My main issue with my ptsd is anxiety and hyper vigilance. It go through better periods with it but then any stress will make it all severe again and cause panic attacks and high anxiety.
I have social anxiety and don’t socialise with anyone but my husband and children. I had therapy initially after my traumatic time in 2012 and that helped me so much. The general anxiety, social anxiety and agoraphobia got much better and I was back out loving despite the anxiety but then 3 years ago I started with health issues. I have an underactive thyroid and CFS/ME and that’s when I became pretty much housebound which then led to my PTSD symptoms such as social anxiety, panic and general anxiety, flaring again. I don’t even answer the door to the postman haha.
I know if my health issues hadnt hit me my recovery would’ve continued. It’s just typical I then got unwell and that was another huge trauma trying to get diagnosed and how poorly I felt was scary.
I had therapy for most of my life on and off due to issues with my extended family. I then had 4 years therapy after what happened in 2012. I then left therapy because I didn’t feel I could go any further with it and to be honest I’d just had enough of paying for therapy and going through the same thing, I wanted to do it myself. Which I did, I took what I’d learnt and was living life 80% recovered until my health issues began a few years ago.
I don’t feel like I want to go back to therapy because it will be exactly the same as it was before and most therapists don’t understand he fatigue with CFS anyway. It’s not something I can commit to right now, and I don’t want to. I’m 40 and had therapy on and off since I was 19 due to the childhood issues I had.
Has anyone else helped themselves after years of therapy? What books do you recommend? If my PTSD symptoms are mainly the social anxiety, and high general anxiety, even at home, I do get panic attacks at times too, what kind of books should I be reading? Are books on anxiety recovery enough if its PTSD causing it deep down? I hope that makes sense.
I have social anxiety and don’t socialise with anyone but my husband and children. I had therapy initially after my traumatic time in 2012 and that helped me so much. The general anxiety, social anxiety and agoraphobia got much better and I was back out loving despite the anxiety but then 3 years ago I started with health issues. I have an underactive thyroid and CFS/ME and that’s when I became pretty much housebound which then led to my PTSD symptoms such as social anxiety, panic and general anxiety, flaring again. I don’t even answer the door to the postman haha.
I know if my health issues hadnt hit me my recovery would’ve continued. It’s just typical I then got unwell and that was another huge trauma trying to get diagnosed and how poorly I felt was scary.
I had therapy for most of my life on and off due to issues with my extended family. I then had 4 years therapy after what happened in 2012. I then left therapy because I didn’t feel I could go any further with it and to be honest I’d just had enough of paying for therapy and going through the same thing, I wanted to do it myself. Which I did, I took what I’d learnt and was living life 80% recovered until my health issues began a few years ago.
I don’t feel like I want to go back to therapy because it will be exactly the same as it was before and most therapists don’t understand he fatigue with CFS anyway. It’s not something I can commit to right now, and I don’t want to. I’m 40 and had therapy on and off since I was 19 due to the childhood issues I had.
Has anyone else helped themselves after years of therapy? What books do you recommend? If my PTSD symptoms are mainly the social anxiety, and high general anxiety, even at home, I do get panic attacks at times too, what kind of books should I be reading? Are books on anxiety recovery enough if its PTSD causing it deep down? I hope that makes sense.