iwannadeletethis
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Does anyone else experience extreme minimalism as a side effect of PTSD? If you do, I would really love to hear about it.
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Minimulism As A Side Effect
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StellaBlue
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As in...it wasn't that bad? Yep. I also tend to need validation in current situations to confirm when things are pretty bad.
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iwannadeletethis
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@StellaBlue .. Sorry that wasn't clear.. I don't keep more stuff than what fits in a backpack. I was hoping to connect with someone else that does that too!
ground crew
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Oh yea! To both. But once i get stuff i cant throw it away. So minimalist with cluter, in both cases.
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Yep.
When I was kind of coming around the last time I was bad off... I kept starting to get better, rent an apartment or flat, then simply walk off. Rinse, lather, repeat. I don't even know how many Belgian waffle makers I've bought. SMH.
But prior to that I spent a fair bit of time quasi-homeless. I'd go work a job for a few weeks or few months overseas, come back and party until that got stupid, then sleep on the beach and surf until I got bored, then go work a job for a few weeks or few months.
Things gradually got better & I started renting places. Then I got more better & I started staying. Then I got knocked up & decided I needed to sit my ass down and chill the f*ck out. Went to school, bought a house, stayed in one place with all kinds of "stuff" for 10 years. I was about 80% better when I got pregnant. Whole process of seriously f*cked up to 80% took about 5 years. Fatalistic only barely scratches the surface. I got things as I needed them, or I lived without. Stateside, all I really needed was a bikini & surfboard & food a couple times a week. Everything else was just so freaking "extra". Worse, I couldn't keep track of it.
I kinda sorta got to that place -backpack & 2 changes of clothes, what was on me & what needed to be washed- again this past fall. Been trying beyond trying not to skip town. Been trying since Nov to rent a place, set it up to bleed off stress & symptoms, & use all the tricks I learned last time. I'm having limited success. What is it now? July. Yep. Very limited success. Spend a lot of time hiking & roadtripping. Not as much this year as last year.
When I was kind of coming around the last time I was bad off... I kept starting to get better, rent an apartment or flat, then simply walk off. Rinse, lather, repeat. I don't even know how many Belgian waffle makers I've bought. SMH.
But prior to that I spent a fair bit of time quasi-homeless. I'd go work a job for a few weeks or few months overseas, come back and party until that got stupid, then sleep on the beach and surf until I got bored, then go work a job for a few weeks or few months.
Things gradually got better & I started renting places. Then I got more better & I started staying. Then I got knocked up & decided I needed to sit my ass down and chill the f*ck out. Went to school, bought a house, stayed in one place with all kinds of "stuff" for 10 years. I was about 80% better when I got pregnant. Whole process of seriously f*cked up to 80% took about 5 years. Fatalistic only barely scratches the surface. I got things as I needed them, or I lived without. Stateside, all I really needed was a bikini & surfboard & food a couple times a week. Everything else was just so freaking "extra". Worse, I couldn't keep track of it.
I kinda sorta got to that place -backpack & 2 changes of clothes, what was on me & what needed to be washed- again this past fall. Been trying beyond trying not to skip town. Been trying since Nov to rent a place, set it up to bleed off stress & symptoms, & use all the tricks I learned last time. I'm having limited success. What is it now? July. Yep. Very limited success. Spend a lot of time hiking & roadtripping. Not as much this year as last year.
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iwannadeletethis
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@ground crew @FridayJones @Chava thanks so much for sharing!! It's nice to hear that I'm not the only one <3
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