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I'm thinking I don't like it and it's not fair when I tell certain people in my family that some of the things they do are very upsetting to me and their response is "you need to". Or if they tell me what I'm trying to do is guilt them into not doing the thing that upsets me. When I started the conversation by saying "I just want to share how I'm feeling".

I can't make people do or stop doing anything. I just think it's very unfair that I'm expected to respect their feelings but they don't see a need to respect mine because they think my feelings are irrational. I don't care if it's a rational or an irrational feeling. It's a feeling and it's valid and if I have enough courage to share it at least that should be respected.
 
I am thinking that I need to learn what it feels like to just receive.

I definitely know what it feels like to give and give and give of myself to others, ie. family, work, friends, etc. but to accept someone giving something to me unconditionally, will be a change for me.

I feel like I have to give back when this happens instead of just saying, thank you, to them, so will be more aware of this when it happens in the future.
 
I am thinking that I have been carrying around loads and loads of shame about me and my story and how uncomfortable I feel with it.

I am thinking that it does make me feel uncomfortable when someone asks me a question because of the pain that is still there but I can also tell it is becoming easier as the days go by.
 
I'm thinking I'm going to have nightmares tonight.

I'm thinking my anxiety is getting high. It feels like I can feel my heart beating hard.

I'm thinking that I keep dissociating. I keep catching myself staring off into nowhere kind of dazed.

I'm thinking my anxiety is high because one of my mom's best friends who is the mother of the second person who traumatized me is here. I've known her all of my life and I love her but she doesn't know what her son did to me.

I'm thinking my anxiety is high because the abusers mother told me he's coming here to see her. The idea is freaking me out. Just hearing his name is hard enough. Especially hearing her say his name. But I don't want him to visit this state. I want him to stay the thousands of miles away that he is.
 
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