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What Are You Feeling Today? Not Thinking, Rather Feeling! Can You Identify Yours?

Reading here and other health related forums, I’m feeling strangely overwhelmed by my own progress. I was an abused child, a suicidal teenager, a struggling young soldier’s wife and mother of three. I grew up hating the world and his wife and his six kids!! In other words, everyone and everything. I was a loner, I wore nothing but black, I cussed like a trooper, I cut my wrists, I took pills, and I tried to drink and starve myself to death. And yet here I am. Something in me wanted to survive. I can still feel like shit from time to time but I keep it to myself because I put my family through enough. That’s why I like forums - all the shit has to go somewhere. Right? Then, to the outside world at least, I can be the person I have always wanted to be - normal. They come to me for advice - they have no idea that there is a world within and it is occasionally ruled by a tyrant.

Oh Happy Days!!!!
 
The reality is: my mother in law just lost her husband, my husband and brother in law just lost their father... I lost a "healthy mentor" and father of choice. Thank you KP, but please send thoughts, prayers, light to these three today. I am needing to feel this and stay with it and not disassociate, but the focus has to be with them for a while.

I can do this (I think I can... ), I need to do this to honor his dad.
 
I just left work early after returning from Spring Break. I feel very anxious. I had an allergic reaction to a bug bite and have been taking antihistamines for it. I think it may have contributed to this crappy feeling I am having, like I am weak and will collapse at any moment. I am dizzy and it is hard to catch a good breath, my digestion is off as well.

I took a 1/4 of a lorazepam. Hoping I will pull out of it and get back there today. I feel like I have to be able to do this. So many times over the past 6 years I have not been able to finish what I have started. So I guess I am feeling determined also. I love the people I work with and I missed the kids but as soon as I walked in this morning I knew it wouldn't be enough to carry me through the day.
 
I just left work early after returning from Spring Break. I feel very anxious. I had an allergic reaction to a bug bite and have been taking antihistamines for it. I think it may have contributed to this crappy feeling I am having, like I am weak and will collapse at any moment. I am dizzy and it is hard to catch a good breath, my digestion is off as well.

Having had numerous bug bites over the years - I must taste soooo good:rolleyes:. It could be that which is making you feel as you do.

Take time to rest and nurture yourself. It is great that you love your job butyour health needs to come first.

Hoping you feel better soon

(((HUGS)))
KP
 
Albatross - I'm very sorry for your loss - my thoughts are with you and your family.

Today, I feel fearful of what what my future holds. I feel like a failure for not being 'okay' when I went back to work. I feel ashamed of my self harm. I feel worthless and useless.
 

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