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09-03-2008, 05:56 PM
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| |  PTSD and Me - Complex PTSD
hello
I have complex PTSD; I've know about PTSD for years, didn't know about the complex part til recently, but it fits. I go through times when I feel 'fine' and try to live life, then times (like now) after a therapy session, when I just feel, well, broken. I'm 46, halfway through this life, haven't accomplished a d**n thing because of all the emotional baggage I've been trying to deal with. Don't know if this forum will help or be any different than abuse survivor forums; just know that living with this 'disorder' leaves me feeling empty. All the different emotions that come flying up from various places without warning. . . so draining, ya know? And the flashbacks; I'm so tired of those. . . anyway, that's me. |
10-03-2008, 02:49 PM
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2TIRED2DEAL,
Welcome, I hope you find this forum helpful. Everyone seems nice and helpful with advise if you ask for it. Or you can write and get things off your chest which makes me feel better.
sunnydaze |
10-03-2008, 02:51 PM
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welcome to the forum |
10-03-2008, 06:49 PM
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Welcome, you are in good company! |
10-03-2008, 08:29 PM
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Welcome to the forum. |
11-03-2008, 10:07 AM
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Hi. Welcome to the forum. |
11-03-2008, 01:09 PM
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Welcome to the fourm. |
12-03-2008, 01:56 AM
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Hello 2t2d, Quote:
Originally Posted by 2tired2deal  hello
I'm 46, halfway through this life, haven't accomplished a d**n thing because of all the emotional baggage I've been trying to deal with. | I am 47 and feel the same way. Looking back all I see is a wasteland. Still, we have survived this long. I guess that counts for something. I am not much good at focussing my gaze on the future yet, but I hope someday it will dominate my thoughts the way the past does now.
dlross |
12-03-2008, 06:32 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 2tired2deal hello ...I just feel, well, broken. I'm 46, halfway through this life, haven't accomplished a d**n thing because of all the emotional baggage I've been trying to deal with...just know that living with this 'disorder' leaves me feeling empty. | 2tired...You're in good company here.
On my best days, I tell myself that having survived my infancy and childhood was accomplishing alot. Whatever you've been through...you've survived it. It takes raw strength and a fierce will to live, despite all. It does leave you empty and exhausted to the core.
It also leaves you to find kindred souls who speak your language. You'll get through this.
All the best to you, and welcome 
Roo |
12-03-2008, 10:47 AM
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| | We all get through somehow ...
Welcome :) I have had some periods up to two or three weeks of good symptom free time. I hold those times dear. Currently in the bleak period for the past 7 months. But I have started back up again. It's a roller coaster. But I see other people just ahead of me in recovery who have slowly increased their good periods for extended times. Our day will come. I have to believe that or why did I bother struggling all this way for the past 15 years? Keep up the good fight.
When your exhausted, as I am now, just do good things for yourself. Sleep, do the things that distract you and give you some time in the present. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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