Sufferers: If You Had A Ptsd Support Group In Your Community Would You Go?

[rainy_daze]

maybe they don't want to hold group therapies

We are not in the same location, but my T suggested I go to a group which was focused on complex trauma. I think it is difficult for them to create a PTSD support group in our country due to a lack of funding. I don't think it is to do with the number of people with PTSD, as you have said. Our capital city has a big centre/hospital which helps people with PTSD, but gaining access to it is difficult because of long waiting lists for mental health support.

^ I do not mean to take the thread off topic. I think your idea is admirable @Thematrix , there would just be a lot of factors you wouldn't be able to control. I agree with Anonymous, my number one concern would be confidentiality. I already think my privacy was broken by someone in the group therapy that I completed, and that is a very difficult/painful lesson to learn. Not everyone will take the rules of a support group seriously, whether it is led by a "professional" or led by a peer.

 

[Deleted member 29920]

privacy was broken by someone in the group

That would be one of my hugest concerns..

 

[Gadgie]

I did attend a group therapy that was offered to me for anxiety and temper control. I went in thinking it would be a load of hooHa, but it wasn't. In fact it turned out to be very helpful, over the six week corse, meeting once a week.

There was a young lass there, who had real anger issues, and she looked wild, with all her face pearcings, and purple hair, but she seemed to take to me.

Maybe it was because I never prejudged her liked the rest of the group did, and used to talk to her on our smoke breaks, she was calmer then, and we talked about the falling out she had with one of the therapists.

I leaned quite a lot from that group, about triggers, and mood control, I would go in another one of them no problem.

 

[loner mcdonald]

no i could not. i cant handle the bullshit part or the heart breaking problems other people are going thru. i wish i could reach out and help a lot of the people what they are going thru a lot of you people are vets and put your ass on the front lines alot of people are very grateful for that. me i was shot up 4 times close range shoot gun hand gun. nothing what a lot of you people have been thru. my war was shutting down crack house in the area right beside me. god bless you all. loner