Tell Me It Gets Better Please!

[Notsowild]

I've had such a rough week. First my last therapy session was very triggering. I still don't think I'm back yet. Then my daughter got very violent with me that night. We think she's bi-polar . Then to top my week off my great niece died. Our family has been devastated. My work has been super stressful too throughout this all. My mind is not even there at work. I just want to cry all day.

We talk about healing but how do you with more stress coming in your life. It seems like a big setback in my healing like I'm starting all over again. I'm still haven't got over this week. My body and mind is shot. What is the sense of doing therapy if you can't move ahead in healing?

How do you deal with stressors in your life and still heal from PTSD? Is it possible?

 

[joeylittle]

I don't know if it's possible. I know I make more progress in therapy when my life is incredibly simple, and when it's the opposite I feel like I stall out.

But I think of it as stalling out, not slipping backwards. So even if I'm not moving ahead, I'm also not moving back as far as the PTSD goes. Treading water. It's tiring and demoralizing but it's kind of the only option we have sometimes. I try and be at peace with it.

Can you get away at all? Even for a half day, to just be with yourself and no other burdens? That helps me, sometimes, when all the life-stuff is too much.

 

[Notsowild]

Thanks @joeylittle... I didn't want to keep this post. Same old garbage different day. But thanks for your help especially on the bi-polar. It was very helpful.

 

[Loveneverfails]

I hope you're able to either get distance from your daughter(if she's an adult) or get her treatment. It's so difficult to begin healing from trauma when you're still being traumatized. I'm sorry this is all happening, you're right it is a lot so it's completely okay to be struggling with it. You don't have to be okay with or 'adjust'(fancy word for stop talking about it) with things that are hard.