Sufferer Looking For Support For Ptsd In A Group Setting

[PTSD NON VETERAN mom]

Maybe I don't understand how to post properly but I don't seem to be getting any feedback.

Then raise your thoughts here and get feedback and discussion from those who understand. You aren't alone, not if you don't want to be.

 

[anthony]

Pick the question on your mind. Then, in the appropriate forum for that question, example, based on relationship, then start a new thread in the PTSD relationship forum titled with your question. Obviously the post contains what this issue is, what you've done, what you want from the feedback, basically.

That is how you use the forum to get feedback for your specific issues. Each question is a title in its own right, that way you get the appropriate feedback.

 

[Friday]

Sometimes we use the forums to think out loud, mostly in Trauma Diaries, but sometimes in other threads. General updates, ways of touching base, letting people know how we're doing or just keeping ourselves honest. These posts usually contain what could be half a dozen or more individual threads. Like in your most recent one

I'm doing everything the professionals want me to do but feel like I'm still stuck.

I feel like if I could find one person who had the type of trauma that I've experienced including the fight with officers and being beat up and detained for all those hours I might get past that morning and be able to grieve my beautiful son like a normal mother.

These holidays are making me all the more depressed and sometimes I have very dark days. I love the gift of life but don't know how to live it anymore.

No PTSD support groups in my area unless your a vet.

My Psychiatrist and therapist say I need to be more patient with my recovery but am wondering if I should wean off all the medications and see what's left of me and try again. I don't know what to do anymore.

There's a minimum of 5, and some of those are complicated... Could go several different ways depending on where you're having the most trouble, so maybe a dozen or more. Probably feels like less, as we've got hundreds of thoughts spinning round most days. You write beautifully... Pulling everything together concisely, giving order to chaos. The only problem with that is the responses would either be pages long in response to a paragraph, or one would need to sort of pick at random which part to focus on. Which may be the least concerning part of the whole piece to you personally, as there is only a sentence or three / doesn't ask for assistance in any particular area or give any clues as to your struggles with them. So, I at least, generally just "like" a thing and/or wait for people to parse things out how they need/want them.

It's not that you're doing it wrong. It's just time for the next step. As Anthony said, pick the parts you want to talk over with people, find the right subforum, and flesh them out. We're here :)

 

[RussH]

I am truly sorry for what you have been through and the loss of your son. I wish there was a way to take the pain away, but the best I can offer is support and friendship through the forum here.

I hope you are able to find the resources you need to move you toward your healing, and the support you need to stay on the path toward you healing.

 

[seedling]

My most difficult period was the first 18 months. I could hardly figure how what the heck was going on.

At that point I tried acupuncture and that gave me some relief and space from the pain.

Sometimes the times when we don't know what to do are the times when we are ready to consider new things. Look around ourselves and see what might help next. I tried to stay positive that I would find people to help me get through it.

Do you have anything that you practice that gives you some peace (even if it doesn't feel like much now?). I walked a lot. I didn't feel great when I did it but I knew it was good to exercise, get outside and be in a peaceful natural setting. Later I realized how important it was. It seemed like a tiny drop in the ocean sometimes but it added up.

Be patient with yourself.