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Originally Posted by batgirl  I think people here still tend to gravitate towards others who have also been raped, or also abused as children, or also are veterans, or whatever. I read it in posts all the time, several tonight actually. And tonight it's pissing me off, because where does that leave ME??? I don't fit into any mold. I don't know anyone else on this board who's had the same trauma as me. So if people are going to prefer to only talk to people who've had similar traumas to themselves then I guess I'm just alone. |
I can only speak for myself, but I've read almost all of your posts and relate to alot of the emotions you're going through. Almost all of the therapy I've received for PTSD has been in a closed environment of Vietnam Veterans, and that sorta leaves me in the undesirable position of not knowing what to suggest when someone posts about (for instance) binge eating to get their mind off a symptom, or hiding in a corner to feel safe because they saw someone who resembled someone, etc. Even though our PTSD is the same, certain events cause certain triggers, I'm sure that things that trigger you would pass me by untouched, as things that trigger me would pass by you unnoticed. As Anthony pointed out, two soldiers fighting side-by-side are gonna have triggers that aggravate their symptoms completely different from each other. I don't post on some of your posts because I don't want to harm you any more by posting something that may have helped me, but could send you spiralling downward out of control. It's not that I don't feel kinship with you because of PTSD, PTSD has caused us all to band together to fight it and recover. Just as I can spot a fake Vietnam Vet just by talking with them, I think we all can spot a person faking PTSD. Both of us have it and that puts us on common ground. With your post, I sense the common symptoms of feeling "less than" or "different than everyone". Those are symptoms that aren't discussed much, but very much the simplest, most basic symptoms of our disorder. As such, the topic of this thread, I think. But, as some of the Ladies in here will testify, even though I don 't understand how you Ladies think, I still try to intrude on their seeming "Ladies Only" discussions and give my opinion. Anyway, who couldn't notice someone with the screen name of Batgirl. I better end this so I can go to the batroom, HA! HA! HA!
Respect,
WarHippy1%