Hi, keep tring to post but can't quite work out what I want to say or in what order. Anyway- i was diagnosed with ptsd a while back now, forget when, maybe january- have seen too many different people at too many different appts to keep track anymore.
I have tried so many things to deal with this and learn to live with it somehow, but now i have run out of ideas (and energy) and come to a brick wall. I tried 3 different types of meds and hated them and ended up making things worse for myself by just stopping overnight and then having all the withdrawl stuff to deal with too. I have had therapy for trauma, which lasted about 8 weeks and used mostly emdr- that did help a lot and i made some big shifts in that time, but now i feel like they're all falling away again. Am moving from trauma therapy to phobia therpay for the residual phobic stuff but am not making any progress with the stuff i'm s'posed to be doing for myself until the appt comes thru.
Since i hit this lull between trauma and phobia therpay i feel like i've done a 6 month u turn- my drinking went way back up again tho I've kinda got a hold of that at the mo. A few days back I went to try something new and saw a thought field therapist- i was really into this idea and it sounded right up my street, but i really didn't get it and it did nothing for me- in the end i was just agreeing that my feelings were easing so i could get the hell out of there.
Now i'm not really sure where to turn next. I had been quite into the idea of EFT but i read that this is similar to the thought field therapy so not so sure now.
The psych team haven't really been any help at all- everything they suggest or do seems to be the exact opposite to what i say i might think will help so am trying to keep pretending to them that everything is better so they discharge me as they just seem to excaerbate everything.
Anyway, any ides gratefull received- am hoping that finding this place and starting to post will help a bit- and maybe give me back my motivation to beat this thing coz right now i feel like i could just sit back and let it win
Pol xxx
I have tried so many things to deal with this and learn to live with it somehow, but now i have run out of ideas (and energy) and come to a brick wall. I tried 3 different types of meds and hated them and ended up making things worse for myself by just stopping overnight and then having all the withdrawl stuff to deal with too. I have had therapy for trauma, which lasted about 8 weeks and used mostly emdr- that did help a lot and i made some big shifts in that time, but now i feel like they're all falling away again. Am moving from trauma therapy to phobia therpay for the residual phobic stuff but am not making any progress with the stuff i'm s'posed to be doing for myself until the appt comes thru.
Since i hit this lull between trauma and phobia therpay i feel like i've done a 6 month u turn- my drinking went way back up again tho I've kinda got a hold of that at the mo. A few days back I went to try something new and saw a thought field therapist- i was really into this idea and it sounded right up my street, but i really didn't get it and it did nothing for me- in the end i was just agreeing that my feelings were easing so i could get the hell out of there.
Now i'm not really sure where to turn next. I had been quite into the idea of EFT but i read that this is similar to the thought field therapy so not so sure now.
The psych team haven't really been any help at all- everything they suggest or do seems to be the exact opposite to what i say i might think will help so am trying to keep pretending to them that everything is better so they discharge me as they just seem to excaerbate everything.
Anyway, any ides gratefull received- am hoping that finding this place and starting to post will help a bit- and maybe give me back my motivation to beat this thing coz right now i feel like i could just sit back and let it win
Pol xxx