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Hello, I'm in my 40's now. My father abused my mother, she eventually passed away due to CTE, most likely. She was my best friend. At that time I was away at boarding school where my older sister & her friends terrorized me daily. I felt dead. My father buried my mother then it was my turn & the 2/3 weekly unprovoked punches to my head began. I had no friends or family who cared, my father scared them away. I broke away in my 20's. I had short relationships. I gained my amazing son, but his father left & traumatised me through my pregnancy. He then wanted to return to try again, I refused as could cope with his indecisiveness. He then met a woman who knew he loved me & they both started to bully & punish me, usingy son. My son had a vaccine reaction & (now 16) has been ill every few weeks for 16 days. It's heartbreaking, isolating. I cut my father out 12 yrs ago. He still writes & sends nasty mind messing letters, "The pen is mightier than the sword" is his motto, he's evil. I work two days a week & finally for a loving company. Previous jobs I have been bitched to, ignored, set up - I dress well, am polite & hardworking, women hate me. Men objectify.

Last year my son had a terrifying reaction to medication & no medic stepped up and took action. I had to treat him myself, dressing burns, comforting him. His mouth was burnt. He couldn't open it. It was horrific. This triggered my PTSD and I recently realised I have always had PTSD from a very young age. I have flashbacks. I don't drink or smoke & I find when my son is well I go to the gym, walk, I sit in the chapel & gain strength. My son has been ill since baby & we have just gained diagnosis, but I had to take him away from the "experts" treating him to do so. It's been hell. I had to Make brave decisions, research hard, deduce & wean him off the medication which was not helping & which he became addicted to & reacted to. The medics acknowledged this after. I had to stand up to them & present facts to be greeted with "who else is at home?" And "where's Dad?" So rude & this hit me hard. Once I hit on the diagnosis I presented it & demanded correct referral. We gained it & the correct diagnosis.

Whilst enduring this I was bullied in a shop by nasty beauty counter woman & wrongly escorted out & not allowed to collect anaesthetic I needed. I had to report this and meet to express the impact of their actions. The woman was found to have a history & fired.

I'd also been bullied by a man I worked with who when I stood up to him would get worse. The boss was smitten & my son ill & I eventually found my Current job & left.

I had a severe migraine in gym (my sanctuary) and was left unable to walk or speak for an hour, stroke like. Stress & their new lights. The boss chose not to call a medic & instead a PT took notes. Once I could almost walk they put me into a taxi. I was terrified. I took Myself to hospital and had MRI & EEG. My son was also ill at this time.

I am hoping I can find help. I am strong, kind, caring, loving but I just feel numb. The main traumas were my Mum dying, father being mentally &
Physically violent and my son being ill so ill. We have no support. Few friends. I tried counselling as wanted to find how to deal with seeing my son ill & the heartbreak. I die inside everytime he is ill.

I am now without a social life & few friends. I avoid everything as can only cope with focusing on my son as to experience anything such as the gym situation or beauty counter bitching again worries me. I look down all the time and I don't speak unless I have to. Although, when I'm at work & it's just me and my 70yr old boss I am in heaven. He's kind funny & caring. He has restored my faith in mankind & men.

I'm sure when I read others intros mine will seem mild. I will hope to support others.

I'm not a victim. Just a gentle person.

Thank you.
 
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Sorry, with my sons reaction I feel the PTSD took grip as I did not know if he had a condition where he would lose more of his skin and for weeks we had no answers. The fear & the lack of medics acting was such a huge shock. Our medic who confirmed eventual diagnosis was horrified. I didn't know if he'd get better or worse. We had no answers & no help. His pain was insane and 10/10, morning and night. I had to care for him, reassure him but I had questions & no answers, it was terrifying. At A&E the Dr didn't know what he was dealing with & defended his ego instead of checking my son properly. It was horrendous treatment.

My sons burns healed eventually & avoided all risks of infection by remaining home in my care.
 
Thank you. Yes, happy sad. Happy sad to finally feel a sense of belonging & for it to be among so many people affected by trauma & living with the effects.
 
Hi Poppy Petal,
Welcome to the forum

I can relate to boarding school. Not saying that spending 7 years...
Thank you. Ditto.

Have you watched "The Making of Them"? It's Channel 4, filmed yrs ago, available on You Tube. There's a book too, which I haven't read. We all went through so much. But hey, we're fiercely independent!.. If my sister hadn't attended, my school days would have been stronger. Fortunately she isn't in my life now, she hasn't changed. I'll see if I can see your "intro", still finding my way around :) hope you're ok
 
I've never actually done an intro, I was in semi stealth mode for a long while, and trying to work stuff out.

I have got a very disorganized and patchy trauma diary

I have early stuff, pre 6 months old, which you'll probably stumble accross but which would be TMI anywhere other than here. It took a few months between admitting to myself that PTSD does apply to me, and it clicking into place that, oh dear, that actually did affect me after all.
 
That's awful. How are you coping now? I hope you're ok. Trauma & repetitive trauma certainly changes perception for ever. It's sad to know this.

Watching the rugby?
 
Thanks Poppy,
Mood wise, I'm happy
In general social terms, I'm pretty isolated at present. In terms of the trauma, it's very much who I am, it's my "normal"

I'm not a fan of spectator sports, but I am enjoying some quality time here this afternoon. It took a while after I started coming here for it to click that all of the people who I connect with in "meat space" have traumatic pasts in one way or another.

we seem to find each other, and connect. One of the members here said it's like "gaydar" only tuned in to trauma.

I used to do, what i suppose would be considered "extreme" activities, and it turns out that almost everyone who does extreme sports has a traumatic past, it's a way of gaining a sense of self agency.

just getting back to boarding school (I still dream I'm back there, with varying ammounts of realization that I'm now adult and that most of the site burned down 30 odd years ago), we had a short arsed and (with hind sight) incredibly narcissistic games teacher / senior master. It didn't do much for my appreciation of ball games.
 
Hallo poppy petal I am so happy you are on the forum.. And sigh..... there is so many things you said that made me think...

And one of them is your son.. They are the most previous on earth to us .. Mums ......and we really just want to protect them. Try our very best ...

I took my son to the dentest and the ashole hurt my kid. And I told him to stop His shit and I took my kid home. I am done with dentists and I will never take my kids there I can just do noting to help them trough their pain. And I hate it when I can not help them.. (I known I am wrong )
I just want to see my kids happy.. We don't go to drs cause I believe that enjections shit are what is giving all people some issue .. ( a lot of people disagree with me but I do not care I am not a sheep running in a flock doing what everybody .. I am a stubborn hardass fighting for my precious jewels (kids)

Some really handy info that work

Burns
: just after a burn take bakingsoda and cream mix it and put mildly on then take a packet of frozen meat,vegies,IceCube in cloth, and keep it on the burn for 1 hour or more but till you feel the heat cooldown I work I have 4 kids and 3 boys they love to play with explosives ( fireworks) etc

Open woonds
: honey. Raw honey apply it over the woond and cover it with what ever you want ..for 3 days then open it the first time .. Keep applying honey till the woond is closing

Stress and anxiety : coffee wit a 1/4 spoon cinnamon sprinkled over it.. Mmm. yum my personal favourite :D

Tummy pain
: 2 table spoons honey 1teaspoon cinnamon mix and eat 3 times a day for 3 days

Any thing with throat and lungs : make a tea out of treal leaves have to be ( olea africana /
olea europaea ) they are the same to Make the tea 50 leaves cut up and boil water put the leaves in the boiled water to cool down for 2 days ( note : don't boil the leaves in the water)

Comfrey; tea:...... helps for broken bones ,
Inflamation, etc
Ointment: wounds and skin problems
make an ointment of petroleum jelly if you want to I can pm the resepy. I

Boost immune system: 5 tablespoons lemonjuce 1 teaspoon honey and 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ginger .. Glass of lukewarm water. Every morning on an empty tummy ..

I understand your powerless feeling and your story touched me very deeply .. I would love to talk on pm with you
 
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