Thread: Holiday are Going to be More Triggering than I Thought
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Old 23-11-2007, 09:59 PM
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Hi Tx,

I too had an eating disorder. Anorexia & Bulimia . Yes they do take your mind off PTSD. You are so focused on your body, what you are, or are not eating that nothing else matters much. Then I would exercise like a mad woman too. I'm glad that you have gotten your eating problem under control. Good job!!!!

I had been in and out of therapy since I was 15, and never really giving it 100%. I never got to the real issues, so it never helped. Then I finally was DX'ed 13 yrs ago with PTSD and decided that life wasn't working for me anymore. I gave therapy one more try and this time 100%. It was the longest and hardest 2 yrs of my life. I gave 150% every minute, hour, day, and week.

It won't be easy, it will be one of the hardest things that you have ever had to do, but it will be so worth it. You will make it, and come out for the better. PTSD won't control you or your life. Your symptoms will become less and less, and when you do have a meltdown, or are triggered you can pull yourself out fairly quickly.

My only suggestion is that you find a therapist trained in PTSD, that is so important.

I wish you all the best, and I am so glad that you are going to "cross that line."
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