Welllll, I Guess All Us Hip Kids Have Ptsd. Lucky Us, Right?

[LittleBug]

Oh, I'm SO relieved to have found this forum. I have PTSD/anxiety/depression from childhood abuse and neglect, and after a few years of relative peace, I'm triggered and jittery due to various life stressors (more on that later! good times.)

Let's see, beyond my diagnosis, I am: 40ish, married, unmedicated at the moment, a fan of EMDR but too shaky to do it right now, and I like big dogs, Key West, moonlight, yoga, reading Buddhist books and wondering if I'll ever be "mindful" enough to transcend PTSD, and Ben and Jerry's Coffee Heath Bar Crunch ice cream.

Before I start posting all over the place, I wanted to thank you all for being here. PTSD can be a very isolating condition, and it's nice to know there's an online destination, open 24-7, where I can log on and post, "Hey, did you ever have one of those days where the #1 item on your To-Do list was to survive without having a core meltdown?" and know you all can relate.

 

[missing_the _sunshine]

Welcome to the forum :)

 

[Linda Lee Bogard - King]

Hey there LittleBug, you sound like you are in a 'hyper-(but hip) arousal' state..lol... it is like a daily dose for me.. glad you found us 'bird of a feather.'

 

[LittleBug]

Thanks so very much for the greetings, MTS and Linda! :)

LOL Linda! Yeah, I tend toward the aroused/anxious side of life these days. Other times, I'm more in the low-down depressed/low-affect end. Back to therapy I go, hoping for some balance....

 

[Gamereign555]

True yeah, but there is some good to come of it on my end. Thanks to therapy and learning to deal with my symptoms and the help of this forum, I have learned things about myself that I never knew. Some of it is good.

 

[Tinyflame]

LittleBug, that's the funniest title for a thread I've heard in a long time- Thx :)

You actually make ptsd sound pretty good, lol.

Welcome, peace and healing to you.

 

[LittleBug]

Gamereign555, I feel you on that--PTSD, like anything else, can have "gold in the shadow." I don't know that I'd have as much empathy for suffering if I hadn't been handed the raw deal of my early life and the PTSD that came after. We do the best we can, and try to learn from it...when we're not in bed with the covers pulled up overhead.

Thanks for the gracious welcome, Junebug (aka TheOtherBug). Shhhhh, let's not tell anyone how fun PTSD really is. :p Haha, I bet that sentence isn't typed very often, eh?

 

[Tinyflame]

Ya- or everyone will want it :confused: ;):eek:
( :) )

 

[Gamereign555]

Littlebug it took me a moment to realize your humorous sarcasm at the end there, I guess I'm a bit slow :p

 

[LittleBug]

I am often quite slow--things translate differently here on the Internetz than they do in face-to-face conversation.

Hey, anyone who wants PTSD is welcome to have mine! I've got plenty to spare. As I'm sure can be said for the rest of us. *sigh*

 

[Gamereign555]

Welcome to the forum littlebug, theres plenty of stuff around to read and see:geek:

 

[LittleBug]

Thanks mucho! Your emoticon expresses how I feel during my anxiety spells: :geek: = Me, exactly. Just add some nausea and teeth-grinding and it could be a portrait.

I'm finding comfort in reading about the experiences of others. Glad to know I'm not alone in the long, painful wake of PTSD. I mean, it sucks that we're all suffering, but at least we can share our stories and maybe feel less alone as we drive toward something resembling serenity and recovery.