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

I'm a little disturbed at having my intelligence questioned, out of the blue by a woman I've known from another forum for the past 3 years on a social media site earlier last night. It came as a total surprise, and seemed really out of character for her.

Still not sure what that was about, and I did my best to not get defensive, but I think I did slightly get a bit defensive and tried to hide my sarcasm as light humor...probably unsuccessfully.
 
I feel happy, but I think I feel afraid to feel happy. Because horrible things happened when I was happy.

I had a couple of little negative non-important things occur, that don't mean anything to me, but yet that made me wonder if I'm 'stupid' to feel happy?
But then I think, I have big, good, important reasons to be happy, even if I can't find the words that express it.
So I'll opt for being stupid, if that's what it means. :D

And did think earlier, think I'm at a point I just need a 'softer' world, in order to thrive or relax.
In the way that, if you have a sore back, you can soak in water. Or if you're hungry, it feels good to eat, or if you're cold how wonderful it is to get warm.
Similarly, I don't mean getting wrapped in cotton wool, but I think my heart needs a break, analagous to soft physical things. Or, at least it's such a relief when it is so.
 
I'll start. ................

I feel a greatly alarmed.
I feel very angry.
I feel cautious.
I feel confused.
I feel depressed.



I call my feeling, "razor blade butterflies"
You all know what it means to have butterflies in your stomach. Well, since my PTSD surfaced, I began to feel the painful fluttering of steel butterfly wings in my stomach. Their wings are sharp and they hurt me!
 
((((((((((((Nadia)))))))))))))))(((((((((((((((((AngelaMarie)))))))))))))))))))))

My day started off where I NEVER wanted to open my eyes, ever! I laid there for hours trying not to think, trying desperately to go back to sleep, not tired enough and yet with dreading facing the day. I'm halfway through the prednisone and this is the 3rd day out off of the hormones...it's rough but I've been going through rougher lately.

It's turned out to be fairly good day. I'm more than grateful to have people that care about me.
 

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