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| | Notices | Welcome to PTSD Forum. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a life threatening, debilitating disorder that can break down a sufferer’s body through anxiety and stress. Further it poses a significant suicide risk resulting from the brains neurological imbalance and chemical depression. Sufferers often live in denial, thus this community is aimed at helping PTSD sufferers help themselves through others experiences, guidance and education. We are here for the sufferer, spouse and families surrounding PTSD. Spouses and family are too often forgotten in this equation, and often they receive all the worst that PTSD has to offer. If you're involved in any way with PTSD, get registered and help yourself now. Non-active members will eventually be deleted. If you are not a sufferer, carer or someone within the mental health industry, and active, then there is little reason for you to be a member of this forum. Non-active members with zero posts are deleted periodically during the year. |  | 
30-10-2007, 01:24 AM
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| |  Trying to Deal With PTSD - Robbed at Gunpoint
Hi all. I'm a 22 year old female and suffer from PTSD. Last year right before Christmas, I was robbed at gunpoint while on my way to the hospital where I was performing my clinical rotation. The second I saw the gun to my face I prepared myself to die...I really thought he was going to kill me. He took everything, gift cards I was going to use to buy people Christmas gifts, checks that I was going to cash after my clinical day was over... so not only was I dealing with what happened, but I was financially set back and that caused a lot of worry as well.
I am afraid to go out alone and sometimes just the thought of doing so will set me into a panic attack. On good days when I can go someplace by myself, I look over my shoulder every five damn seconds. I hate being home alone, I literally hide when someone knocks at the door and jump a mile high when something like the ice machine makes a noise. I recently started having nightmares about it and it's dragging up the feelings I felt when the event happened. I can't stand seeing the asshole in my dreams.
I graduated about 6 months ago and have been putting off finding a job because I'm just so scared to go out so early in the morning when it's still dark out, to a place I'm unfamiliar with. People in my life that I let in and open up to just don't seem to understand. They make me feel like I'm acting like such a baby for being so affected by another person's actions. They think telling me to "buck up, push forward, don't let him run your life" etcetc is helpful advice but words like that mean nothing to me...it's like telling someone with depression to just not be so sad.
Anyways, it felt good to just get that all out. I'm really at a dead end here, I feel like I just can't live like this anymore.. and I'm glad I found this place because I really need somewhere to go where people actually understand. Thanks so much for reading.  |
30-10-2007, 02:18 AM
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Welcome to the forum Wishing.
You found a good place. There is a ton of info here and lot's of understanding. Jump in when you feel ready!
bec |
30-10-2007, 05:39 AM
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Wishingwell,  Hello, and Welcome Aboard!
Hope |
30-10-2007, 08:10 AM
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Hi Wishing and welcome :) |
30-10-2007, 10:35 AM
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Welcome to the forum.
Lisa |
30-10-2007, 02:23 PM
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Welcome to a good board
i'm newbie be too |
01-11-2007, 08:58 AM
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Welcome Wishingwell |
08-11-2007, 09:09 AM
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Hi wishingwell, welcome to the forum.... |
03-10-2008, 02:59 AM
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welcome to the forum...I know exactly how you feel. I was held up at gunpoint last year outside of my apartment building after I came home from going grocery shopping. I now can't sleep at my place, go out at night or even take a shower when I am alone |
06-10-2008, 11:27 AM
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After I was raped at age 17 by a stranger and left for dead behind a dumpster I felt the same way. I was so scared to do anything. I couldn't even answer the door, when the phone rang I jumped, and I still have the blanket that i would wrap myself up in when I would leave the house with my friend to go to the doctors. It does get better. It has been many years now. My advice is to please seek help now and get into some group therapy to learn some coping skills. Because if you stuff it inside you might end up with my problem and that is having all this stuff come back years later. You have to deal with it with a professional and get help. It really helps! | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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