heading towards my house. I woke up in the police station being interrogated by two detectives. I knew at that moment he had died. I showed no emotion, and have not really shown any since that night.

However, It eats me alive on the inside every day to the point that I cannot maintain any type of normal life. I am a drug addict, and I do not know what stability is. Since his death I have not stayed in a single place for more than 6 months. I can't hold healthy relationships with anyone. I don't trust anyone. If emotion is ever visible, it is only anger and rage.
 
He used to beat my ass pretty bad, but I started learning how to fight back. It got to the point that I loved to fight. It made me feel strong when nothing else did.

Hi Case,

First of all, welcome to the forum :)

It was clear that you didn't mean to do it, and from reading you introduction I will say this to you: You learned to be violent from your father hence his violence towards you. Violence was the 'way of it'! That is what he showed you. He did not teach you non -violent communication as he should have. As children and young adults, we tend to use the 'tools' handed to us through our upbringing. you were trained in violence so you used violence, and the violence spiralled out of control.

I am so sorry you had to experience that!
 
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