Question For Sufferers And Best Thing To Do.

[Becksknox]

@InvisibleSun Thank you. I just texted him in no way to pressure him and though I kmow he is dealing with this I had to set a boundary for me. I know it's most likely the wrong time but he was very receptive. Me even having the guts to set a boundary and say it out loud feels good to me. I pray it didn't hurt him and I don't believe it did, but I did take myself and well being back just a little. He's acted however he wants bc of this and I have to protect me.

I hate my diagnosis bc after being on here, it seems so small. My anxiety is my main issue and my PTSD seems like a joke to those who truly suffer. I don't want any other person, doctor or therapist to ever say that about me again. I was sexually abused by my brother from 4-10 and others after that and a horrible rape, but I feel that growing up with ignored Aspbergers and untreated anxiety bc my mom wanted to ignore it, I'm now 42 and feel I've fought it and thrust therapy have healed it. I feel it's unfair for me to take that diagnosis after seeing the suffering in here.

 

[InvisibleSun]

So glad to hear you've set your boundaries..I know how difficult that can be! I used to hate my own diagnosis at times too..I've read stories on this forum that have made me sick. I've cried for their pain. I've felt that my condition is somehow doing them an injustice..selling them short in some way. That they're pain is somehow greater than mine. But it's not...because in a lot of ways, our pain is one in the same. Anger, violation, loneliness, fear, hopelessness, numbness, sadness..we just all have a different story to tell. And I'm learning to use other peoples stories as a way to inspire me. To remind me that we are all strong...or we would never have survived.

 

[Becksknox]

@InvisibleSun Thank you. I have suffered and this makes me feel better.