Sufferer New Here

[Sleepless in Seattle]

Hey y'all. I found this website after looking for answers to questions about PTSD that weren't from medical websites because I find those are really detached from the actual sufferers and hard to understand.

I'm a survivor of two events of sexual assault/sexual violence and have unrelated depression and anxiety on top of my PTSD. Just want to know that there are people out there in similar situations who are learning how to live with it.

Best,
Kirby

 

[Mim28]

Welcome! You will find some great people here who can share their experiences and things that have helped them move through life. I hope you find what you are looking for. :)

 

[Deleted member 32402]

Hi, it's not easy. You have to take it day by day. I have no support from my own family. My birth family mentally physically abused. They hated them , then they turned on me when I disconnected from birth family. I go to a PTSD therapist, she teaches me how to ground my self, no take this from anyone else again. I do lots of yoga, and meditation. So sorry for you I totally understand. You can try MDR light therapy, it sound therapy, it did not work for me. Because tramactic things still are happening in my life. This might funny funny to you. I am 65 , no one to hold me, so I hold a big stuffed animal I bought my grandchildren when go to sleep. It's soft and cuddly, feels like someones holding me. Scred to fall asleep because the flashbacks and nightmares of true things that happened. Sorry for mistakes this computer won't let me correct)

 

[EveHarrington]

Welcome, Kirby! :)

 

[Ann Barry]

Hi Kirby. I'm fairly new here too. So far, I'd say "yes" there are people here who have been abused & traumatized as you have been. People here have been hurt in all sorts of ways. Some struggling a lot. Safe to talk/write to be heard. I wish you healing.
I'm trying to find out all I can about EMDR because I personally dis-like medication. And to share parts of my stories when somebody else brings a topic up.

 

[Deleted member 32402]

EMDR light and sound therapy. Light watch a light go past you feel the pain as it goes by you feel less pain. Sound two different sound one in ea. Feel the pain listen by a forth to sound same as other feel pain gets less as you keep going on. If you have one tramactic thing I heard it works. But tramactic things don't stoop going on in my life. Another option is a ancient on reki. It worked for me getting out all the pain, even things that I suppressed for years. It's. Like a massage, head hands stomach and feet. Good to do yoga with too. Have master in it at some yoga schools. Or look up Reki masters in your neighborhood. I hope you have support like family and friends. I don't so it makes it worse feeling alone. My best to you!sorry spell check not working!

 

[rosey]

welcome. lots of support here so hopefully you can get all the information you need.

 

[Deleted member 32402]

Thank you so much!

 

[Deleted member 32402]

welcome. lots of support here so hopefully you can get all the information you need.

rosey I going off this site. I sorry thank you for your compassion, my best to you. I just can't see people giving people advice, hen they are doing the opposit smoking dope and drugs. That Joey was yelling at me
No matter all the abusive I been though, I never even touched a cigarette, smoke, booze it dope. But I can see it happening but not t give advice to someone that hurting, and you not doing what you preach.Hope things get better for you, I really truly mean it. Goodbye

 

[rosey]

rosey I going off this site. I sorry thank you for your compassion, my best to you. I just can't see peo...

All the best to you too.

 

[Deleted member 32402]

:)

All the best to you too.