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Sufferer To Much For Too Long

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Hi All:

Been staring at this blank box for awhile. Odd how it seems to take on a metaphorical property.

I suppose this all began when I was very young. Homelife was helllife. Alcoholic father, very violent, etc, etc. Wish my mother hadn't told me I was a product of rape. A pregnancy that he wanted to end vis a via a vetrenarian that did back room abortions in the day. He used to beat my late brother as he was dying of leukemia if that gives it some context. He is dead and I wish my memories of all that died with him.

My mother went to her grave with severe PTSD. As a kid she'd lock herself in her room after telling me she was going to kill herself. I was alone. At 8 I was dumped off at a boarding school where some kids were routinely raped and beaten. I got the later.

What ever think they could have harmed me more than what had been done already? Fools. Lived there for 2 years in that environment. Started abusing alcohol where ever I could steal it from. That started in the 2nd grade. By 19 I was nearly dead from alcohol and drugs. Was on my own and homeless at 17.

Cleaned myself up, went to college, did well. Still felt so very diffrent. Hated to be touched. Hated people for the most part. No trust. I did find a wonderful woman that I lived with and things were good. Trust broken and I went on a run for a couple years. i.e. suicide on the installment plan. Cleaned myself up again.

Worked in a field where I saw people dying and had many I was close to die on a routine basis. Held some as the life was getting sucked out of them. Dealt with dangerous people including gang members. Cops as well as they thought I'd make a good informant. So i was subject illegal arrest, search, etc, etc. Personally I just wanted to help others and got involved with the criminal life. Saved a lot of lives.

Watched my kids mother drowning him at 6 months old. Hardly knew her but did know my kid was in danger. She abused him to the point he is disabled. Went to CPS courts etc. They couldn't care less. System here sees kids as property of a female and fathers are just garbage. Had one fair trial and I got full custody etc etc.

She tried to kill us. They just let her go. I didn't even know for days what had happened. Useless people. That was follwed by assaults, death threats, b&e, stalking, etc. Cops, courts again do nothing. I moved.

Stalked again. Threats of abduction on my son. She feels he is better of dead and wishes to grab him and kill him. Again all a joke to the cops. Courts don't care etc. etc. School told her she went to that school had to pull him.

After I moved I came down with a medical condition that became serious. I needed an operation but had no childcare. For several years I lived in extreme chronic pain. My GP had me sign my chart as I was refused hospital care, again. Condition was acute and if progressed I'd have about 45min to an hour before I was dead.

Got married and got the first operation. Wasn't even married for a year. PTSD has removed most every relationship I've had in years. Ruining current one.

Was able to do some therapy during the A&D recovery times. Spent thousands. EMDR was helpful. Tried to access public system but found them to be immature and inexperienced. Besides they put all their notes up on their 'secure' computer system. Tried private. Saw a private psycologist that deals with military as well as civilians. Did the PTSD test and all but two indicators maxed out. That was before I got sick. His tac was to get me to trust the system and gov't again. LOL.

So here i am. Feeling lost like a ballon that has been let go to the whims of the winds. Wonder if theres been too much for anything to ever change. Was odd in recovery when I heard that word I'd think 're?' never been 'covered' so what do I know of what to return to. Assessed as a pre-teen alcoholic. I dont drink but a couple times a year. Don't use. Could never do that to my kid.

<edited for basic grammar by Deaf Global Nomad>
 
Wow. I'm really sorry all this happened to you. As a child and as an adult, you didn't deserve this and I hope you get the help you need to move forward. Some of us have really crazy lives. Sometimes, I don't even believe that mine happened. When you think about it, I bet you feel the same way about yours.
 
Thanks. Theres more. What am i a magnet for this stuff? I joke that I must have run over a cart of gypysies in a previous life and have been cursed since. All you can do is laugh sometimes. But thats easy to through out there as a way of coping.

Thought I was through it as I did alot of work on it in the 90s. Didnt realise I was still in it. The coping mechanism we get I think allow us to lose the natural aversion for risking ourselves to more trauma. Then it all comes to a point where the functioning isnt so good. Biggest problem is the threat to my kid still exists. So how do you get out of it, while your still in it? Resolve trauma to an existing threat. Live daily with the consequensces of not being able to protect your own kid. I could live with the other stuff and delat with it well. This I dunno.
 
I think you are already doing the best you can. Don't beat yourself up to much for the things that are beyond your control. I have to remind myself all the time that when it comes to my children, I have to first and foremost take care of thier mother--that's me! That is very hard to do, because we are taught that our children come first and they do...but how good can you be if emotionally, you are a mess? Try to find some time for yourself, take a breather. This will get better. You have to believe that!
 
I just wish I saw that somethings were in my control or at least could be relied upon. I have some help but with no family and in a new townish town wher i dont work or know anyone its hard to fullfil my needs. Lost my last job to PTSD and that was a few years ago. I need to find osmeway to get back into life as thats taking care of father and mother-me.

Im sure thing will look better when the suns out and its not so cold here. Then i can at least get out on my two wheeled prozac.
 
You'll do fine. Keep your chin up kid. In some ways telling you to do those things, is like a reminder that I should do the same for myself as well. Get into therapy. Seriously. People can be cold and cruel and the few times I opened up to a good friend, she acted like she didn't hear me, and was uninterested in my emotional pain. I just sought a psychologist, because I really needed someone there to help me put some coping mechanisms in place. This world can be awfully lonely, sad, scary and cold when you have to go at it alone. Don't tell people your personal problems. I've come to realize that as well intentioned as people are, they will judge you and are not that interested in your problems. Talk to someone who really wants to help you.
 
Your so right in how others take things. I see it when Im out and about with my son when people realise he is diffrent. Hes just a little kid!

Its way to much for people to hear. They do start looking at you funny. Besides unless someone is trained or has personal experince they wont get it anyway and be of no value. Seems this site has and is a good place for some of that support.
 
I'm not even sure that PTSD is my diagnosis. I've only been to therapy once--today actually, and he said his first instinct is that's what I have. Funny, I never imagined myself with a psychiatric "diagnosis" before. It's a lot more scary than I imagined. It's like my crazy is officially recognized. I'm not sure how I feel about that.
 
Lots of nice crazy people in this world. Depends on the craze I suppose. Maybe relax and let it unfold as most GPs have a basic understanding of it only. Shhhh dont tell them that. Have a psycologist test you as its a technical diagnosis.
 
It doenst change anything excpet at how they may approach it with you. Technical meaning that they can test you and see if you meet the diagnosis and if so how well. Look it up in the DSM IV its on line. Read the preamble as it states at time we may all act like we meet a psych diagnosis but only when it persistent it can be a diagnosis words to that effect.
 
Oh ok, gotcha. I had read the DSM IV definition before. Boy, do I fit a lot of the criteria. I wish I didn't. Some people get off on having a diagnosis and seeing a therapist. After I left mine today, part of me never wants to go back. I've "handled" this for nearly two decades, why can't I continue? The trust is, I can't because I literally shake out of my body when approached my the police. Cry uncontrollably. Sometimes throw up if the interaction isn't short enough, or if I think they are following me in my car. Forget about it, if they come down my street---then I stare out my window, while my adrenaline pumps and my heart beat 200 BPM. Ugh, yeah...this is a blast!! :(
 
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