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[starrystarrynight]

Hello all,

I am new here and wish I had found this site sooner. I am a 25-year-old student trying to handle my PTSD and daily life. I have been a victim of both verbal and physical abuse from my father growing up and have been through multiple sexual assaults, including the "r" word. I hope that it is okay for now just typing it like that for now (I am okay reading the word just find it difficult to do so on my own)

I was diagnosed with PTSD in 2010 or 2011-trying to remember. Anywho I do have a counselor that I have really connected with but have had a few major relapses with the PTSD symptoms (flashbacks, hypervigilance, anxiety again), especially more recently. Sometimes it feels as if all of my work that I put in in therapy was for nothing and I am right back where I started when I first started counseling.

Anywho I want to say hi to all and that I am grateful I found this site.

 

[rainbow1]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

I know that sometimes it feels as though we have taken a huge step backwards in therapy and that all that effort was for nothing but it will get better again. You have learnt new coping skills and have built up a relationship with your therapist that will make it easier to move forwards again.

I hope you find the support you are looking for here. :wave:

 

[Lucycat]

Hi Starry,

Welcome to the forum.

It is really hard to deal with the relapses of PTSD - but I think I have found each time I do not go right back to the beginning. Frustrating though it is, you have to see for yourself that every knock back is of shorter duration that the last.

Just keep moving!

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

Welcome to the forum. :)