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I found out that I have PTSD a few months ago. I started therapy in Oct. 2007. I often wondered what was wrong with me at times. I've felt numb, have flash backs which I can't control, I feel like an outsider...like I do not belong anywhere, etc. My sister, who is a counselor, found this forum for me.
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Hi Ladybug, welcome to the forum. Many of us often don't feel we belong somewhere, but I guarantee (big word "guarantee") you will feel quite welcome and a sense of belonging here, as what you have others already understand. You no longer need to get people to understand because your talking to people who already understand as they have the same thing. How we get it is irrelevant, but the fact we suffer the same symptoms is the important part that joins us all together.
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HI Ladybug,

Love the name BTW.... Welcome to the forum....
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Welcome to the forum Ladybug. Glad to meet you.
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Hi Ladybug, Well done to your sister for finding this site for you.

What a huge relief to come to know and sometimes even really feel, that we are not alone in this world and that Yes, We do belong. I've no problem relating to most frightening and intrusive flashbacks, feeling numb and all of PTSD and it's isolating symptoms. I suffer with PTSD, too.

Feel free to jump right in and get to reading and posting more when the time is right for you.

Again, Hello Ladybug, Glad you found us! And, Welcome to the Forum!

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Hey, I say, I feel like the outsider looking in, that when we get ptsd we are blasted out into the stratosphere, and are the outsiders looking in, but if we look left and right, we will see the chain of others around us,,,,,,,,,,,,,,just look around the site, you'll find them.
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Hi LadyBug and welcome.

So glad your sister found this site...there is a lot of great information here as well as a bunch of great people sharing the same world we live in.

Glad to have you.
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Well, Hope you find lots of help and friends here
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Hi ladybug,

I was just diagnosed, too, and can relate to your description of what it feels like. Hang in there. This site gives me a little hope, and I hope it does the same for you. --Shoshin
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Thank you for responding . I do have a couple of questions. Do any of your friends know that you have PTSD? If they do, how do they treat you?
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