Sufferer Suggestions on Digging out of this rut

[MNSteveRetired]

Hello. I am a new member and have been struggling with a PTSD diagnosis since 2021. I was forced to medically retire from a government job. Currently feel detached, no emotion, avoid anything and everything that reminds me of the government job that cause my diagnosis, struggling with any happiness in my life. I have recently returned to work in an unrelated job which pays much less and feel guilty about leaving the government job mainly due to low income and ability to provide for our family. Any suggestions to help get out of this rut would be very very helpful.

 

[Sideways]

Welcome to the forum:)

Are there other things in your life at the moment that you value, besides work?

 

[Friday]

Aloha!

 

[arfie]

hello steve. welcome to the forum. i opine that this very post is a solid step towards breaking out of your rut. for my psychobabble nickel, getting the mud and goo of a psycho rut into words and sharing those words within my therapy support network can be as effective as sliding traction boards under the tires of my truck when i am stuck in the cleaner mud of my farm pasture. alas, jumping a psycho rut isn't as fast or dramatic as jumping a mud rut, but the gain is worth the pain. the pain lessens when i accept the need and work with life on life's own terms.

keep sorting, steve. your answers are in there. listening. . .

welcome aboard.

 

[MNSteveRetired]

Welcome to the forum:)

Are there other things in your life at the moment that you value, besides work?

Welcome to the forum:)

Are there other things in your life at the moment that you value, besides work?

Sure there are family, friends, couple hobbies. Making new friends seems impossible probably do to lack to trust in people. Work just helps pay the bills. Certainly not a career job at this point

 

[Sideways]

Sure there are family, friends, couple hobbies.

This is awesome. These are the things that will help provide you with a foundation to build on in terms of the rut you described. So much harder to make a way out of the rut without this stuff.

Hope that this forum is a helpful tool in helping you rebuild your confidence and your sense of having a place in this world:)

 

[anthony]

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