Do You Ask For Help When Ill? - Page 2

batgirl · #11 02-12-2007, 02:54 AM

Thanks Awakening, good point, maybe I should try grounding exercises. I could very well be dissociating, without realizing it. I've actually never concentrated much on dissociating as a symptom, partly because I have autism. Autism causes you to be kind of "in your head" a lot of the time and in some instances I find it difficult to distinguish what is autism and what is PTSD. I've tried to do some research on it, looking for others who have both conditions like me, but so far I haven't come up with anything. Maybe I need to write some stuff myself!

reallydown · #12 03-12-2007, 06:49 PM

I also chose the first option...but then I've always been very independent so maybe that's it...

grace5555 · #13 09-12-2007, 03:55 PM

Evie,

You are not alone in this. I have the hardest time asking for help when I need it the most. I would rather just shut down and go away from everyone and everything whether it is from the physical or psychological pain either one. I guess it goes back to accepting that I truly am ill. =\

Grace

batgirl · #14 10-12-2007, 03:10 AM

Yeah it's really hard isn't it?? Still working on it myself, it never seems to get any easier. Nice to know I'm not alone though.

pandora · #15 10-12-2007, 08:13 AM

Hi Evie...I have often thought that it must be extremely hard and challenging for you having both. As you know my son has autism and I have PTSD... a lot of the same symptoms that must be hard for you to distinguish between. You are doing a great job though! You are definately a strong woman.

mightsurvive · #16 22-01-2008, 11:17 PM

I very rarely ask for help unless its way too late. I never ask friends or family for help. I don't want to burdon them and they don't understand what it feels like anyway (i'm glad for them that they don't know) no matter how much they want to help. The only place I would feel more comfortable asking for help is on this site and a website that I use that is for people who have gone through the same type of trauma as me...both places where people understand. On the other hand I hate brining people down and having people feel sorry for me no matter where I am so I put on my superwoman outfit and smile most of the time even when i'm crying on the inside.

ruddy · #17 23-01-2008, 09:48 AM

I chose option 2. It is difficult for me to ask for help and I am most often motivated to do so because I am feeling so rotten physically or emotionally that it is interfering with my ability to work.

waif123 · #18 23-01-2008, 04:55 PM

I used to never, ever ask for help, but as I have gone on in therapy, I have found to keep my head above the water, I need to ask. It still isn't easy, buy I know I need to do it to care for myself

anthony · #19 23-01-2008, 07:43 PM

Well said Waif, and great to see you do acknowledge the importance of your own actions, being to talk, be honest with others and yourself, to get it out of you. Well done Waif....

2quilt · #20 24-01-2008, 04:56 AM

I knew within 12 hours when I became pregnant when I was 21. My boyfriend thought I was nuts, but I swore that I knew that something was different and that my uterus and my hormones were doing something strange. When I have a drug interaction, or come down with a cold or bronchitis, which i have now, I know it immediately. I also ask for medical help when I think that my psych drugs need to be adjusted. I have no pain tolerance at all, but that may be because of my rare disease, Ehlers-Danlos. My joints dislocate spontaneously. I am good at asking for help because I know that the sooner I get help, the sooner the pain will stop. Asking for help is not a sign of weakness.