Today Is My Birthday, Here Is What I Learned This Year

[cupfish]

The past 12 months have been another year of healing. Every bday I look at my PTSD and consider where I was a year ago. My husband also suffers from PTSD and so our progress is always linked. This year hubby crossed over from still sick to healing. He is getting control of his triggers, which means less PTSD in our daily lives. LOVE THIS, thank you Honey. It is a dream come true. For me I ditched a very hard and stressful job and retooled my career in a job that is better all around, particularly for mental health. I have plans for my future, energy, and more internal flexibility than every in my life. Every bump in the road is not longer a freakout. I reconnected with my sibs which is amazing, when I see them through clear eyes the relationships can grow. When I see them through paranoid PTSD hypervigilant eyes they are untrustworthy. That's just wrong. I want to thank everyone on this board who helped me, when the day gets tough I turn here an it never disappoints. TGIF, and good luck to all with our stupid lying brains that mess us up, keep going, apparently we CAN get better.

 

[SoSadGuilty]

Happy Birthday @cupfish I hope you enjoy your celebrations and that the next year is even better for you.

 

[Deleted member 28740]

Celebrate!!!!!! and thanks for the great share on managing and healing. Gives us all hope. :tup::singing::):hug:

 

[Silver.]

Happy Birthday! Self reflection is so important, look at all the growth and progress you are making alone and as a couple, you should be proud. Have a wonderful day, spoil yourself x

 

[Deleted member 12723]

Happy Birthday and congratulations on your learnings and your growth in the past year! It will just continue getting better and better for you both I think.

 

[ms spock]

Lá breithe sona duit (Happy Birthday) @cupfish!

 

[hodge]

Happy Birthday, Cupfish! Another Cancer :-). Mine was July 13. I am so happy for your progress!!! Keep on keeping on!

 

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[cupfish]

Happy Birthday, Cupfish! Another Cancer :). Mine was July 13. I am so happy for your progress!!! Keep...

YES Cancers are the emotional beings of the universe. FEELING our way through life!

 

[cupfish]

This community is so supportive, I am grateful every day to connect with you all. Our lives are not easy. Our nervous systems are overwrought, we have a disease that can be managed but not cured. We the everyday sufferers soldier on in this world without help from non-profits, or our government, and often we have to shield our challenges from our employers, friends and family. We raise kids and maintain relationships, try to maintain useful and orderly lives, and hope that we can get better. It could be desperately lonely but it is not, because we are together. None of us is alone. I don't understand why we still have to hide our sickness. I don't understand why this disease isn't enough for the medical community to recognize our suffering and acknowledge just how broken so many people are. I don't understand why you have to be unemployed for 6 months before you can qualify for disability. Today is tough for me. Thanks for listening, thanks for you kindnesses and I am with you!